The Motu Mass Trap by Fr. Cekada (Traditional Catholic Sermon)

Check out the links below to learn more about the Traditional Catholic Faith! Work Of Human Hands by Fr. Cekada https://goo.gl/aBGnZU Defense of the Catholic Church https://goo.gl/ULAfWN Tradition and the Church https://goo.gl/j8RqVg Tumultuous Times https://goo.gl/PKsgue The Ottaviani Intervention https://goo.gl/UqtSnM The Popes Against Modern Errors https://goo.gl/2V8W1R "ON JULY 7, 2007 Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum, his long-anticipated Motu Proprio allowing a more widespread use of the 1962 version of the traditional Latin Mass. His action came as no surprise. As a Cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger had already spoken favorably about the old Mass many times." http://www.traditionalmass.org/images... Here are some salient provisions of the Motu Proprio and his accompanying letter: • The New Mass of Paul VI is the “ordinary” expression of the “law of prayer” (lex orandi), while the John XXIII version of the old Mass is the “extraordinary” expression. They are “two uses of the one Roman Rite.” (Motu Proprio, ¶1) • Any priest can celebrate the Mass of “Blessed John XXIII” privately. (¶2) • In parishes where there is a stable group of faithful “attached to the previous liturgical tradition,” the pastor should accede to their requests for a celebration of the ’62 Mass. (¶5.1) • Such celebrations can take place on weekdays, “while on Sundays and feastdays there may be one such celebration.” (¶5.2) • Scripture readings can be proclaimed in the vernacular. (¶6) • The older rite may also be used, when requested, for weddings and funerals (¶5.3), and the pastor may allow using the older rites for administering other sacraments as well. (¶9.1) • The diocesan bishop may set up a “personal parish” for such celebrations. (¶10) • The New Mass and the old are not “two Rites,” but a two-fold use of “one and the same rite.” (Letter to Bishops) • The old Missal was “never juridically abrogated, and consequently, in principle, was always permitted.” • The two rites are “mutually enriching.” • New saints and new Prefaces from the New Missal “can and should be inserted into the old.” • There is “no contradiction” between the two rites. • Priests from communities that adhere to the former usage “cannot, as a matter of principle, exclude celebrating according to the new books.”