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Cardinal Sarah: "There is a serious illness in the Liturgy" Cardinal Robert Sarah gave an interview to Valeurs Actuales.
Here is a summary:
• The idea that we are all going to Heaven is not in the Gospel.
• Sin must be denounced and the guilty must be punished.
• Islam is spreading because we [Catholics] are neither missionaries nor fervent in our faith. The advancement of Islam reveals the Christians' timidity. We don't dare evangelize.
• Liturgy obeys coded standards, inherited from a thousand generations, but Catholic liturgy is sick today. • Why are so many young people fascinated by ancient liturgy? Let's be honest. It would be very easy to simply say that everyone has a psychological need for identity. But wouldn't it be better to admit that many celebrations disappoint them? • Liturgy is sometimes believed to be more accessible through the use of secular music, artificially relaxed attitudes, removal of sacred separations and architectural leveling of churches. This is a tragic illusion. All these choices take us further away from God.
• I want to be explicit about Traditionis custodians. There is deep unhappiness and real suffering in the Church surrounding the liturgy.
• Often, parish liturgies are not faithful to Vatican II. For example, Gregorian singing takes the first place, as was requested?
• Current liturgical practice must evolve. It should incorporate the best elements of the ancient in the light of the Council: the Deum or the Cross oriented celebration, the broad use of Latin, the use of the old offering or the prayers said at the foot of the altar.
• A cult that doesn't become culture is an illusion.
• What is happening in Germany [German Synod] is scary. It is an attempt to abandon the Gospel, an attempt at apostasy. The Church there is very rich, very dependent on the State, very connected to the world.
• [The German church] believes that by copying the Protestants, who bless same-sex unions and appoint women as pastors, will succeed. Yet these German Protestant communities have almost no vocation or faith! So, what are we running after?
Here is a summary:
• The idea that we are all going to Heaven is not in the Gospel.
• Sin must be denounced and the guilty must be punished.
• Islam is spreading because we [Catholics] are neither missionaries nor fervent in our faith. The advancement of Islam reveals the Christians' timidity. We don't dare evangelize.
• Liturgy obeys coded standards, inherited from a thousand generations, but Catholic liturgy is sick today. • Why are so many young people fascinated by ancient liturgy? Let's be honest. It would be very easy to simply say that everyone has a psychological need for identity. But wouldn't it be better to admit that many celebrations disappoint them? • Liturgy is sometimes believed to be more accessible through the use of secular music, artificially relaxed attitudes, removal of sacred separations and architectural leveling of churches. This is a tragic illusion. All these choices take us further away from God.
• I want to be explicit about Traditionis custodians. There is deep unhappiness and real suffering in the Church surrounding the liturgy.
• Often, parish liturgies are not faithful to Vatican II. For example, Gregorian singing takes the first place, as was requested?
• Current liturgical practice must evolve. It should incorporate the best elements of the ancient in the light of the Council: the Deum or the Cross oriented celebration, the broad use of Latin, the use of the old offering or the prayers said at the foot of the altar.
• A cult that doesn't become culture is an illusion.
• What is happening in Germany [German Synod] is scary. It is an attempt to abandon the Gospel, an attempt at apostasy. The Church there is very rich, very dependent on the State, very connected to the world.
• [The German church] believes that by copying the Protestants, who bless same-sex unions and appoint women as pastors, will succeed. Yet these German Protestant communities have almost no vocation or faith! So, what are we running after?
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Cardinal Sarah: "There is a serious illness in the Liturgy"
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Cardinal Robert Sarah gave an interview to Valeurs Actuales. Here is a summary:
• The idea that we are all going to Heaven is not in the Gospel.
• Sin must be denounced and the guilty must be punished.
• Islam is… pic.twitter.com/rq5snbVMn9
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