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The Reform of the Roman Liturgy: Its Problems and Background |
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Written by Al - Bonnie
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Monday, 09 August 2004 |
"Needs to be widely circulated and should be studied in every
seminary... Bishops who ordered altars to be removed, rebuilt and even
destroyed were misinformed..." Msgr. Richard J. Schuler
In his preface to the French edition Pope Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Ratzinger,
calls Gamber a ‘model’ liturgist, and notes that the late Monsignor was ‘an
outcast’ for his views. Purchase your copy today.
Excerpts from Msgr. Gamber:
- The modification, ordered by Paul VI, of the words of Consecration and of
the phrase that follows, utilized in the Roman Liturgy for more than 1500 years,
had not been foreseen by the Council and was not at all useful for pastoral
needs. The translation of ‘pro multis’ [‘for many’] to ‘for all,’ which refers
to modern theological conceptions and is not to be found in any ancient
liturgical text, is dubious and has scandalized some.
- This is why the artisans of the New Rite of the Mass cannot speak for the
Council, even though they continue to do so. The instructions of the Council are
written in a general manner and remain open to diverse solutions. In any case
one thing is certain, which is that the Novus Ordo Missae would not have
received the approval of the majority of the Council Fathers.
- If one leaves unchanged the ancient rite as it is and continues to use it
side by side with the new—but as something living and not a museum piece!—one
will have preserved, for the entire Church, such as She displays herself to all
nations, an important element for the future: the unity of worship. Roman
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- Plenty of problems could be resolved in the Church by the strict separation
between the [traditional] Roman Rite and the New Liturgy... and through the
possibility of offering to the faithful the use of the two forms of Mass. Above
all, this would diminish the risk of a major schism: the legitimate demands of
innumerable Catholics in favor of the traditional celebration of the liturgy
would be satisfied, without having neglected the desire of the others to have a
‘contemporary’ Mass.
- You could object that the solution proposed here of using two parallel rites
could disturb the ecclesial unity of the parishes. We would respond that, in the
organization of the Church, and above all in the East, there have been at all
times many rites recognized by Rome. No one should be surprised therefore if,
equally in the Roman Church, two forms of Mass coexisted side-by-side—at least
for a certain time. But only if we actually had two! At the moment there are, as
we know, innumerable rites, numbers of priests ‘arranging’ the Mass entirely
according to their own way.
- The new arrangement of the liturgy, and above all the profound modifications
in the rite of Mass which have occurred during the pontificate of Paul VI and
have now become obligatory, have been more radical than the reform of Luther —
at least in that which concerns the exterior rite.
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This 21st Century edition of the traditional Missal of the Tridentine
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