Ever since Vatican II, bishops, especially the various Bishops of Rome, have touted that the Church finds her unity in diversity. We don’t need rigid flexibility that excludes the TLM while embracing the various African and Amazon Rites that are emerging not to mention free-wheeling, rubricless Novus Ordo Masses.
I was thrilled to see that at the Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, that the TLM was allowed to be celebrated in a large church that was too small to accommodate all the young Catholic who wanted to attend. There was an overflow outside the Church with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass live-streamed to those outside.
The key words are that the Mass was overflowing with young people. For the pope and the Vatican disasteries to suppress something that is attracting a certain kind of young person looking to the Church and Jesus for direction and security in their lives within the context of their generation of Catholics leaving the Church for something else or nothing, it is breath taking and so opposed to the missionary and evangelizing nature of the Church.
The pope and the Vatican must stop it and stop it now!
My recommendation is to return to Summorum Pontificum but emphasize the local bishop’s role in protecting the full communion of the Church within his diocese although there will be liturgical diversity. But make sure bishops in the Church are as zealous at supervising errant celebrations of the Novus Ordo that verges on schism as they are at micro managing the TLM. Is that too much to ask?
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Ah, Father, you must remember, young people are just drawn to the TLM like they want to vape and engage in hysterics over T-Swift. That's why it must be shut down--it's just "cool" to them. And if the young people stop going to Mass at all, oh well, they were so small in numbers anyway.
Nick
Archbishop Cordileone offered the TLM two days ago in Indianapolis as part of the National Eucharistic Congress. Our Sunday Visitor reported:
-- Archbishop Cordileone: '10 ingredients' make for 'recipe of Eucharistic revival'
(OSV News) -- "Ten ingredients" make for a "recipe of Eucharistic revival," including greater focus on preparing for and participating in Mass, as well as integrating prayer and evangelization into daily life, said Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco.
The archbishop shared his thoughts in a homily at the July 18 celebration of a votive Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal...in Indianapolis.
...more than 1,000 pilgrims of all ages attended the liturgy -- many arriving on foot, with half of them filling the church and the remainder seated in an overflow tent on the parish grounds.
Archbishop Cordileone told those present that rather than reflecting on institutional and policy efforts to renew the church, he wanted to "talk about what each individual can do to bring about Eucharistic revival."
The "10 ingredients" he listed began with "participating in the prayers (and) in the singing (at Mass), in whichever form or rite" of the Catholic Church one worships.
..."recovering the sense of silence," said the archbishop, admitting, "this is perhaps what disturbs me the most -- the din in our churches before and after Mass."
While there is "a place and a need" for fellowship prior to and following liturgies, "that place is outside of (the) church," he said. "We know from the mystics that God speaks to us in silence."
..."an external that manifests an internal disposition," is important in preparing to participate in the liturgy, said Archbishop Cordileone, adding, "the clothes speak about our regard for who we are present to."
He also stressed observance of the Eucharistic fast, which Pope Paul VI reduced from three hours to one hour prior to receiving the Eucharist.
That decrease was actually intended not to diminish the importance of fasting, but to "encourage frequent and orderly reception of holy Communion," since "it was common (at the time) for many Catholics not to receive Communion" due to the previous fasting requirement's length, said Archbishop Cordileone.
Fasting in general, along with penitential discipline -- especially on Fridays throughout the year, honoring Jesus' death on Good Friday -- are practices that cultivate greater spiritual growth and closeness with Christ, said the archbishop.
Regular reception of the sacrament of reconciliation is "essential for any Catholic … who wants to pursue the path of holiness -- to be properly disposed to receive holy Communion, to have the assistance of God's grace to move away from whatever those little habits might be" that distance the soul from Christ, Archbishop Cordileone said.
Daily, frequent prayer is fundamental, along with "time for silence" away from digital distractions, he said. "We should be still before the Lord, in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament."
...Archbishop Cordileone highlighted the rosary, which is "essentially a Scriptural prayer"; lectio divina, an ancient form of praying with the Scriptures; and Ignatian meditation, an imaginative contemplation of Scripture.
"Putting this all into action" by serving the Lord is another step toward Eucharistic revival, said the archbishop.
He cited as examples volunteering at crisis pregnancy centers, domestic violence and homeless shelters; taking an active role in parish life; and bringing the Gospel message to "our places of work, schools and communities in which we are involved."
"Lastly, and most importantly, is to live your vocation in faith," said Archbishop Cordileone. "This is the way God calls us to live … to become the person he has created us to be."
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Pax.
Mark Thomas
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