Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments will celebrate Mass in the Extraordinary Form on Saturday at the altar of the Chair in St Peter`s in Rome. Thanks to Rorate Caeli for highlighting this interview the cardinal has given in advance of the Mass. Those of the `it`s against Vatican II` school of thought may find his words of interest. Looking forward to seeing if the new secretary of the Congregation, the former bishop of Leeds, will be there!
What is the point of the pilgrimage?
“To give thanks to God and thank the Pope
for the motu proprio he issued five years ago, recognising the value of
the liturgy celebrated according to the missal of the Blessed John XXIII
and marking continuity with the tradition of the Roman Rite. By
recognising the previous liturgy one understands that reform does not
mean doing away with older traditional practices.”
Why did you agree to celebrate mass for pilgrims who follow the pre-conciliar Rite?
“I
agreed because it is a way to show people it is normal to use the 1962
missal: there are two forms of the same Rite but there is only one Rite,
so it is normal to use it during mass celebrations. I have already
celebrated a number of masses according to the missal introduced by the
Blessed John XXIII and I will gladly do so again on this occasion. The
Congregation in which the Pope has called me to act as Prefect does not
oppose the use of the old liturgy, although the task of our dicastery is
to enhance the meaning of liturgical renewal according to the
directives of the Sacrosanctum Concilium constitution and follow in the
footsteps of the Second Vatican Council. In relation to this it must be
said that the extraordinary form of the Latin Rite must draw inspiration
from the conciliar Constitution which in the first ten paragraphs
focuses on the true spirit of the liturgy and so is relevant to all
rites.
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