Preach It, Your Eminence!
His Eminence Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, quoted from Cardinal Arinze discourages "liturgies to order":
His Eminence Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, quoted from Cardinal Arinze discourages "liturgies to order":
The Mass is the most solemn action of the sacred liturgy, which is itself the public worship of the Church....A do-it-yourself mentality, an attitude of nobody-will-tell-me-what-to-do, or a defiant sting of if-you-do-not-like-my-Mass-you-can-go-to-another-parish, is not only against sound theology and ecclesiology, but also offends against common sense.
Unfortunately, sometimes common sense is not very common, when we see a priest ignoring liturgical rules and installing creativity, in his case personal idiosyncrasy, as the guide to the celebration of Holy Mass.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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