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Liturgy: Francis' Polemics Miss the Point

"Liturgy without the union of man with God is an aberration," Francis rightly wrote on 10 May to a delegation from the 'Higher Institute of Liturgy of Barcelona' in Spain.

But it didn't occur to him that this is precisely the problem with the secularised Novus Ordo.

He added another truism: "An aberration, for example, would be a liturgy enslaved to rubricism, which does not promote union with God".

In fact, the rubrics (i.e. the instructions on how a liturgy is to be celebrated) are so precise and detailed that they relieve the priest from being forced to be a showman who has to make up the course of what is to follow, focusing on the audience rather than on God.

The rubrics carry the priest along so that he can concentrate fully on the "union of man with God".

Francis asked liturgists to "work to bring our daily liturgy to life", thus admitting that the Novus Ordo is dead.

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Orthocat

May 12

More false dichotomies from the Vatican II crowd. Past examples: Personal piety useless without liturgy, Loving God useless without honoring the poor, Knowing the faith is useless without a 'personal encounter' with Christ, etc. The truth is that one should do BOTH things, not set one against the other!

Dr Bobus

May 12edited

One of the legit changes VatII tI tried to make was to restore the Benedictine notion of sanctification through the liturgy (SC.10). Previously, a utilitarian approach dominated--the liturgy functioned merely to confect the Sacraments. The Jesuits might not have invented this, but their influence certainly spread it
Unfortunately. after VatII there was little restoration. Instead, a shift was made …More

One of the legit changes VatII tI tried to make was to restore the Benedictine notion of sanctification through the liturgy (SC.10). Previously, a utilitarian approach dominated--the liturgy functioned merely to confect the Sacraments. The Jesuits might not have invented this, but their influence certainly spread it

Unfortunately. after VatII there was little restoration. Instead, a shift was made to another utilitarian strategy--social action and an exaggerated Ecumenusm

Dr Bobus

May 11

More accurate:
An aberration, for example, would be a liturgy enslaved to superficial social aspects and/or leftist politics, which does not promote union with God".More

More accurate:

An aberration, for example, would be a liturgy enslaved to superficial social aspects and/or leftist politics, which does not promote union with God".

Ann Smith

May 11

How much 'life' does he want added to the Liturgy? Guess the circus, clown, beach, motorcycle, Super-soaker masses aren't working?

philosopher

May 11

Progressive means the fun and innovation never ends.

SonoftheChurch

May 11edited

Priestly “blessings” for sodomite “couples” without the intrinsic liturgical nature of the blessing is an aberration.

john333

May 11

It like a square dance laced with LSD and fall fair rolled up in one bad dream .Confusion !!!

Everyday for Life Canada

2May 11

The papacy without a faithful vicar of Christ is the aberration.

V.R.S.

2May 11

"Liturgy without the union of man with God is an aberration" - means nothing. All depends on how one understands such an union (e.g. he may understand it in the protestant - God is present spiritually among the congregation - or even modernist - a religious feeling/experience of the God's presence - meaning).
Thus, Bergoglian musings quoted above are irrelevant.

Werte

May 11