I am convinced that if we simply follow the liturgical books, say the texts and carry out the gestures properly, in a style continuous with our tradition, the Church’s liturgy has power the capture minds and hearts and transform them.
I starting forming this conviction before I became a Catholic through my experience of Novus Ordo Masses done in an entirely Roman traditional style, closely following the books.
The late Msgr. Richard Schuler would eventually articulate to me in words what I was experiencing in the church. “Just do what the Council asked… do what the Church asks.”
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