Dr. Shaw has posted an article briefly outlining some of the differences between the Tridentine and Novus Ordo Rites of the Mass.
The way we worship affects the way we believe and has a special bearing in the presence of malevolent external forces.
If the rite of the Mass does not support the Catholic cultural identity, including its set of beliefs, assumptions etc, then the external forces will effect a change in the Catholic culture.
I think that it is safe to write that the external forces acting upon and within the Church (see FFI) are not supportive of the faith as embodied in the Tridentine Mass.
As noted by Cardinal Ottaviani:
This, in my opinion, is one of the reasons why there is such a reaction to anything that signals a return to a culture reminiscent of a strong identity as the True Religion.
As the Church rediscovers its inheritance, rest assured, that trials will follow. However, it is not for us to be disheartened. We need (as I heard in this mornings sermon) to maintain joy even in tribulation.
Prayer
Penance
Patience
P^3
The way we worship affects the way we believe and has a special bearing in the presence of malevolent external forces.
If the rite of the Mass does not support the Catholic cultural identity, including its set of beliefs, assumptions etc, then the external forces will effect a change in the Catholic culture.
I think that it is safe to write that the external forces acting upon and within the Church (see FFI) are not supportive of the faith as embodied in the Tridentine Mass.
As noted by Cardinal Ottaviani:
The accompanying critical study of the Novus Ordo Missae, the work of a group of theologians, liturgists and pastors of souls, shows quite clearly in spite of its brevity that if we consider the innovations implied or taken for granted which may of course be evaluated in different ways, the Novus Ordo represents, both as a whole and in its details, a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Mass as it was formulated in Session XXII of the Council of Trent. The "canons" of the rite definitively fixed at that time provided an insurmountable barrier to any; heresy directed against the integrity of the Mystery. Ottaviani InterventionWhen the barriers were removed, the shift in Catholic Cultural belief began.
This, in my opinion, is one of the reasons why there is such a reaction to anything that signals a return to a culture reminiscent of a strong identity as the True Religion.
As the Church rediscovers its inheritance, rest assured, that trials will follow. However, it is not for us to be disheartened. We need (as I heard in this mornings sermon) to maintain joy even in tribulation.
Prayer
Penance
Patience
P^3
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