"flouting Pope Francis’ will" - The important thing isn't what's right for a particular situation, it's what Pope Francis' will is. That's how authoritarians speak.
"Rome is essentially offering local bishops the option to pass them the buck and allow the dicastery to be the “bad cop,”". There's a simple word for that - cowardice.
Since I started attending Latin mass, I have come to see how Protestant the new mass is and thereby lacking so much of the worship we are meant to be coming together to offer. I am so worried for the church that it has gotten so far from the point. The Pope needs to come up with something better than telling us to give up an original thing of beauty for a newer ride going the wrong direction. I can worship in either vehicle but can’t help feeling the driver can’t see where he is headed in the newer one.
It's definitely the "bad cop" option. Parkes clearly wanted to kill the TLM in his diocese, but is cravenly endeavoring to pretend that he had no choice in the matter. Pray for him, as the Lord abhors lying lips and false hearts.
Lumen Gentium: "In virtue of this power, bishops have the sacred right and the duty before the Lord to make laws for their subjects, to pass judgment on them and to moderate everything pertaining to the ordering of worship and the apostolate.
The pastoral office or the habitual and daily care of their sheep is entrusted to them completely; nor are they to be regarded as vicars of the Roman Pontiffs, for they exercise an authority that is proper to them, and are quite correctly called "prelates," heads of the people whom they govern."
I do not see how it is possible to say that one recognizes the validity of the Council(and the Code of Canon Law) and at the same time not accept what is spelled out clearly in the dogmatic constitution of the Church provided by the Council - that the Bishops may exercise the pastoral authority entrusted to them.
I live in one of the Ga. diocese that will allow the Latin Mass for a while. I have friends who prefer it. I understand why. I grew up in the pre- Vatican II church. You do leave the Latin Mass feeling like you have truly worshiped but it’s what happens after Mass that counts. When we encounter Jesus be it in the old or new form of Mass and are changed by his presence in our lives that’s what really counts. Jesus is truly present in both forms. Unity is the most important thing for us as Catholics. A house divided can not stand. The pope is not asking us to forfeit the holy presence but is trying to prevent disunity. I think we have to be really careful about our motivations for being demanding our own preferences.
This continues to be exasperating. Instead of urging everyone to get along and worship God, Rome continues to pit Catholics against each other. Meanwhile, Catholics are DYING in Nigeria and China and all around the world. Can our prelates not get their priorities straight and concentrate on souls rather than on climate change and putting more synods in our synods? Or will they not?
"flouting Pope Francis’ will" - The important thing isn't what's right for a particular situation, it's what Pope Francis' will is. That's how authoritarians speak.
"Rome is essentially offering local bishops the option to pass them the buck and allow the dicastery to be the “bad cop,”". There's a simple word for that - cowardice.
Since I started attending Latin mass, I have come to see how Protestant the new mass is and thereby lacking so much of the worship we are meant to be coming together to offer. I am so worried for the church that it has gotten so far from the point. The Pope needs to come up with something better than telling us to give up an original thing of beauty for a newer ride going the wrong direction. I can worship in either vehicle but can’t help feeling the driver can’t see where he is headed in the newer one.
Are there any updates on whether or not the Latin text of Traditionis Custodes has been made available?
It's definitely the "bad cop" option. Parkes clearly wanted to kill the TLM in his diocese, but is cravenly endeavoring to pretend that he had no choice in the matter. Pray for him, as the Lord abhors lying lips and false hearts.
Lumen Gentium: "In virtue of this power, bishops have the sacred right and the duty before the Lord to make laws for their subjects, to pass judgment on them and to moderate everything pertaining to the ordering of worship and the apostolate.
The pastoral office or the habitual and daily care of their sheep is entrusted to them completely; nor are they to be regarded as vicars of the Roman Pontiffs, for they exercise an authority that is proper to them, and are quite correctly called "prelates," heads of the people whom they govern."
I do not see how it is possible to say that one recognizes the validity of the Council(and the Code of Canon Law) and at the same time not accept what is spelled out clearly in the dogmatic constitution of the Church provided by the Council - that the Bishops may exercise the pastoral authority entrusted to them.
I live in one of the Ga. diocese that will allow the Latin Mass for a while. I have friends who prefer it. I understand why. I grew up in the pre- Vatican II church. You do leave the Latin Mass feeling like you have truly worshiped but it’s what happens after Mass that counts. When we encounter Jesus be it in the old or new form of Mass and are changed by his presence in our lives that’s what really counts. Jesus is truly present in both forms. Unity is the most important thing for us as Catholics. A house divided can not stand. The pope is not asking us to forfeit the holy presence but is trying to prevent disunity. I think we have to be really careful about our motivations for being demanding our own preferences.
This continues to be exasperating. Instead of urging everyone to get along and worship God, Rome continues to pit Catholics against each other. Meanwhile, Catholics are DYING in Nigeria and China and all around the world. Can our prelates not get their priorities straight and concentrate on souls rather than on climate change and putting more synods in our synods? Or will they not?
The folks in Rome and some of our US bishops make us suffer now, but they can end up in a permanent place of suffering.
I do not pray for this or encourage others to do so, but it is mentioned in Scripture under scandalizing “little ones.”