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A Challenging Reform: Realising the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal, 1963-1975 by Piero Marini, Liturgical Press
History will record as one of the hallmarks of this pontificate the renewal of the sacred liturgy currently underway in accordance with a “hermeneutic of continuity”, a spirit that is open to legitimate progress but also firmly grounded in the riches of liturgical tradition.
This worries a number of liturgists who have propagated the “hermeneutic of rupture and discontinuity” over recent decades (the “Vatican II changed all that” brigade) and who do not want to go “backwards”. Among them one may number the recently replaced papal Master of Ceremonies, Archbishop Piero Marini, who has published this slender monograph – oddly enough in English only and not, apparently, in Italian.
Its purpose, as the books editors – K Pecklers SJ, M Francis CSV and J R Page whose aversion to the liturgical reform of Benedict XVI is apparent – make clear, is to “keep alive” the “vision that inspired the work of the Consilium.” This was the executive group established by Paul VI for the purpose of implementing the reform called for by Vatican II, headed by the progressive Italian Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro and orchestrated by the hyper-efficient Vincentian Annibale Bugnini. They, Marini tells us, “were known for their leadership and open-mindedness” and were “just the kind of individuals needed to advance a liturgical reform that would respond to the needs of the contemporary world.”
One does not attempt to keep something alive unless its life is threatened. Let us be clear: this publication is a partisan response to what Marini terms “a tendency to return to a preconciliar mindset that has for years now characterised the Curia’s approach”. This perceived trend, some liturgists believe, has gained considerable momentum in this pontificate. The book is also an act of filial homage by Marini to his mentor, Bugnini. Marini was at Bugnini’s side in the work of reform from the outset while still a young deacon and priest. It is a pity that their close personal association is not clearly acknowledged or discussed here.
One can only say…Gag! ick, ack, cough choke.
A Challenging Reform: Realising the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal, 1963-1975 by Piero Marini, Liturgical Press
History will record as one of the hallmarks of this pontificate the renewal of the sacred liturgy currently underway in accordance with a “hermeneutic of continuity”, a spirit that is open to legitimate progress but also firmly grounded in the riches of liturgical tradition.
This worries a number of liturgists who have propagated the “hermeneutic of rupture and discontinuity” over recent decades (the “Vatican II changed all that” brigade) and who do not want to go “backwards”. Among them one may number the recently replaced papal Master of Ceremonies, Archbishop Piero Marini, who has published this slender monograph – oddly enough in English only and not, apparently, in Italian.
Its purpose, as the books editors – K Pecklers SJ, M Francis CSV and J R Page whose aversion to the liturgical reform of Benedict XVI is apparent – make clear, is to “keep alive” the “vision that inspired the work of the Consilium.” This was the executive group established by Paul VI for the purpose of implementing the reform called for by Vatican II, headed by the progressive Italian Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro and orchestrated by the hyper-efficient Vincentian Annibale Bugnini. They, Marini tells us, “were known for their leadership and open-mindedness” and were “just the kind of individuals needed to advance a liturgical reform that would respond to the needs of the contemporary world.”
One does not attempt to keep something alive unless its life is threatened. Let us be clear: this publication is a partisan response to what Marini terms “a tendency to return to a preconciliar mindset that has for years now characterised the Curia’s approach”. This perceived trend, some liturgists believe, has gained considerable momentum in this pontificate. The book is also an act of filial homage by Marini to his mentor, Bugnini. Marini was at Bugnini’s side in the work of reform from the outset while still a young deacon and priest. It is a pity that their close personal association is not clearly acknowledged or discussed here.
One can only say…Gag! ick, ack, cough choke.