Ordinations

I have attended at least 4 ordinations over the last weeks and sent apologies to at least 2 others - never have I been aware of so many - this is the first harvest of the all too short reign of Pope Benedict who truly inspired these men and valued their response.

Chief among the factors that inspired this new wave was Benedict's teaching on the liturgy - something evident at all the first masses of these young priests.  But despite these happy scenes there was a somber tone in the background, a note of concern at the recent appointments to the Congregation for Divine Worship (Pierro Marini a liturgist not known for his support Pope Benedict's reforms)reforms - a return to a time many of us had rather preferred to forget. 

It Seems that these will have to be the warriors who finally overthrow the liturgical nightmare that has engulfed the Church for 45 years. Surely in the Holy Father's choice of Marinni there has been a failure to read "the signs if the times" - harkening back to people and practices who can only have appeal to an elderly If not almost senile generation is a retrograde step and will lead to another generation of liturgical confusion.

Thankfully the Holy Father has led by example; legalism and rubricism are the terms we may use of those who are inflexible liturgically since Maundy Thursday last

There can now no longer be any serious imposition without the obvious accusation of legalism being levelled against those who would impose liturgical practices upon the entire church such as Marinni.