I’ve already written about the old liturgy wars which did not revolve around the use or non-use of the Vetus Ordo. Rather it focused on the Novus Ordo and bitterly complained and waged war on the poor, abusive celebration of this Mass.
The main fighting points were combatting narcissistic priests who turn the Mass into a way for the priest to entertain his fans or to “improve” the Mass with his own creativity, words, and antics. Often there is also a contest about which priest-celebrant can be the most welcoming, the most sincere and the most pious.
This war also revolved around the lack of unity in how the Novus Ordo is celebrated not only from one diocese to another, but also from one parish to another and even various Masses in the same parish!
For most waging this liturgical war, their motto was/is that the Novus Ordo is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you are going to get!
Well, that all changed with Summorum Pontificum and the expansive celebration of the Vetus Ordo. With the Vetus Ordo today, and more so when it was the Ordinary Mass of the Latin Rite, you know what you are going to get and it is celebrated well, also encouraging actual participation, both externally and internally.
Once those who were waging war on liturgical abuse in the Novus Ordo had the vetus Ordo were there isn’t liturgical abuse and there is unity between the various places in which this Mass is celebrated, they could care less about the liturgical abuse in the Novus Ordo—they admitted defeat and were happy that they had a decent non-abused Mass to attend in the Vetus Ordo! It brought them liturgical peace!
But now, because of Pope Francis ill-adviced TC, the war is waged to bring it back to the days of Summorum Pontificum. There is little war waging on liturgical abuse in the Novus Ordo—for many, that war was lost as there is no hope ever of overcoming the abuses of the Novus Ordo.
I don’t agree. Pope Leo needs to help bishops STOP 🛑 liturgical abuse in their dioceses and even to the point of not advertising those abusive Masses in bulletins.
Do I hear an “amen?”
2 comments:
"Pope Leo needs to help bishops STOP 🛑 liturgical abuse in their dioceses...". This makes a bold assumption: that either the Pope or the bishops are interested in stopping the abuses. Those bishops who want to already have all they need to do so; and those who don't want to will not listen to anyone who tells them to do so.
Agreed. The point in FrAJM post about the desire to be a star and center of attention addresses the issue. It was obvious that many priests and parishes were channeling Protestant and nondenominational services out of a kind of envy. But I also think that a sort of stubbornness prevented self correction even if the bishop agreed
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