{"id":10714,"date":"2011-07-28T22:58:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T03:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=10714"},"modified":"2011-07-29T00:14:37","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T05:14:37","slug":"cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne was asked<\/a>, \u201cCould you envision celebrating a pontifical high Mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite?\u201d His response:<\/p>\n

As a Catholic Christian and in particular as a cardinal, I am bound to the entire liturgy of the Church \u2013 in every form which is celebrated in agreement with the successor of Peter. But as archbishop I have a particular ministry to offer, namely that of unity. Thus, the form that Pope Benedict XVI has termed \u201cordinary\u201d is the standard for me.<\/p>\n

Still, this unity also finds its expression in the liturgy in that we do not ignore those people who are attached to the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. In his motu proprio<\/em> \u201cSummorum pontificum\u201d of 2007, the Holy Father expanded the possibilities of celebrating the liturgy in this extraordinary form. In the archdiocese of Cologne we take care to implement this: we have several churches in which the liturgy is regularly celebrated in the extraordinary form. But it is crucial \u2013 in the sense of the unity I mentioned \u2013 that those faithful who feel more at home in the extraordinary form also accept the ordinary form as such. That is the expressed wish of Pope Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

I take very seriously the desire for the celebration of the liturgy in the extraordinary form. I have tried to discover what motivates people who so highly value this form of our liturgy. What is important to them are periods of silence, the solemnity of the celebration, the devout atmosphere, and above all the space for one\u2019s own prayer. Certain forms of expression such as Gregorian chant also touch them. I personally consider these aspects indispensable and treasure chant. These can and should have their place in the ordinary form of the liturgy. \u2026<\/p>\n

To your actual question: Until now, I have not celebrated a pontifical High Mass in the extraordinary form. Although I was ordained a priest in 1962 and initially celebrated Mass in the extraordinary form, today I would have to prepare extensively for it. At this time I see no reason to celebrate a pontifical High Mass in the extraordinary form.<\/p>\n

tr. AWR<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“As archbishop I have the ministry of unity. Thus, the ‘ordinary form’ is the standard for me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30],"tags":[1482,207,75],"class_list":["post-10714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reform-of-the-reform","tag-cardinal-joachim-meisner","tag-extraordinary-form","tag-summorum-pontificum"],"yoast_head":"\nCardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form - Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\""As archbishop I have the ministry of unity. Thus, the 'ordinary form' is the standard for me."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-07-29T03:58:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-07-29T05:14:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pt.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"90\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Other Voices\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Other Voices\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Other Voices\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4eec536020900714d992552a4e06f913\"},\"headline\":\"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-29T03:58:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-07-29T05:14:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"commentCount\":91,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Cardinal Joachim Meisner\",\"Extraordinary Form\",\"Summorum Pontificum\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Reform of the Reform\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form - Home\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-29T03:58:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-07-29T05:14:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/07\\\/28\\\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"description\":\"Worship, Wit & Wisdom\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"width\":1340,\"height\":209,\"caption\":\"Home\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4eec536020900714d992552a4e06f913\",\"name\":\"Other Voices\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/othervoices\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form - Home","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form - Home","og_description":"\"As archbishop I have the ministry of unity. Thus, the 'ordinary form' is the standard for me.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/","og_site_name":"Home","article_published_time":"2011-07-29T03:58:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-07-29T05:14:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":411,"height":90,"url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pt.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Other Voices","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Other Voices","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/"},"author":{"name":"Other Voices","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4eec536020900714d992552a4e06f913"},"headline":"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form","datePublished":"2011-07-29T03:58:54+00:00","dateModified":"2011-07-29T05:14:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/"},"wordCount":369,"commentCount":91,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Cardinal Joachim Meisner","Extraordinary Form","Summorum Pontificum"],"articleSection":["Reform of the Reform"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/","name":"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form - Home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-07-29T03:58:54+00:00","dateModified":"2011-07-29T05:14:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/28\/cardinal-meisner-on-celebrating-pontifical-high-mass-in-the-old-form\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cardinal Meisner on celebrating pontifical High Mass in the old form"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","name":"Home","description":"Worship, Wit & Wisdom","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization","name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","width":1340,"height":209,"caption":"Home"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4eec536020900714d992552a4e06f913","name":"Other Voices","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/author\/othervoices\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10714"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10717,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10714\/revisions\/10717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}