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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Roman Catholic Books to Reissue The Reform of The Roman Liturgy
French edition featured a controversial Preface by Pope Benedict
For further information contact:
Maureen Williamson
Phone 307-742-2245
Fax 253-323-7204
email mmw117@msn.com
(Fort Collins, CO, August 2, 2006) In the early nineties, Pope Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, made headlines by saying that he would like to see altars in Catholic churches turned around again as they were in the old Roman rite before the changes of Vatican II. The Italian weekly Il Sabato published his comments after publication of the Pope’s Preface to the French edition of the late Msgr. Klaus Gamber’s Reform of the Roman Liturgy, just reissued by Roman Catholic Books (www.BooksforCatholics.com).
Catholic historian Thomas E. Woods, author of How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, commented, “As recently as the 1990s it was unthinkable that a man who endorsed the conclusions of Msgr. Gamber’s book could ever be elected Pope. This is why the book is so important now.”
In his Preface, the Pope called Msgr. Gamber a “model” liturgist and notes that the late Monsignor was “ostracized” for his views on reforming the liturgy.
Samples from Msgr. Gamber:
“The modification, ordered by Paul VI, of the words of the consecration and of the phrase that follows, utilized in the Roman Liturgy for more than 1500 years, had not been foreseen by the [Second Vatican] Council and was not at all useful for pastoral needs.”
“The artisans of the New Rite of the Mass cannot speak for the Council, even though they continue to do so.”
“No one should be surprised if two forms of Mass coexisted side-by-side....But only if we actually had Two! At the moment there are, as we know, innumerable rites, numbers of priests ‘arranging’ the Mass entirely according to their own way.”
“If one leaves unchanged the ancient rite as it is and continues to use it side by side with the new -- but as something living and not a museum piece! -- one will have preserved...an important element for the future: the unity of worship.”
Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J. said in Homiletic and Pastoral Review: “Anyone interested in the liturgy of the Church will find much to reflect on in this scholarly book.”
For a review copy and/or to set up an interview with Thomas Woods, see contact information above.
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For further information contact:
Maureen Williamson
Phone 307-742-2245
Fax 253-323-7204
email mmw117@msn.com
(Fort Collins, CO, August 2, 2006) In the early nineties, Pope Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, made headlines by saying that he would like to see altars in Catholic churches turned around again as they were in the old Roman rite before the changes of Vatican II. The Italian weekly Il Sabato published his comments after publication of the Pope’s Preface to the French edition of the late Msgr. Klaus Gamber’s Reform of the Roman Liturgy, just reissued by Roman Catholic Books (www.BooksforCatholics.com).
Catholic historian Thomas E. Woods, author of How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, commented, “As recently as the 1990s it was unthinkable that a man who endorsed the conclusions of Msgr. Gamber’s book could ever be elected Pope. This is why the book is so important now.”
In his Preface, the Pope called Msgr. Gamber a “model” liturgist and notes that the late Monsignor was “ostracized” for his views on reforming the liturgy.
Samples from Msgr. Gamber:
“The modification, ordered by Paul VI, of the words of the consecration and of the phrase that follows, utilized in the Roman Liturgy for more than 1500 years, had not been foreseen by the [Second Vatican] Council and was not at all useful for pastoral needs.”
“The artisans of the New Rite of the Mass cannot speak for the Council, even though they continue to do so.”
“No one should be surprised if two forms of Mass coexisted side-by-side....But only if we actually had Two! At the moment there are, as we know, innumerable rites, numbers of priests ‘arranging’ the Mass entirely according to their own way.”
“If one leaves unchanged the ancient rite as it is and continues to use it side by side with the new -- but as something living and not a museum piece! -- one will have preserved...an important element for the future: the unity of worship.”
Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J. said in Homiletic and Pastoral Review: “Anyone interested in the liturgy of the Church will find much to reflect on in this scholarly book.”
For a review copy and/or to set up an interview with Thomas Woods, see contact information above.
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