MOST HOLY FATHER AND THE CARDINALS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY CONSISTORY: WE DON’T JUST NEED THE EAST TO RECOVER THE REVERENCE, AWE AND WONDER OF THE LITURGY LOST IN THE WEST BECAUSE OF POPE PAUL’S POST-VATICAN II REFORMS, BUT WE NEED THE PRE-VATICAN II MASS MORE THAN THE EAST TO RE-ENCHANT OUR WESTERN RITES!!!!!

When I first saw this photo at the National catholic Reporter I thought it was a parody on the normal liturgical abuses associated with Pope Paul VI’s fabricated Mass, just one abuse against even smaller percentage of Catholics who desire a Modern Mass by the book not the liturgical abuses foisted on them by the disobedience of bishops and priests imposed on the Modern Mass’s liturgical laws and rubrics.

At first, I thought that the two “priests” featured in this photo were Wayne Brady who hosts “Let’s Make a Deal” and the laicized priest, Frank Pavone. What do you think?

But alas, they are actual Jesuit priests who happen to resemble Wayne Brady and Frank Pavone and their liturgical abuses thus makes sense. The same could be said for Conventional Franciscans:

Of the small percentage of Catholics who actually attend the Modern Mass, and that would be less than 5 % of Catholics in some parts of the world to a bit more that 25% of Catholics in other parts of the world, a large percentage of those Catholics like liturgical abuses, the buffoon-bishops and priests who cultivate liturgical abuse and a large percentage of Catholics who still go to the Modern Mass don’t believe what the Church teaches about Transubstantiation and the Sacrificial Aspect of the Mass nor do they miss the reverence of the Mass lost with the fabricated Mass of Pope Paul VI.  

As Pope Leo prepares to meet the Cardinals in an Extraordinary Consistory, let us recall His Holiness’ profound words acknowledging by implication that the Mass of Pope Paul VI is flawed and in some ways is the Novus Disorder:

Pope Leo addressed the Jubilee of Eastern Churches with these words:

The Church needs you. The contribution that the Christian East can offer us today is immense! We have great need to recover the sense of mystery that remains alive in your liturgies, liturgies that engage the human person in his or her entirety, that sing of the beauty of salvation and evoke a sense of wonder at how God’s majesty embraces our human frailty! It is likewise important to rediscover, especially in the Christian West, a sense of the primacy of God, the importance of mystagogy and the values so typical of Eastern spirituality: constant intercession, penance, fasting, and weeping for one’s own sins and for those of all humanity (penthos)! It is vital, then, that you preserve your traditions without attenuating them, for the sake perhaps of practicality or convenience, lest they be corrupted by the mentality of consumerism and utilitarianism.

Most Holy Father and Holy Cardinals, please reread Sacrosanctum Concilium and ask why Pope Paul’s Consilium headed by Bishop Bugnini, went way beyond what the Fathers of Vatican II asked in general terms for the updating of the Liturgies of the Church, especially the Holy Mass.

Most Holy Father and Holy Cardinals, please examine all the liturgical abuses of the Mass concocted by Pope Paul’s Consilium and that these abuses are intrinsic to the fabricated Mass that Consilium created and Pope Paul VI inadvisably promulgated. 

Most Holy Father and Holy Cardinals, please reexamine Pope Benedict’s brilliant Christmas speech to the Roman Curia about the proper interpretation of the documents of Vatican II in continuity with what preceded the Second Vatican Council. 

Most Holy Father and Holy Cardinals recover the letter of Summorum Pontificum as a way to recover the West’s proper sense of silence, wonder, awe, reverence lost in the fabricated, non-organically developed modern Mass of Consilium not Sacrosanctum Concilium. 

Most Holy Father and Holy Cardinals, we don’t need to look to the Eastern Liturgies to recover what was lost in Pope Paul’s Mass, we need to look at our own liturgical patrimony lost because of Pope Paul’s Mass—recover the liberal celebration of the Tridentine Mass and that this may lead to what Pope Benedict prayed would organically follow in time:

Pope Benedict XVI sought continuity between the Ordinary (Novus Ordo) and Extraordinary (Traditional Latin) Forms of the Mass, believing the older form wasn't banned but was the Church's enduring identity, aiming for mutual enrichment, allowing wider access with Summorum Pontificum (2007) to heal divisions and show the beauty of tradition, viewing them as two expressions of the same Roman Rite, not contradictory, but capable of enriching each other. He emphasized preserving richness from the past, preventing a rupture with pre-Vatican II Church, and restoring a stronger sense of the sacred and sacrificial value lost in some modern celebrations. 

Key Ideas & Actions:

• Summorum Pontificum (2007): This document granted priests freedom to use the 1962 Missal (Traditional Mass) without needing specific permission, seeing it as a right, not a privilege.
• "Hermeneutic of Continuity": He promoted this principle, arguing the Church's reforms should be understood as a development, not a break, from tradition.
• Mutual Enrichment: He hoped the Traditional Mass would highlight the sacrality that attracts people, while the Novus Ordo could incorporate elements like new saints or prefaces from the older rite, fostering a richer liturgy.
• Enduring Identity: Benedict stressed that the older Missal represents the enduring identity of the Church, a symbol that shouldn't be suppressed to avoid creating a "new" Church versus an "old" one.
• "Reform of the Reform": While not fully implementing a large-scale "reform of the reform," his actions, like careful celebration and promoting Latin, aimed to bring back a stronger sense of tradition and purity to the reformed liturgy, counteracting what he saw as excessive creativity and a diluted sense of the Mass's sacrificial nature. 

In essence, Benedict XVI saw the two forms as expressions of the same faith, calling for their coexistence and integration to strengthen Catholic worship and identity, not to create separate rites. 

Did Pope Benedict XVI ever say that the Mass of Pope Paul VI was fabricated?

Yes, while Pope Benedict XVI didn't say the 

Novus Ordo (Mass of Paul VI) was "fabricated" in an official document, he used similar language in private writings and letters, lamenting that the post-conciliar liturgy, in its implementation, became a "fabricated liturgy" detached from tradition, a break from the Church's organic growth, and a "devastation" rather than renewal, especially when contrasted with the never-abrogated Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) he sought to liberate. He saw the new liturgy's introduction as a rupture, creating a sense of a "newly assembled" liturgy rather than a developed one, a stark contrast to the TLM. 

Key Points from Benedict XVI's View:

• "Fabricated Liturgy": In writings before and during his papacy, Cardinal Ratzinger (later Benedict XVI) criticized the way the new liturgy was introduced, describing it as a break from the past and a "fabricated" or "manufactured" liturgy, not a natural development.
• Rupture with Tradition: He felt the new missal's presentation suggested a complete break, creating pain for the faithful rooted in the old rites, and that the Novus Ordo itself sometimes bore responsibility for this.
• Never Abrogated TLM: In his 2007 Summorum Pontificum, Benedict emphasized that the 1962 Missal (the TLM) was "never juridically abrogated," meaning it was always permissible, contrasting with the Novus Ordo's problematic introduction.
• Desire for Unity: He aimed for a mutual enrichment between the two forms, wanting the new Mass to better show the sacrality that drew people to the old form, viewing the TLM as a treasure, not an error. 

In essence, Benedict XVI viewed the Novus Ordo's implementation as a flawed, fabricated product, contrasting it with the continuous, organic development of the older rites, which he affirmed as never having been truly suppressed.