There is already a liturgy for the Anglican Use, the Book of Divine Worship. The liturgy is being revised for the US Ordinariate and no one is sure exactly what it will be, but I have heard from some good sources that it will follow very closely to the Anglican Missal, using the Sarum/Gregorian Canon, which is used in the EF liturgy… All the Anglican prayers from the BDW will be included, i.e. Prayer of Humble Access, Prayer of Thanksgiving, the General Confession (although I think that the confietor will be said by the priests and servers).
It will probably be close to the EF, except in beautiful English. The great hymns and chant will be part of the Patrimony,
The Holy Father has said that he wants to bring the “treasures” that the Anglican Patrimony has into the Church.
If you go to
www.atonementonline.com there is a video of the current liturgy allowed by the Church for Anglicans who are part of an Anglican Use parish. Some of the responses from the BCP 1979/Roman Rite will probably be removed.
As a former member of TEC, I still miss the beauty and reverence from my Anglo Catholic days and I am personally looking forward to attending an Anglican Use parish.
Married priests have nothing to do with the benefits. In time this will be extinct within the Ordinariate, unless the discipline of celibate priests is changed.
Most of the parishes will be small and members will have a greater opportunity to get to know the other members. There were always coffee hours after the High Mass where people socialized.
Actually many of the AU parishes have many latin rite Catholic who have chosen to become members of these parishes. The Ordinariate will give Catholics another choice if they are unhappy with the OF or don’t feel comfortable with the EF. It will also benefit many dioceses with more priests who can help at parishes who have a shortage of priests.
Yours in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Bernadette
