Saturday, July 21, 2007

On the Liturgy


From a recent letter by Archbishop Burke:

"Not infrequently, I meet young people who are attracted to the former Order of the Mass, even though they had no experience of it when they were growing up. What attracts them is the beauty and reverence, which the earlier form very much fosters. Such beauty and reverence should also be evident in the celebration of the Novus Ordo. Because the ordinary form is greatly simplified, the priest and those who assist him must be attentive to the divine action taking place and not give way to an informality and familiarity which is offensive to the nature of the Sacred Liturgy."

1 comment:

  1. This statement, with a special emphasis on the last sentence, should be nailed onto the doors of more than a few Churches in the US.

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