{"id":16154,"date":"2012-09-09T21:19:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T03:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=16154"},"modified":"2012-09-09T21:19:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T03:19:33","slug":"this-weeks-discussion-question-unwitting-agents-of-the-reform-of-the-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/09\/this-weeks-discussion-question-unwitting-agents-of-the-reform-of-the-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week\u2019s Discussion Question: Unwitting Agents of the \u201cReform of the Reform\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least some of the impetus for the unfortunate \u201creform of the reform\u201d movement comes from misguided practices, however well-intentioned, in the celebration of the reformed liturgy. When liturgical principles are misunderstood, or rubrics that are there for a reason are not observed, it gives fuel to those who criticize the Missal of Paul VI and claim that the liturgical reform itself must be reformed.<\/p>\n<p>Two examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A celebrant, no doubt intending to be welcoming, begins Mass with a cheery \u201cGood morning!\u201d This is so striking that it can only detract from the <em>real<\/em> greeting in the rite \u2013 \u201cThe Lord be with you.\u201d It also gives an air of casual informality to the liturgy, lending credence to those who claim that the reformed liturgy is not \u201csacred enough. Fr. Aidan Kavanagh OSB had it right several decades ago: Secular greetings are not used in the liturgy.<\/li>\n<li>A celebrant, no doubt wanting to engage the congregation, eyeballs the people as he says to them in the Supper Narrative, \u201cThis is my body\u2026, This is my blood\u2026\u201d But the Eucharistic Prayer is not directed at the congregation, it is directed to the Father. The priest is not play-acting Jesus at the Last Supper, he is speaking on behalf of the priestly people offerings its prayer, in Christ, to the Father. The play-acting lends credence to those who say that <em>versus populum<\/em> is a mistake and the priest should be re-oriented apse-ward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What examples would you add?<\/p>\n<p>And what is the most constructive and charitable way to move toward better celebration of the reformed liturgy?<\/p>\n<p>awr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the most constructive and charitable way to move toward better celebration of the reformed liturgy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2048],"class_list":["post-16154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reform-of-the-reform","tag-this-weeks-discussion-question"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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