Den finske biskopen har gitt ut regler for feiring av den gamle messen – Father Z. er ikke fornøyd
Biskopen av Helsingfors, Józef Wróbel SCJ, har skrevet et brev om den gamle og den nye messen, og mange regler for hvordan den kan feires. Se Father Z.’s kommentarer; han er ikke særlig fornøyd:
The renewed Roman liturgy—and especially the rite of Holy Mass—was not any sort of an expression of modernism in the church. [But it was an expression of the Church’s move to accomodate or adapt to the «modern world», right?] According to the decisions of the Second Vatican Council, the new liturgy was implemented with the permission of Pope Paul VI, so that the faithful could completely and actively participate in the liturgy and personally feel the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. [O my! This is simply dreadful. The implication is that before the so-called post-Conciliar «renewal» people could neither participate actively or «personally feel the sacrifice of Jesus». Absurd. This strikes me as betraying a rather simplistic idea of what «active participation» is.] The reason for the use of the vernacular is that the faithful can, above all, fully understand the liturgy as well as be personally united in Jesus Christ. [O brother. It’s getting worse and worse. First, you CAN’T «fully understand» Holy Mass. It is a mystery. The language won’t help you there. Secondly, does that «personally united» phrase smack just a little of the evangelical’s zeal for a personal relationship with Jesus approach? I think it is great that people sense themselves to be «personally united». How else are they going to be united? But this is simply strange.] In this way, the faithful unite the burden of their lives with Him, who sacrifices himself. In this way, the faithful may partake in the Eucharist more fruitfully. [Nonsense. Take a look at the Martyrologium Romanum and start counting the entries of blesseds and saints who were formed on the newer «renewed» liturgy. What were all those saints before the Council being nourished on? Chopped liver?]



Den episkopale biskopen Jeffrey N. Steenson, fortalte 25/9, ved avslutnungen av møtet i New Orleans, der de episkopale i USA skulle svare på kravene fra mer konservative anglikanere i andre deler av verden, og bare delvis oppfylte kravene.