Rumors of reform

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Vatican City, Mar. 20, 2006 (CNA) - In June Pope Benedict XVI will receive the final proposal from the recent Synod of Bishops for the drafting of his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist. The commission of 12 cardinals and bishops from around the world, led by the secretary of the Synod of Bishops, Archbishop Nicola Eterovic, will meet in June to present the Holy Father a final proposal based on the 50 propositions that were made at the conclusion of last October’s Synod.

According to a Vatican source, the commission will approve “a proposal and a plan for liturgical reform,” which will be made public in the Apostolic Exhortation that the Holy Father will tentatively issue in October.

The Vatican source said that the exhortation would include an invitation to greater use of Latin in the daily prayer of the Church and in the Mass—with the exception of the Liturgy of the Word—as well as in large public and international Masses.

The document would also encourage a greater use of Gregorian chant and classical polyphonic music; the gradual elimination of the use of songs whose music or lyrics are secular in origin, as well as the elimination of instruments that are “inadequate for liturgical use,” such as the electric guitar or drums, although it is not likely that specific instruments will be mentioned.

Lastly, the Pope is expected to call for “more decorum and liturgical sobriety in the celebration of the Eucharist, excluding dance and, as much as possible, applause.”
 
Well, I hope he does something, although I am not convinced of the effectiveness of an ‘invitation’. I think concrete changes need to be made, and not suggestions. Don’t forget that it was the ambiguity of VII that got us into this whole mess to begin with. Unfortunately we need to have liturgical norms spelled out and not have so much freedom.

I was speaking with the head of the office of worship in my diocese at the Saint Patrick’s Day parade about the orans posture, and father said he was against it, but with the way things are written, they would need to have a whole litany of things in the GIRM of what not to do. But I disagreed saying, the whole problem could be eliminated with the words ‘the approved posture’ or some similar choice of words. But who knows. Of course, we need to have priests that are not afraid to teach us about what is right and wrong in worship, but that isn’t happening.

At mass every every week father gets a sour look on his face every time we say the Our Father and 90% the congregation does orans…yet he does not say anything about it. I need to talk with him over fish dinner this Friday about it…

God bless our Papa for trying to bring about some return to tradition…
 
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VociMike:
Since I haven’t seen anybody else post this, here it is:

catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6280
Vatican City, Mar. 20, 2006 (CNA) - In June Pope Benedict XVI will receive the final proposal from the recent Synod of Bishops for the drafting of his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist. The commission of 12 cardinals and bishops from around the world, led by the secretary of the Synod of Bishops, Archbishop Nicola Eterovic, will meet in June to present the Holy Father a final proposal based on the 50 propositions that were made at the conclusion of last October’s Synod.

According to a Vatican source, the commission will approve “a proposal and a plan for liturgical reform,” which will be made public in the Apostolic Exhortation that the Holy Father will tentatively issue in October.

The Vatican source said that the exhortation would include an invitation to greater use of Latin in the daily prayer of the Church and in the Mass—with the exception of the Liturgy of the Word—as well as in large public and international Masses.

The document would also encourage a greater use of Gregorian chant and classical polyphonic music; the gradual elimination of the use of songs whose music or lyrics are secular in origin, as well as the elimination of instruments that are “inadequate for liturgical use,” such as the electric guitar or drums, although it is not likely that specific instruments will be mentioned.

Lastly, the Pope is expected to call for “more decorum and liturgical sobriety in the celebration of the Eucharist, excluding dance and, as much as possible, applause.”
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Any rumours of reform have traditionalists jumping up and down with excitement. This has been the case for the past 6 months but so far nothing has happened. I’m curious as to what they really expect will happen. You might get some Gregorian chant in the NO Mass and maybe a Latin prayer but the NO Mass will never be all in Latin and neither will it be abolished in favour of a return to only the TLM.
 
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Any rumours of reform have traditionalists jumping up and down with excitement. This has been the case for the past 6 months but so far nothing has happened. I’m curious as to what they really expect will happen. You might get some Gregorian chant in the NO Mass and maybe a Latin prayer but the NO Mass will never be all in Latin and neither will it be abolished in favour of a return to only the TLM.
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Well the story says nothing about the NO Mass all in Latin (by which I assume you mean the vernacular is disallowed, since the Roman Missal is in fact written all in Latin). Nor does the story say anything about the NO being abolished. Don’t get the various traditionalist exitements confused. 🙂
 
I too am discouraged by the use of the word ‘encourage’. We don’t need more ‘encouragement’ - we need clear direction on what the valid choices are during the Mass. If there is going to be a ‘reform’, I hope our Holy Father is very clear and explicit on what can or cannot be done. Otherwise, it’s just another suggestion that will be ignored.
 
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