... specifically, the CDW's "clarifications" of that document, which I don't know the name for.
The other day, I posted a short list of must-reads on this topic.
Here is Phil's final of his three columns on the subject:
Phil always has that calm take. He's right about the Edsel. As he says, fundamentally the issue of liturgy is what GOD wants us to do, not what our preference is.
However, it is worth noting that the people did not have a chance to say they objected to the changes, to having this thing thrust on them.
The development of the liturgy through history is a delicate and mysterious process; but certainly we can say that it has never been imposed on the faithful *tout court* and by committee. A true servant authority takes note of its subjects' responses and certainly doesn't go on for decades ignoring and cruelly refusing even to hear of their plight.
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