Unless it comes out that Cdl. Roche did make an order to Bp. Lopes regarding concelebration, this seems like a bit of a nothingburger. At any rate, I think Bp. Waller is right on the face of it: "Any rite is words and rubrics, and it is a liturgical abuse to mix and match", as he said. No priest has any more right to innovate on the rubrics than any other, even if he does so in a more aesthetically pleasing manner than typical liturgical abuses.
I feel like it makes sense if you have a handful of priests. But with a big chrism mass or some of the even bigger masses they have at the basilica in D.C., the concelebrants can’t even see the host!
I'm curious how long before there is an ordinariate for the African churches? I know there have been many Anglican congregations from that continent that have broken from Canterbury...where better to find unity than through Rome?
Interesting that the bishops have suddenly discovered that it is super-duper important to always follow the rubrics to the T. But perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised, since a priest (or bishop) celebrating the novus ordo would never deviate from the rubrics.
Unless it comes out that Cdl. Roche did make an order to Bp. Lopes regarding concelebration, this seems like a bit of a nothingburger. At any rate, I think Bp. Waller is right on the face of it: "Any rite is words and rubrics, and it is a liturgical abuse to mix and match", as he said. No priest has any more right to innovate on the rubrics than any other, even if he does so in a more aesthetically pleasing manner than typical liturgical abuses.
Seems like Dr Kwasniewski s-stirring, if you know what I mean. Those subscriptions not going to sell themselves.
Concelebration is stupid. Can’t believe we make it a kind of shibboleth we fall out over.
I agree. It's a "nice to have if you want to do that" but once it starts getting mandated, it's an unnecessary added ground for division
I feel like it makes sense if you have a handful of priests. But with a big chrism mass or some of the even bigger masses they have at the basilica in D.C., the concelebrants can’t even see the host!
I'm curious how long before there is an ordinariate for the African churches? I know there have been many Anglican congregations from that continent that have broken from Canterbury...where better to find unity than through Rome?
Interesting that the bishops have suddenly discovered that it is super-duper important to always follow the rubrics to the T. But perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised, since a priest (or bishop) celebrating the novus ordo would never deviate from the rubrics.
I am also curious, where exactly in the Ordinariate rubrics does it say that priests can’t serve as liturgical deacons? This article isn’t clear.
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