[Apologetics] Motu proprio goes into effect September 14

[Art Kelly]

Motu proprio goes into effect September 14  

Sep. 13, 2007 (CWNews.com) - Summorum Pontificum, the
motu proprio with which Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news)
encouraged wide use of the Roman Missal of 1962, will
take effect on Friday, September 14. 

The Pope's initiative-- which was made public on July
7 after months of intense speculation-- calls upon
pastors to "willingly accept" requests from the
faithful for access to the pre-conciliar liturgy. Pope
Benedict explained that his motu proprio was an effort
to promote "interior reconciliation in the heart of
the Church." 

The motu proprio sets forth new norms for the Roman
liturgy, superseding the norms previously established
by Pope John Paul II (bio - news) in his own motu
proprio of 1988, Ecclesia Dei. Pope Benedict
emphasizes that there are not two different rites, but
two different forms of the Roman rite: the ordinary
form, according to the current Roman Missal, and the
extraordinary form, which uses the Missal that was in
universal use prior to the liturgical changes that
followed the Second Vatican Council. 

The full text of Summorum Pontificum can be found in
the original Latin on the Vatican web site. An
unofficial English translation is also available. 

Pope Benedict issued this motu proprio-- the 5th such
document of his pontificate-- along with a letter to
the world's bishops explaining the move. The text of
the Pope's letter is also available on the Vatican web
site. 

In his explanatory letter the Holy Father acknowledges
that some bishops expressed strong opposition to the
release of the motu proprio. Their opposition, he
writes in his explanatory letter, was based on fears
that the wider use of the pre-conciliar liturgy could
appear to undermine the authority of Vatican II,
and/or cause divisions with the Catholic Church. These
fears will prove unfounded, Pope Benedict says, if the
faithful recognize the two forms of the Roman rite as
equally valid forms of the same universal liturgy. 

The Pope also acknowledges that some Catholics find a
greater sense of reverence in the older liturgy-- in
what will now be known as the extraordinary form of
the Roman rite. He voices the hope that "the two forms
of the usage of the Roman rite can be mutually
enriching," suggesting that the simultaneous existence
of the two different forms will encourage an organic
development of new liturgical practices, stimulating
"the reform of the reform." 

Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos (bio - news), the
president of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, which has
jurisdiction over the questions regarding the
traditional Mass, will celebrate the "extraordinary
form" in the basilica of Loreto, Italy, to mark the
inauguration of the new liturgical regulations on
September 14. 

In the US, the Eternal Word Television Network will
broadcast a Solemn High Mass, celebrated according to
the 1962 Roman Missal, at 8 on Friday morning,
September 14. The program will be re-broadcast at 6 in
the evening of the same day, and at noon on Saturday,
September 15. EWTN has provided a Mass booklet to help
the faithful follow the Mass.

The full article, with all the links, is at
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=53506

Since Dianne was excited about the EWTN telecast, I
hope she will report to us about it. I will not be
watching but would appreciate a report from her and
others about it.

Art

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