Jeg syns det har vært et interessant at dagen etter at jeg har begynt å lese John F. Baldovins bok “Reforming the Liturgy. A Response to Critics” (se her), ser jeg at han også skriver på den nye liturgibloggen jeg fant i dag (se her). I dette innlegget (som allerede har fått flere kommentarer) skriver Baldvin om bloggen til the New Liturgical Movement (NLM), som jeg ofte siterer. Og han skriver bl.a.:
… … Readers and supporters of NLM no doubt are on the same train as Pope Benedict XVI – and the train doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. That’s why they think it’s the “new” liturgical movement. They are convinced that the future is going to look a lot more like 1960 than 1975.
Anyone who’s read my recent work on the critics of the liturgical reform knows that I am sympathetic with many of the criticisms launched against the sometimes careless and ideologically irresponsible application of the post-Vatican II liturgy reforms. The criticisms are often accurate enough, but the problem with NLM and groups like it is not their criticism so much as their prescription. The movement to have the priest and the faithful face in the same direction is a good example. There are many excellent examples of Eucharistic celebrations versus populum in which it is quite clear that Christ (the whole Christ – head and members) is at the center of the celebration. The fact that there are celebrations where this is not the case should not discount the former. As I’ve said elsewhere, each “side” of the liturgical debate has the tendency to caricature the worst of their opponents in favor of the best of their own practice. It doesn’t take much sophistication to realize that those kinds of arguments are less than useful. … …
Baldovin er en svært viktig røst i denne sammenhengen.