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FIUV's book of the Position Papers, edited by Dr Joseph Shaw, Chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, has been finalised and is now available.This book is very useful to all those interested in the Roman Missal of 1962. It can be
bought from this site.
The review below, by Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, Apostolic Nuncio to the Ukraine, says it all:
I think I would have enjoyed writing additional reviews [on
my blog] and could have weighed in much more heavily on behalf of a project
which has enjoyed my favour since I first became acquainted with it, namely The
FIUV Papers on the Liturgy, which discuss specific issues concerning the 1962
Missal. The Papers have become one of the pillars of the internet presence of
the Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce. The genius of the 13 papers, to my
mind, is that they do indeed teach and quite comprehensively, offering important
lessons about why we need to focus more or better on the very real issue of what
to do about the rupture in the continuity of our liturgical tradition which has
come to be and not through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
As important as
it may be to get about the business of repairing, I find the work done by these
papers to be of a prior importance to any decision about "reforming the... More > reform" or "rebooting" after choosing a
restoration point and establishing principles for the organic development of a
restored Roman Rite. The FIUV Papers on the Liturgy really grapple with what the
Holy Father calls the mutual enrichment of the two forms of the Roman Rite.
Without wanting to be a reductionist about assessing their worth, let me say
simply that reading and ruminating over the FIUV Papers on the Liturgy could
serve as a marvellous primer for anyone, clergy or laity, on how to address what
often ends up being controversial, doing so in a very different and respectful
manner.
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