What does it mean? What does it mean? Oh, what does it mean?
Keep in mind, that this bishop celebrates exclusively the Ordinariate’s “Divine Worship, the Missal” which is a Missal much more closely aligned to what the Council Fathers at Vatican II desired for the Liturgy in that famous but neglected document, which is pastoral, not dogmatic, not infallible, not immutable, Sacrosanctum Concilium.
This Roman Missal of the Ordinary Form was approved by none other than Pope Francis I.
This Roman Missal, while incorporating Anglican traditions not at odds with Catholic spirituality or doctrine, has more Extraordinary Form elements than Ordinary Form Catholics whose heritage is the 1962 Roman Missal and its previous incarnations!
Why do the Anglicans get more Extraordinary Mass allowances in their post Vatican II Ordinary Form Missal than Catholics whose heritage is the pure Extraordinary From Roman Missal.
Is it possible that Bishop Lopes will develop an Ordinary Form Missal for Faithful Catholics who were never Anglicans that incorporates the spirituality and traditions of the 1962 Roman Missal not at odds with Catholic spirituality and doctrine?
This whole thing about the current incarnation of the 1970 Roman Missal being the exclusive and immutable Missal of the Latin Rite Church is a bunch of bunk and one wonders who our leaders in Rome are that continue to denigrate their authority by being so obnoxiously 1960’s?
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"Is it possible that Bishop Lopes will develop an Ordinary Form Missal for Faithful Catholics who were never Anglicans that incorporates the spirituality and traditions of the 1962 Roman Missal not at odds with Catholic spirituality and doctrine?"
I don't see resources being allocated to this, and is it truly necessary after the 2011 updates? Recovery of the high altar and some rubrical adjustments closer to the '62 missal seems both achievable and realistic.
Yes, all that is needed is an appendix that allows for the PATFOTA, the older offertory Prayers; the tripple "Lord I am not worthy" and the rubics for the Roman Canon as in the EF. Explicit allowance of ad orientem and kneeling for Holy Communion.
If only those who are bemoaning the pope's rigidity as it concerns the EF Mass would start making the most of the OF Mass and as reverent as possible, I think a greater number of Catholics would be inclined to appreciate it, even an all vernacular OF Mass but celebrated as I have indicated above.
Father McDonald,
The Pope is just plain dead wrong on the EF. Pope Benedict summed it up for us nicely when he stated, in so many words, what once was holy remains holy." Besides the laity is powerless since they cannot celebrate Mass and you know there are plenty of leftwing loon bishops who would NOT permit ad orientem or any of the changes you propose. They would rather continue to shed millions of Catholics and close the doors before doing so, because that would be an admission the Church and THEY have been on the wrong track for decades. Tragic.
As a lay parishioner of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, the Cathedral parish of The Chair of Saint Peter Personal Ordinariate, where Bishop Lopes is the Ordinary, yes, I do see this as an actual attempt of elevating the Novus Ordo to a more pious & reverent Mass.
Deo Gratias!
From what I have learned, he won over the reputedly “progressive” Bishop Rosanski 121 to 120. I would hope that our own bishop cast the deciding vote(!?). Because of my recent positive experiences with the Ordinariate liturgy, I see this choice as having very positive possibilities in bringing the Novus Ordo in the US closer to the ancient form of the Roman Rite, even if in the vernacular.
Bishop Lopes, born as recently as 1975, is something of an outlier in terms of age, but it is noticeable that those bishops born around 1960 have proved to be sounder than those born a decade earlier. Leeds is an example; when Arthur Roche (born 1950) was bishop he tolerated the traditional Mass. His successor Marcus Stock (born 1961) has actively fostered it. In 2017, to the dismay of the Tabletistas, he celebrated a Pontifical Solemn Requiem Mass for his deceased predecessors (he was coached by an Ordinariate priest) and conferred Confirmations in the older form. I can't imagine Arthur doing that.
Sooner rather than later a new generation, untainted by the spirit of Vatican II, will occupy the top jobs, and the present movers and shakers will be consigned to the 'dustbin of history'. What goes around, comes around.
John Nolan,
Thanks for that information. It tracks what is happening in the US: archbishops like Sample and Cordileone
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