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'This book, a classic guide to the celebration of the Church's
ancient Gregorian Rite in the English-speaking world, will serve
priests and seminarians of the twenty-first century--just as it
served so many priests of the twentieth--in their pastoral mission,
which now necessarily includes familiarity with and openness to the
use of the older form of the sacred liturgy. I happily commend it
to the clergy, seminarians and laity as a reliable tool for the
preparation and celebration of the liturgical rites authoritatively
granted by the Holy Father in Summorum Pontificum. 'I congratulate
the distinguished liturgical scholar, Dr. Alcuin Reid, for his care
and precision in ensuring that this revised edition conforms to the
latest authoritative decisions with regard to these liturgical
rites. As Pope Benedict XVI wrote in his letter which accompanied
Summorum Pontificum: "In the history of the liturgy there is growth
and progress, but no rupture." The Gregorian Rite is today a living
liturgical rite which will continue its progress without losing any
of its riches handed on in tradition. For as the Holy Father
continued, "What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred
and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely
forbidden or even considered harmful. It behoves all of us to
preserve the riches which have developed in the Church's faith and
prayer, and to give them their proper place." May this book assist
the Church of today and of tomorrow in realising Pope Benedict's
vision.' Dario Cardinal Castrillon HoyosPresident, Pontifical
Commission Ecclesia Dei This fifteenth edition, revised in the
light of Pope Benedict XVI's reforms and expanded and corrected
throughout, includes a new chapter on the music of solemn and sung
Mass as well as clarifications of questions that have arisen in the
light of recent experience. It gives descriptions of the rites of
pontifical, solemn and low Mass, Vespers, the liturgical year
including Holy Week, the sacraments, Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament, funerals, episcopal visitation and more.
In the decades following the Second Vatican Council, Catholic
liturgy became an area of considerable interest and debate, if not
controversy, in the West. Mid-late 20th century liturgical
scholarship, upon which the liturgical reforms of the Second
Vatican Council were predicated and implemented, no longer stands
unquestioned. The liturgical and ecclesial springtime the reforms
of Paul VI were expected to facilitate has failed to emerge,
leaving many questions as to their wisdom and value. Quo vadis
Catholic liturgy? This Companion brings together a variety of
scholars who consider this question at the beginning of the 21st
century in the light of advances in liturgical scholarship, decades
of post-Vatican II experience and the critical re-examination in
the West of the question of the liturgy promoted by Benedict XVI.
The contributors, each eminent in their field, have distinct takes
on how to answer this question, but each makes a significant
contribution to contemporary debate, making this Companion an
essential reference for the study of Western Catholic liturgy in
history and in the light of contemporary scholarship and debate.
'Because the Sacred Liturgy is truly the font from which all the
Church's power flows...we must do everything we can to put the
Sacred Liturgy back at the very heart of the relationship between
God and man... I ask you to continue to work towards achieving the
liturgical aims of the Second Vatican Council...and to work to
continue the liturgical renewal promoted by Pope Benedict XVI,
especially through the post-synodal apostolic exhortation
Sacramentum Caritatis...and the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum...
I ask you to be wise, like the householder...who knows when to
bring out of his treasure things both new and old (see: Mtt 13:52),
so that the Sacred Liturgy as it is celebrated and lived today may
lose nothing of the estimable riches of the Church's liturgical
tradition, whilst always being open to legitimate development.'
These words of Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation
for Divine Worship, underline the liturgy's fundamental role in
every aspect of the life and mission of the Church. Liturgy in the
Twenty-First Century makes available the different perspectives on
this from leading figures such as Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke,
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Abbot Philip Anderson, Father
Thomas Kocik, Dom Alcuin Reid, and Dr Lauren Pristas. Considering
questions of liturgical catechetics, music, preaching, how young
people relate to the liturgy, matters of formation and reform,
etc., Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century is an essential resource
for all clergy and religious and laity involved in liturgical
ministry and formation. Bringing forth 'new treasures as well as
old,' its contributors identify and address contemporary challenges
and issues facing the task of realising the vision of Cardinal
Sarah, Cardinal Ratzinger/Benedict XVI and the Second Vatican
Council.
'Because the Sacred Liturgy is truly the font from which all the
Church's power flows...we must do everything we can to put the
Sacred Liturgy back at the very heart of the relationship between
God and man... I ask you to continue to work towards achieving the
liturgical aims of the Second Vatican Council...and to work to
continue the liturgical renewal promoted by Pope Benedict XVI,
especially through the post-synodal apostolic exhortation
Sacramentum Caritatis...and the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum...
I ask you to be wise, like the householder...who knows when to
bring out of his treasure things both new and old (see: Mtt 13:52),
so that the Sacred Liturgy as it is celebrated and lived today may
lose nothing of the estimable riches of the Church's liturgical
tradition, whilst always being open to legitimate development.'
These words of Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation
for Divine Worship, underline the liturgy's fundamental role in
every aspect of the life and mission of the Church. Liturgy in the
Twenty-First Century makes available the different perspectives on
this from leading figures such as Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke,
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Abbot Philip Anderson, Father
Thomas Kocik, Dom Alcuin Reid, and Dr Lauren Pristas. Considering
questions of liturgical catechetics, music, preaching, how young
people relate to the liturgy, matters of formation and reform,
etc., Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century is an essential resource
for all clergy and religious and laity involved in liturgical
ministry and formation. Bringing forth 'new treasures as well as
old,' its contributors identify and address contemporary challenges
and issues facing the task of realising the vision of Cardinal
Sarah, Cardinal Ratzinger/Benedict XVI and the Second Vatican
Council.
In the decades following the Second Vatican Council, Catholic
liturgy became an area of considerable interest and debate, if not
controversy, in the West. Mid-late 20th century liturgical
scholarship, upon which the liturgical reforms of the Second
Vatican Council were predicated and implemented, no longer stands
unquestioned. The liturgical and ecclesial springtime the reforms
of Paul VI were expected to facilitate has failed to emerge,
leaving many questions as to their wisdom and value. Quo vadis
Catholic liturgy? This Companion brings together a variety of
scholars who consider this question at the beginning of the 21st
century in the light of advances in liturgical scholarship, decades
of post-Vatican II experience and the critical re-examination in
the West of the question of the liturgy promoted by Benedict XVI.
The contributors, each eminent in their field, have distinct takes
on how to answer this question, but each makes a significant
contribution to contemporary debate, making this Companion an
essential reference for the study of Western Catholic liturgy in
history and in the light of contemporary scholarship and debate.
This is a collection of essays and homilies from Pope Benedict,
Cardinals and Bishops focusing on the relevance of Eucharistic
adoration for liturgy, spirituality and mission today. Pope John
Paul II said that in order to evangelize the world, we need experts
in celebration, adoration and contemplation of the Holy Eucharist.
There can be no doubt, that there is a new springtime of
Eucharistic adoration, partly due to the efforts and liturgical
reform of Pope Benedict XVI himself. June 2011 will see a major
event in Rome focusing on the ancient liturgical ceremony of
Eucharistic adoration and its relevance to the world today. The
conference brings together a wide range of international speakers,
including six prominent Cardinals and will make a major
contribution to the sacramental and spiritual life of the Catholic
Church worldwide. The conference will conclude by joining with Pope
Benedict in his celebration of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi at
the Basilica of Saint John Lateran and the Eucharistic procession
to the Basilica of St Mary Major that follows. The present volume
is the fruit of this conference, bringing together all the
contributions and homilies given at the major celebrations of the
mass.
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