Friday, April 20, 2007

The longest-running joke that no one's ever heard of...

...seems to be the 'Motu Proprio' that many expect will relax the permissions necessary to use the 1962 Missal. I got caught up in the excitement last month and took the bait (and posted ignorantly about this here) - many (myself included) were looking for the MP when B16 gave us Sacramentum Caritatis.

Amy Welborn gets in on the act, and makes some interesting side points in the process. I was unaware of potential concerns about inter-religious relations because of the 1962 language.

I don't envy the task the Vatican appears to have to anticipate the concerns of other faiths, traditionalists, liberals, liturgists, and anyone else waiting to be offended by an optional change to a 400-year old tradition. Given the apparent hitches, the Vatican appears to be proceeding cautiously, indeed.

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