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    Does "Liturgical Reform" and "Active Participation" mean changing the interior of Saint Charles? Quotes from the keynote address to the national convention of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, October 8, 2003, by Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. "Some people think that liturgical renewal means the removal of kneelers from Church pews, the knocking down of altar rails or the positioning of the altar in the mi

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    Does "Liturgical Reform" and "Active Participation" mean changing the interior of Saint Charles? Quotes from the keynote address to the national convention of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, October 8, 2003, by Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. "Some people think that liturgical renewal means the removal of kneelers from Church pews, the knocking down of altar rails or the positioning of the altar in the mi

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    Does "Liturgical Reform" and "Active Participation"

    mean changing the interior of Saint Charles?


    Quotes from the keynote address to the national convention of the
    Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, October 8, 2003, by
    Francis Cardinal Arinze,
    Prefect, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

    "Some people think that liturgical renewal means the removal of kneelers
    from Church pews, the knocking down of altar rails or the positioning of the
    altar in the middle of the sitting area of the people. The Church has never
    said any such thing."

    "Church architecture also influences active participation. If a church is built


    and the seats are arranged as in an amphitheater or as in a banquet, the
    undeclared emphasis may be horizontal attention to one another, rather
    than vertical attention to God."

    "But before the hammer or compressor machine is applied to objects that


    have touched the devotional sensitivity of the people for decades or even
    centuries, those who have to take the decision cannot avoid asking
    themselves whether there are reasons weighty enough to upset so many
    people and ask the parish or diocese to pay for the exercise."

    "Moreover, it should be noted that in religious matters, people's sensitivity


    and piety can easily be hurt by ill-considered and hasty novelties."

    "Unapproved innovations distract and annoy the people. They often draw
    attention to the priest rather than to God. They generally do not last long.
    They are often superficial. And they scandalize because they run against
    Church norms and regulations. If many lay people had only one request to
    make, they would ask that the priest celebrate Mass, or other rites, simply
    according to the approved books."

    "And the altar of the Blessed Sacrament should be outstanding for its
    beauty and honored prominence, otherwise in some so-called restored
    churches one could rightly lament: 'They have taken my Lord away, and I
    don't know where they have put him.' (John 20:13)"
    "As someone has said, a gym that looks like a church is still a gym. Some
    questions can be of help."
    • "Does this church building help to raise people's minds to God, to the
    transcendent?"
    • "Where are the tower, the bell, the Cross?"
    • "Within the church, is the sanctuary clearly distinguished from the rest
    of the church?"
    • "Why were the beautiful altar rails that have been there for one or two
    centuries removed against the wishes of many of the parishioners?"
    • "Why is it so difficult to make out where the tabernacle is located?"
    • "Where is Our Blessed Mother's statue or image?"

    "Nor does liturgical restoration mean iconoclasm or the removal of all


    statues and sacred images. These should be displayed, albeit with good
    judgment."

    "The Roman liturgy is not a free-for-all experimentation field where each


    celebrant has the option to tag on his cherished accretions."

    "The danger is that some people seem to think that inculturation in the
    liturgy encourages free and uncontrolled creativity. They imagine that
    according to Vatican II the progressive, modern and enlightened thing to do
    in liturgical celebrations is to be creative, to be original, to introduce
    something new, to do it yourself."

    Francis Cardinal Arinze


    Prefect, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
    Quotes from the keynote address to the national convention of the
    Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, October 8, 2003.

    Unfortunately, the complete address is too long to reproduce here.


    We recommend that you read it for yourselves, since it covers many important issues.
    You can download it at the following web sites:

    http://www.ewtn.com/library/curia/cdwarinz.HTM

    www.adoremus.org/Arinze-FDLC-Liturgy.html

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