Francis Cardinal Arinze Speaking on the New Roman Missal
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“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
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May the Archbishop’s reflections & exhortations bear fruit in practical renewal!
All any of us can do on a day like this is say: “Lord, increase the Faith of all who believe in You.”
“Every hour of worship should represent at least two hours of structured preparation at a time and place apart from the congregation.”
The biggest problem in Roman Catholic liturgical music is the prevailing misunderstanding of its very purpose.
I am dead. And now here I am viewing my funeral. The people in attendance are not aware that I am looking at them.
“Everything in God’s good creation is hierarchically ordered, and the virtue of each part is to belong to the whole in the right way…”
Rigorous and Resplendent Review of the Jogues Illuminated Missal.
We need to avoid profanity “not only in itself, but in the manner in which it is presented by those who execute it.”
Someone might exclaim: “You also are doing this. We’ve seen your settings of the responsorial psalm!”
Most bishops will talk about everything from global warming to the latest cure for cholesterol, but they leave the issue of liturgical music to priests who think that saving people means dying with them…
We’ve teamed up to create an 8-part series on Archbishop Sample’s momentous 2013 letter. Today, Jeff Ostrowski introduces the series.
“We should consider it a real privilege and honor to be able and allowed to honor and praise the Holy Trinity.”
As Gregorian Chant was arguably “dead” during much of his pontificate, Pope Saint John Paul II’s strong words on Gregorian Chant are therefore quite notable.
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