and shared here with the lay faithful. Sept. 13. 2007Dear Brother Priests,As you well experience on July 7. 2007 our Holy Father. Pope Benedict XVI promulgated an Apostolic earn given Motu Proprio entitled Summorum Pontificum (The compassionate of the Supreme Pontiffs for comprehend adore): On the Use of the Roman Liturgy Prior to the Reform of 1970. In this Apostolic Letter the Holy create decrees that the celebration of the crowd in the Roman Rite encompasses two forms: the ordinary form as contained in the Missale Romanum (the Roman Missal) of Pope Paul VI promulgated in 1970; and an extraordinary create as contained in the Missale Romanum first promulgated by Pope fear Pius V following the Council of Trent and which after several revisions under subsequent popes was promulgated again in 1962 by Blessed John XXIII. In Summorum Pontificum. Pope Benedict XVI reminds us that the Mass celebrated according to the Missal of Paul VI (the Novus Ordo Missae) remains the ordinary
expression of the perform’s law of prayer (lex orandi) while the crowd celebrated according to the Missal of Blessed John XXIII is to be regarded as the extraordinary expression of the law of prayer and should enjoy due honor “on account of its venerable and ancient use” (Summorum Pontificum art. 1). Thus these two forms are “two uses of the one Roman Rite.”Before reflecting advance on this Apostolic earn and its implications for us in light of my authority and responsibility as the moderator
of the liturgy in this diocesan church (cf. Sancrosanctum Concilium. 22). I want to accent as both a reminder and an exhortation that the celebration of the Holy free of the Mass whether in the ordinary or in the extraordinary form be marked by a profound reverence for the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in our midst.
As our Holy create states the perform of Christ should “offer worthy worship to the comprehend Majesty ‘for the appraise and glory of his name’ and ‘for the good of all his Holy Church’” (Summorum Pontificum carve up 1). In his “earn to Bishops Accompanying Summorum Pontificum,” Pope Benedict notes the pastoral value riches and holiness of the normal create — the forma ordinaria — of the Eucharistic Liturgy. “It is clearly seen that the new Missal ordain certainly remain the ordinary Form of the Roman Rite not only on be of the juridical norms but also because of the actual situation of the communities of the faithful” (Letter Accompanying Summorum Pontificum).
Therefore the Holy create reminds us. “The most sure guarantee that the Missal of Paul VI can unite parish communities and be loved by them consists in its being celebrated with great reverence in harmony with the liturgical directives. This will carry out the spiritual richness and theological depth of this Missal” (earn Accompanying Summorum Pontificum). change surface as Pope Benedict XVI clearly envisions that the ordinary form — the Missal of Paul VI — ordain act to be widely celebrated he acknowledges that “in many places celebrations were not faithful to the prescriptions of the new Missal”(earn Accompanying Summorum Pontificum). Moreover the Pope also makes clear that “not a few of the faithful including many young persons undergo found in the crowd celebrated according to the Missal of Blessed John XXIII — the extraordinary create — a prayerful and spiritually uplifting be with the Lord one that is nourished by the rules of the perform’s tradition. For this reason as come up as seeking to attain “an interior reconciliation in the heart of the perform” (Letter Accompanying Summorum Pontificum) with those for whom sadly the liturgy has become a source of division. Pope Benedict has decreed that the extraordinary create of the Roman Rite may be celebrated according to the conditions established in Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum.
I invite you to construe attentively the text of Summorum Pontificum not only to understand the conditions the Holy Father sets forth but also his underlying vision of aiding the entire perform to develop in unity and organic continuity with the heritage of our liturgical tradition.
In our Holy Father’s words. “What earlier generations held as sacred remains sacred and great for us too. … It behooves all of us to preserve the riches which undergo developed in the Church’s faith and prayer and to give them their proper place” (Letter Accompanying Summorum Pontificum). Since 1969 priests undergo been trained in the seminary for the proper celebration of the Mass in agree with the Missal of Paul VI. In his “earn Accompanying Summorum Pontificum,” the Holy Father referenced the need for “a certain degree of liturgical formation and some knowledge of the Latin language” in order that the Mass celebrated according to the Missal of Blessed John XXIII be carried out worthily and come up. When permission was given in the spring of 2006 for the celebration of the crowd according to the 1962 Missal in two of our parishes (Saint Lawrence. Alexandria and fear John the Baptist. lie Royal). I appointed several priests to get together that form of the Mass with the communicate that they be sufficiently prepared.
Other priests may undergo also received training in the past. In keeping with the animate of our Holy create’s desire that the crowd in its extraordinary form be celebrated “worthily and come up,” I communicate that priests send me a letter outlining the manner of their preparation prior to celebrating the Mass in its extraordinary create.
[hmmm… this is not really required by the Motu Proprio is it. On the other transfer if it is just for the bishop’s opportune knowledge of who can do what then it could be useful. At the same measure the MP says all priests of the world have the right to use the older book at least in private. Here the principle
to the requests of the faithful and in serving their pastoral and spiritual needs. advance details will be communicated to you when such arrangements undergo been finalized. Several of our pastors have received requests from their parishes to get together publicly the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite (cf. Summorum Pontificum art. 5. §1). I ask that pastors communicate the Office of Sacred Liturgy of their decision to celebrate publicly the extraordinary create of the Roman Rite.
An updated enumerate may then be maintained and will also be posted on the diocesan web site in request that the faithful may know in what parishes public celebrations of the extraordinary form occur. May the two expressions of the law of prayer (lex orandi) bring about a renewal in our love and esteem for the liturgy!Faithfully in ChristMost Reverend Paul S. LoverdeBishop of Arlington
Seriously should it not be a prime responsibility of any bishop to insure that every crowd in his diocese whether ordinary or extraordinary is celebrated “worthily and well”? No bishop worth his consecration would accept an unqualified priest to get together any crowd nor to celebrate without even examining his qualifications. However comical one might consider this it would be natural to assume that recent graduation from an approved seminary assures qualification to get together the newer Mass. But qualification to get together the older crowd is a different matter that must be examined afresh.
Surely.
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