Chicago’s Blase Cupich has asserted that the Traditional Latin Mass was “more of a spectacle rather than the active participation of all the baptised”.
In a reflection on the liturgical reforms which came from Sacrosanctum Concilium, one of the four constitutions of the Second Vatican Council, the cardinal argued that the document drew on scholarly research which revealed “adaptations that were introduced over time, which incorporated elements from imperial and royal courts.” The reform, he contends, aimed to purify the liturgy of “these adaptations … to enable the liturgy to sustain the Church’s renewed sense of herself.”
Cardinal Cupich made plain that the renewed liturgy is not simply a matter of external form but of ecclesial identity and mission. He emphasised that the measure of authenticity in Eucharistic celebration lies in concern for those in need — it is this “criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations is judged.” He went further still, describing the Mass not merely as ritual but as “the locus of solidarity with the poor in a fractured world.”
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