[Apologetics] Motu proprio goes into effect September 14

[Bret Bellamy]

Good!  I dimly remember some Latin Masses televised when I was a child.  Even then, when I was Baptist, it seemed very dignified and beautiful.


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>From: Art Kelly <arthurkelly at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Sep 14, 2007 12:01 AM
>To: Apologetics Group <apologetics at gathman.org>
>Subject: [Apologetics] Motu proprio goes into effect September 14
>
>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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