Father Z has the skinny (RSCT to Gerald):
The document is ready and signed.
It is being translated.
It will be issued before the Pope’s summer break.
There is a long explanatory letter from the Pope, of a theological nature to the bishops of the world to help the MP’s reception.
There will be a press conference with Cardinals Arinze (CDWDS), Castrillon Hoyos (P.Comm. Ecclesia Dei) and Herranz (PC Leg. Texts – retired).
The delay resulted from strong opposition of bishops conferences.
A friend of the Pope, Msgr. Nicholas Bux (a well-known author I respect on traditional matters), says it is a matter of days.
This MP will do one of two things, besides give the people a choice between "Rite I" and "Rite II". Either the Rite II folk will pull for doing things right, that is, a true reform stemming from Rite I, or the Rite II folk will distance themselves further and turn "low church". I'm optimistic that it will be the former.
Peace,
BMP
2 comments:
"Rite I" or "Rite II?" Yikes! "Episcopalian" language like that evokes the feelings of standing on the edge of a high cliff - and slipping. Thank the Lord we're a more solid body of believers than PECUSA/TEC/CoGLTBBQ, currently tearing itself at the seams.
I can't wait for a more widely used '62 liturgy, or even a better-quality N.O., but I doubt we as a body of believers will undergo the foundation-breaking turmoil some are predicting. Done well, variety of this sort can only be a good thing.
IMHO, to quote my Lutheran friends, "'High Church' is my church, but 'Low Church' is no church!"
Yeah, I was kinda going for borderline sarcasm when I wrote "Rite I" and "Rite II". Maybe for us Catlicks we could say "Rite A" and "Rite B". Nah.
I for one would LOVE a better quality Novus Ordo. I don't mind keeping current when done right. Scrap the "sacro-pop" crap and you've won at least half the battle. Save the informal (low church) stuff for those tent revivalists. :)
BMP
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