The old and the new

[Annabelle_Marie]

It seems like there is so much in fighting sometimes within members of the Church regarding the old and the new…

I found this great article on it and would like your thoughts and comments. My favorite part is the end where they say “But if devotion to these expressions, based on personal preference, causes strife and tension, there is something wrong. There is a difference between the Pearl of great price and its packaging. The Pearl always comes in a wrapper. But if we love a particular wrapper so much that in clutching it we let go of the pearl, it doesn’t matter if we are liberal or conservative–we’re being just plain foolish. Together with Solomon, let us pray for the wisdom needed in every situation to correctly identify the Kingdom of God and hold fast to it.”

integratedcatholiclife.org/2011/07/dambrosio-sunday-reflection-old-vs-new/

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[corsair]

I attend both forms of the Mass but prefer the EF. I will agree that the “wrapper” can be deceiving but if the “Pearl” is inside the wrapper then its OK to choose the “wrapper” that appeals to me.

God Bless.

 

[Annabelle_Marie]

I attend both forms of the Mass but prefer the EF. I will agree that the “wrapper” can be deceiving but if the “Pearl” is inside the wrapper then its OK to choose the “wrapper” that appeals to me.

God Bless.

But as long as you don’t hold SO tight to the wrapper that the Pearl pops out…

 

[benedictgal]

This is how I see it, and this insight comes from Fr. Tim Finigan, who has the excellent blog, the “hermeneutic of continuity.”

The last line of today’s Gospel reading made me think of what Pope Benedict XVI is doing insofar as the liturgy is concerned. He writes a great deal about “mutual enrichment” between the Ordinary Form and the Extraordinary Form. Could it be that with his own actions, he is bringing to life what Jesus said in today’s Gospel reading?

The Holy Father is doing his part by restoring beauty, majesty and dignity to the Mass, whether it’s singing the Propers, bringing back the restored ambo (to St. Peter’s), employing a particular altar arrangement, using Ad Orientem and even with his manner of distributing Holy Communion. He is literally bringing forth the old and the new from the Church’s sacred liturgical treasury. Perhaps this is what he means by the hermeneutic of continuity.