Mosebach: Francis Rules Erratically and Contradictorily
- In any liturgy or religion, the content and the form in which it is presented are inseparable. When the form is changed, the content is also changed.
- We believe only to a small extent with the head. Faith in the consecrated host is shown by kneeling, etc. The suppression of forms of reverence, beginning with Paul VI, has greatly undermined faith in the Eucharist. In many cases, faith has even disappeared without any formal "change of doctrine".
- For young people, a religion reduced to non-committal pastoral talk is not enough. They seek religious experience in the Roman Mass. The hierarchs accuse young Catholics of "religious extremism", without considering the reasons that lead young people to the Mass.
- The fact that, in the Novus Ordo, the priest prays while looking at the congregation transforms a prayer that used to be addressed to God into a discourse with the congregation. This change of orientation alone transforms prayer into something completely different.
- The Novus Ordo has become the ritual of a religion different even from that which the Second Vatican Council wanted, which was still linked to the bi-millennial tradition of the Church: It went from being theocentric to anthropocentric.
- Francis rules erratically and often contradictorily. He creates an atmosphere in which "everything seems possible". There is no longer any connection with the Depositum Fidei.
- The liturgy once made it possible to rebuild a history in a long period of political and cultural ruin, in the age of migrations and the early Middle Ages.
- A new culture can only come from the treasure of the Church. Just as a tree draws sap from its roots to form a new trunk and bear fruit, so our society must draw strength for its own rebirth from liturgy, prayer and religious tradition.
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