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On August 15, the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of Nigeria published a letter On Abuses in Liturgical Celebrations<\/a><\/em>.  The letter is addressed to \u201call Catholic priests in Nigeria\u201d and is signed by Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, the Conference President, Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema, chairman of the liturgy committee and Bishop Donatus Aihmiosion Ogun general secretary of the Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter lists a series of abuses that priests are admonished to avoid. These include general abuses, such as \u201cdeviations from the prescribed prayers and rubrics of the Mass\u201d and some that seem to be more local, such as \u201cwalking down the aisle while carrying the monstrance during exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and blessing the people, using gestures akin to sprinkling of holy water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter reminded me of the Redemptionis Sacramentum<\/a><\/em>, the 2004 Instruction,  which the Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze published when he was Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship. However, this new letter is much shorter, has no footnotes and fits on both sides of a single page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have no real experience of practical liturgical matters in the African context, and, to be honest, I would be surprised if a letter of a similar tone was to be published in a US or Irish context. I cannot see priests in these countries appreciating the style of the correction. Additionally, I found it quite unusual that in this letter from the Bishops Conference, went so far as to address the bishops themselves in paragraph 4 exhorting them to \u201ctake immediate and decisive action\u201d to correct the mentioned liturgical abuses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet while the tone of the letter might not be accepted in the context of other nations, it is good to see an example of care for the liturgy and it should encourage all of us to take more care of the liturgy and endeavor to root out any improper practices that may have crept into our celebrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cover art: Igbo Roman Catholics in Our Lady of Angels Cathedral, Los Angeles, California, from\u00a0Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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