Collected Works of Joseph Ratzinger
Beginning with Liturgy
Reform of the Reform
How I Learned What Liturgy Really Is
Congregations in South Texas normally applaud for the musicians during Mass.
More unites us than divides us!
Musicians tend to be very “picky” people who don’t get along with one another.
Proclaim the Passion in a “Theatrical” Manner?
Scripture at Mass is an act of worship: it is not purely didactic, nor is it a make-believe drama that we must re-enact with emotion.
The Value of Tradition
Experience vs. Impartiality
Should Catholics Kneel At Mass?
To be absolutely clear: President Barack Obama is not the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity.
Reform Of The Reform: A Perspective
“How much annoyance among our loyal Catholics could have been avoided if evidence had been provided that various elements had been taken from old sacramentaries and were not arbitrary innovations.” —Bishop of Regensburg (1979)
Youth in Favor of Sacred Music
Not a Negligible Niche
Ratzinger: “How much filth there is in the church!”
“Have mercy on your church,” Cardinal Ratzinger prayed in 2005. “When we fall, we drag you down to earth, and Satan laughs, for he hopes that you will not be able to rise from that fall; he hopes that being dragged down in the fall of your church, you will remain prostrate and overpowered.”
The Authentic Role of the Laity
There is no mention in Apostolicam Actuositatem of running bake sales or pulling bingo numbers.
Is Chant Just for Old-Heads?
The NY Frassati Fellowship Chant Workshop
Aren’t Altar Missals Required To Print The Latin Alongside The English?
Are we “the most highly educated laity in the history of the church” capable of making our moral decisions without substantive Church guidance … or are we idiots who can’t figure out what “dew” is?
Bugnini Wanted To Eliminate Ash Wednesday!
They failed to realize that one cannot simply “sit down over tea and crumpets” and VOTE INTO BEING the Church calendar. It’s supposed to develop organically.
The Book of Non-Blessings
Of Advent Wreathes & Christmas Crèches
“Ministerial Creativity” by Bishop Donald Trautman
“In the United States we have a very healthy understanding of liturgy. We know something about liturgy, and I think we’re doing it rather well.” — Bishop Trautman (October 2005)