Josef Cardinal Frings & Pope Benedict XVI

Jeff Ostrowski · May 18, 2015 ·

HE FOLLOWING IMAGE of Josef Cardinal Frings is courtesy of fantastic Polish blog. There is a fascinating history of the interactions of Cardinal Frings and the young Fr. Josef Ratzinger, especially regarding revelations by Henri de Lubac which have recently come to light. In a nutshell, Frings was almost blind in the 1960s and relied very much on Fr. Ratzinger, one of his theological experts during Vatican II. Several crucial speeches—which ended up having an effect on the entire Church—were written/drafted by Fr. Ratzinger. Later on, Cardinal Ratzinger felt differently about things…but that’s another story. Moreover, when elected pope, Cardinal Ratzinger would once again make decisions affecting on the entire Church.

About Jeff Ostrowski

A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004), and did graduate work in Musicology. He serves as choirmaster for the new FSSP parish in Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and children.

A quote from Fr. Valentine

Speaking of “nihil solliciti estis,” Fr. Valentine recently said: “I’ll bet that most people, including myself, have suffered more from things that never happened than from things that actually did happen.” Wise words!

—Jeff Ostrowski

Circle is complete

This is interesting! We have made it all the way around the liturgical year for Vespers organ accompaniments—which means all we have to do now is fill in the “holes,” such as Candlemas.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Fr. Valentine is very sick

I beg you to pray for Fr. Valentine Young, OFM, who I am told is dying (or may possibly have died already). He’s one of the most faithful & generous priests I know. There would be no CCWatershed without Fr. Valentine.

—Jeff Ostrowski

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