Would Traditional Catholics Be Pleased If EF Adopted OF Calendar And Lectionary?

[Brennan_Doherty]

Absolutely! Ordinary time indeed…oooof

Here are some interesting quotes on the topic:

But what possible advantage can be gained for the pastoral care of the faithful by changing the feast days of the saints in the Church calendar, changing the way of counting Sundays during the liturgical year, or even changing the words of Consecration? What possible advantage can be gained by introducing a completely new Order of Readings and abolishing the old one, or by making minor and unimportant adjustments to the traditional rite, and then finally, by publishing a new Missal? Was all this really done because of a pastoral concern about the souls of the faithful, or did it not rather represent a radical breach with the traditional rite, to prevent the further use of traditional liturgical texts and thus to make the celebration of the ‘Tridentine Mass’ impossible—because it no longer reflected the new spirit moving through the Church? (Msgr. Klaus Gamber, The Reform of the Roman Liturgy, p. 99-100.)

The new assignment of the feasts of saints in the Church calendar published at the very outset of the liturgical reforms, a completely unnecessary and radical change, only served to alienate the faithful. (Ibid.)

One of the weaknesses of the postconciliar liturgical reform can doubtless be traced to the armchair strategy of academics, drawing up things on paper which, in fact, would presuppose years of organic growth. The most blatant example of this is the reform of the Calendar: those responsible simply did not realize how much the various annual feasts had influenced Christian people’s relation to time. In redistributing these established feasts throughout the year according to some historical arithmetic—inconsistently applied at that—they ignored a fundamental law of religious life. (J. Ratzinger, Feast of Faith. pp. 81-82.)

Great quotes, David. Cardinal Ratzinger is spot on. Thanks.

 

[Ite_ad_Ioseph]

I prefer the EF calendar. I like each Archangel having his own feast day. Plus the EF calendar is easier to follow for traditional Catholics. Plus the OF Lectionary would have to have the Douay Rheims translation. The NAB and it’s use in the OF Mass, is horrible. Most traditional Catholics don’t care for the NAB translation or any other inclusive translation for that matter, but the USCCB keep on forcing it down Catholics throats in the US. Just one more reason I hate the OF Mass.

The Archangel’s were also a big reason for my love of the Old Calendar as well, exactly!
St. Gabriel- March 24
St. Raphael- October 24
St. Michael “who stands at the right of the altar of incense” (a quote from the EF Mass for those who know where it is)- September 29

 

[Ite_ad_Ioseph]

Divine Mercy Sunday is held on Low Sunday, which exists in the Old Rite. It was simply a re-naming if I am correct.
Also, I also never understood why you couldn’t just celebrate a saints day. It’s a matter of gettin the right propers, and then, that’s it, you just celebrate it.
Of course soem feasts are different(St. Thomas) but that’s a problem in each separate rite, really.