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I have always been a great proponent of the OF and EF being textually the same. Say the Ordinary Form facing or not facing the people, and say it in whatever langauge you like, so long as the translation in fitting, but keep all the prayers used in the 1962 missal same. There was absolutely no reason to change one word of the 1962 text in formulating the Pauline Mass. When Pope Benedict XVI talks about liturgical continuity and organic liturgical growth, most of us assume the discussion is about latin and orientation. Yes, these are factors, but the text is greater one. Apparently, the text of the mass was largely formulated by James of Jerusalem, a relation of Our Lord, and was added to and revised by St. Gregory the Great. The original text of Gregory was not changed that much in 1570 at Trent, and was changed even less in 1962. There was absolultely no reason to take out some prayers that are nearly 2000 years old in the 1970 missal, and can only be explained as the influence of Satan, who is deeply disgusted and harmed by the celebration of the Mass. Bring back the prayers at the foot of the altar, the last gospel, and the prayers after mass. And if we’re going to have three readings, make sure that the text surrounding the second reading is identical to that surrounding the first, so that the text can still full resemble the 1962 text.
That said, although I too support that we have to rebuild the Ordinary form from the bottom up using a group of Orthodox catholic theologians headed by the Pontiff himself, now is not the time. To be too abrupt would be to send liberals flying out of Catholic Churches, much the same way we sent traditionalists into schismatic groups in 1969. The Novus Ordo needs to be slowly changed to promote orthodoxy, and in a generation or two, when the Church as a whole is more orthodox and traditional, we can begin the great undertaking of reorganizing the celebration of Mass in the Church so that it might better reflect organic continuity.
That said, although I too support that we have to rebuild the Ordinary form from the bottom up using a group of Orthodox catholic theologians headed by the Pontiff himself, now is not the time. To be too abrupt would be to send liberals flying out of Catholic Churches, much the same way we sent traditionalists into schismatic groups in 1969. The Novus Ordo needs to be slowly changed to promote orthodoxy, and in a generation or two, when the Church as a whole is more orthodox and traditional, we can begin the great undertaking of reorganizing the celebration of Mass in the Church so that it might better reflect organic continuity.
