Probelly some of you don’t like Michael Davies because of his critic of the second vatican counsel. but i was still wondering if there are some whom has some positive reactions about him and his statements.
I am guessing that most people who “don’t like him” haven’t actually read his books. His “Liturgical Revolution” series is largely a factual account of the parallels between the Protestant revolution in England and the liturgical revolution around the world after Vatican II. I challenge any of his opponents to refute a single one of the claims that he made in his books. I think what we can learn from him is that the actions taken by liberal clerics (and more often than not approved by Pope Paul VI) after Vatican II were gravely destructive to the Church. No less an authority than Pope Benedict XVI had this to say about Mr. Davies:
“I have been profoundly touched by the news of the death of Michael Davies. I had the good fortune to meet him several times and I found him as a man of deep faith and ready to embrace suffering. Ever since the Council he put all his energy into the service of the Faith and left us important publications especially about the Sacred Liturgy. Even though he suffered from the Church in many ways in his time, he always truly remained a man of the Church. He knew that the Lord founded His Church on the rock of St Peter and that the Faith can find its fullness and maturity only in union with the successor of St Peter. Therefore we can be confident that the Lord opened wide for him the gates of heaven. We commend his soul to the Lord’s mercy.”
Thankfully, things have gotten better since Mr. Davies wrote his books. The pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI have managed to undo some of the damage inflicted on the Church by Paul VI, largely by adapting many of the suggestions offered by Mr. Davies in his books. Read more about Mr. Davies here:
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