Msgr. Nicola Bux er rådgiver for paven i liturgiske spørsmål, og har nylig uttalt seg om pave Benedikts uttrykk «reform av liturgireformen» – hvordan går det med den? Les mer av intervjuet på Rorate Cæli (der man også tar opp hvordan reaksjonene til denne reformen er blant biskoper og prester rundt om i verden):
With this expression, which Ratzinger used when he still was the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he meant that the reform that took place after the Council had to be resumed, and in some ways corrected there where, always using his words, the restoration of the painting had been too much, that is, by trying to clean, it had taken the risk of removing too many layers of color.
He started this restoration through his own style. The Pope celebrates the liturgy in a subdued, not loud, way. He also wants the prayers, songs, and anything else not to be in exhibitionist tones. And two special actions in his liturgies that are obvious should be noticed: he places the Cross between himself and the assembly, indicating that the liturgical rite is addressed … to Christ; and kneeling in the reception of Communion, indicating that this is not a supper, in the worldly sense of the word, but a communion with the body of Jesus Christ, that is worshiped first, in the words of St. Augustine, and only then eaten. …