{"id":46376,"date":"2013-02-21T09:22:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=46376"},"modified":"2024-05-23T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:00:18","slug":"let-us-return-to-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/let-us-return-to-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Us Return to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

D<\/span>om Alcuin Reid has a wonderful article<\/a> on Pope Benedict XVI’s liturgical reforms. Here’s a taste:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was much noise before and after his historic 2007 ruling that the older liturgical rites were henceforth to be available without restriction. Yet in the midst of the cacophony the Supreme Pontiff took the trouble to write at length to the world\u2019s bishops and explain his act. \u201cWhat earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely forbidden or even considered harmful,\u201d he taught \u2013 a truth that is having an ongoing impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A collection of the Holy Father\u2019s liturgical writings, homilies and other discourses shall surely appear. From them we can learn so much about liturgical prayer, the integral role of art, music, architecture and much more. He has also spoken of the \u201cthe misunderstandings and errors in the practical implementation of the reform\u201d following the Council, underling the need to give this further attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among his writings the 2007 apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis<\/i> ranks highly. His conviction expressed therein, that \u201ceverything related to the Eucharist should be marked by beauty\u201d, was reflected in papal liturgies. These became master classes on how to celebrate the modern liturgy in continuity with tradition, where the best of the old and of the new serve to raise our minds and hearts to God. Countless priests and seminarians have participated in this course in practical liturgy \u2013 bishops and cardinals also. Its fruits are increasingly experienced worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of his reform is Pope Benedict\u2019s conviction that Catholic liturgy \u201cis not about us, but about God\u201d. …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conclusion of Pope Benedict\u2019s final public Mass was yet another lesson about the liturgy. Not unnaturally, there was sustained applause. But even on that occasion Pope Benedict the liturgist could not allow personal adulation to take priority. \u201cThank you,\u201d he said. Then, with five words which may well serve as his liturgical testament, he brought it firmly to an end: \u201cLet us return to prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Dom Alcuin Reid has a wonderful article on Pope Benedict XVI’s liturgical reforms. Here’s a taste: There was much noise before and after his historic 2007 ruling that the older liturgical rites were henceforth to be available without restriction. 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