Lefebvre The Movie

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I wonder what things would be like if we still regularly used the missal of 1962!

[Nihil Obstat]

That's a fascinating speculation. Africa would be the new vanguard and bulwark of Catholicism!

From what I hear, Archbishop Lefebvre is still very much loved in Dakar. His work was incredibly successful.

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"The tabernacle is the one obstacle remaining in the way of our churches re-acquiring the traditional arrangement; the celebrant ought to have his place once more in the apse, i.e. behind the altar, and ought once more to be able to celebrate on the apse side of the alter, facing the people; for if the people are to celebrate the eucharstic sacrifice togehterh with the celerbant they ought also to be able to see and follow the offering of the sacrifice on the alter itself."


"It is not without some satisfaction that historians of the liturgy note that the Constitution (=Constitution of the Sacred Liturgy, Second Vatican Council) does not say a word about any increase in the practice of devotions to the Blessed Sacrament; this in fact receives no mention at all... In this way, the Constitution silently corrects a tendency that has grown increasingly powerful to shift the central point of the liturgy from the eucharistic sacrifice to the eveneration of the Sacrament."

Klauser, Theodor. A Short History of the Western Liturgy: An account and some reflections 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Pgs 140, 157
 

[Nihil Obstat]

"The tabernacle is the one obstacle remaining in the way of our churches re-acquiring the traditional arrangement; the celebrant ought to have his place once more in the apse, i.e. behind the altar, and ought once more to be able to celebrate on the apse side of the alter, facing the people; for if the people are to celebrate the eucharstic sacrifice togehterh with the celerbant they ought also to be able to see and follow the offering of the sacrifice on the alter itself."


"It is not without some satisfaction that historians of the liturgy note that the Constitution (=Constitution of the Sacred Liturgy, Second Vatican Council) does not say a word about any increase in the practice of devotions to the Blessed Sacrament; this in fact receives no mention at all... In this way, the Constitution silently corrects a tendency that has grown increasingly powerful to shift the central point of the liturgy from the eucharistic sacrifice to the eveneration of the Sacrament."

Klauser, Theodor. A Short History of the Western Liturgy: An account and some reflections 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Pgs 140, 157
 

Interesting. I do not think I have heard quotes from this Theodor Klauser before. Do you know much about him?

[mortify]

Interesting. I do not think I have heard quotes from this Theodor Klauser before. Do you know much about him?

 

Other than his book being used in seminaries, not much!

[Nihil Obstat]

Other than his book being used in seminaries, not much!

More ominous words are rarely spoken. :blink:

[mortify]

More ominous words are rarely spoken. :blink:

 

Indeed, but it explains why we see the things we do today. Eucharistic worship is regarded as an innovation needing a remedy. This modernism underlies the essential liturgical changes we have seen.