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Monday 18 August 2008

A Sense of the Sacredness of the Sacrifice of the Mass

Gregor, over at TNLM has a wonderful post and pictures of Abp. Ranjith of the CDW celebrating Mass at Maria Vesperbild on the occasion of the Assumption.
From the sermon: Not infrequently we hear today of priests who, out of a lack of true faith and understanding, celebrate the Sacred Mysteries of the Eucharist in a manner which is unworthy of their heavenly augustness. Also many faithful have lost the sense for the sacredness of the Sacrifice of the Mass.
Gregor says: We will see how the Archbishop practically counters the lack of faith and understanding of the Eucharistic Presence of the Saviour as the Mass continues.... Most interestingly, Msgr Ranjith genuflected both directly after the transsubstantiation of both Species, and after their elevation, as is always done in the older form of the Roman rite, which is certainly a manner of underlining and reverencing the Real Presence. Now, before people start accusing the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship of liturgical abuses because this is not mentioned in the OF books, I recommend - again - Fr Tim Finigan's excellent post Is your alb back to front? to keep things in perspective.

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