Removal of Shrovetide/Pre-Lent in the Liturgical Calendar

[ThereseFrancis]

As today is the Septuagesima in the Traditional Liturgical Calendar, can anyone educate me as to why the Shrovetide/Pre-lent season was removed from the current calendar? I cannot seem to find a definite reason as to why the Church decided to remove this liturgical season when it is in fact an ancient practice and has been (obviously) in our Sacred Tradition.

 

[jas84173]

Who knows why they did half of what they did. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Or break it. The new calendar is bad imo. Funny, Anglican and Lutheran calendars look more like our Catholic rite ones used too than our own does now.

 

[ThereseFrancis]

I found this video from Youtube:

regarding the removal of the Shrovetide. I tried to research what he said regarding Bishop Bugnini and it seems to be factually true. I am just posting this here for the sake of future reference. Maybe someone in the future is also interested in the question. Hopefully, this would help them.

 

[KMG]

Bugnini argued (you can read his book on this) that it was outdated and irrelevant to contemporary man. So his Consilium took a tradition that went back to Gregory I and said…no more. He also talks about how the liturgical texts are entirely focused on sin, to the exclusion of “other elements of the paschal mystery” (a favorite topic of his).

Fortunately, thanks to Summorum Pontificum and the Ordinariate, Pre-Lent lives on.

 

[Vico]

As today is the Septuagesima in the Traditional Liturgical Calendar, can anyone educate me as to why the Shrovetide/Pre-lent season was removed from the current calendar? I cannot seem to find a definite reason as to why the Church decided to remove this liturgical season when it is in fact an ancient practice and has been (obviously) in our Sacred Tradition.

I understand it was because the faithful could find it hard to understand that it is an optional penitential period that extends Lent.
Also see thread: Why does the new calendar omit Septuagesima Sunday?

 

[Tis_Bearself]

It’s good to know the TLM community is preserving this practice. I’ll be honest, I get really bored by “ordinary time”. I like to be anticipating a season or thinking about one that has passed. And I like practicing the old customs. I never even heard of Ember Days till about 2 months ago.

I think on Sunday I’ll find a TLM church here to go to a High Latin Mass. it’s been a while.

 

[ThereseFrancis]

Wow! I didn’t know @jas84173 made a seperate thread. Thank you, @jas84173!

 

[commenter]

It’s good to know the TLM community is preserving this practice. I’ll be honest, I get really bored by “ordinary time”. I like to be anticipating a season or thinking about one that has passed. And I like practicing the old customs. I never even heard of Ember Days till about 2 months ago.

I think on Sunday I’ll find a TLM church here to go to a High Latin Mass. it’s been a while.

I assume you mean one approved by your diocese.
There is a very good chance you will like the music better than what you are used to.

 

[commenter]

Maybe in the future they will shorten Lent, maybe have Ash Wednesday the day before Holy Thursday. The only thing I like about the new calendar is not from Vatican II, but later…the addition of Divine Mercy, the Sunday after Easter.

 

[jas84173]

Probably the way it’s going.
Maybe attendance at church will be a couple times a year.

 

[AngelusDomini]

The Ordinariate still keep Pre-Lent!

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I’ve been to TLM before, i just dont go more than once every few months, and yes, they are all approved by the diocese where I go. As for what music I’m “used” to, I go to many Masses with organs, often very nice old historic ones played very well, and I have gone to a number of Masses with choirs and chant also, so the music is not new news, and I like it the same as I like a good rock band. I have also been known to go to organ concerts in my spare time. I’m primarily interested in what’s going on with the actual liturgy.