tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post3007032525789195548..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Bodging the Bishop aroundFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-74123412473894958112010-06-13T14:28:19.581+01:002010-06-13T14:28:19.581+01:00"...they don't have the Latin necessary t..."...they don't have the Latin necessary to do it properly. ...this applies to a high profile archbishop in southern England."<br /><br />I little uncharitable, perhaps? I have been present at more than one Mass celebrated by such an archbishop now in southern England and his competence at not only speaking the Latin, but also singing in Latin was highly commendable. Each of these Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08205355672117624212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-90657517772562521702010-06-13T11:04:43.854+01:002010-06-13T11:04:43.854+01:00It is time that Bishops learnt the so-called EF ri...It is time that Bishops learnt the so-called EF rite and applied it's rubrics to the Novus mass. When I see priests not holding their fingers together after the consecration, the way communion is administered - handing over the chalice and in the hand, and the failure to genuflect to the Blessed Sacrament, it makes me realise that we Anglicans who have in the main not gone down this road areDeacon Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903366446394957630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-48273962501883941722010-06-13T11:04:30.597+01:002010-06-13T11:04:30.597+01:00It is time that Bishops learnt the so-called EF ri...It is time that Bishops learnt the so-called EF rite and applied it's rubrics to the Novus mass. When I see priests not holding their fingers together after the consecration, the way communion is administered - handing over the chalice and in the hand, and the failure to genuflect to the Blessed Sacrament, it makes me realise that we Anglicans who have in the main not gone down this road areDeacon Down Underhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903366446394957630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-50835254721127483602010-06-12T15:23:38.706+01:002010-06-12T15:23:38.706+01:00The Bishops should always celebrate Mass in Pontif...The Bishops should always celebrate Mass in Pontifical fashion, with the assistance of his priests and deacons - this is the ancestral foundation of the Church's life.<br /><br />As for the bishop not having the Latin to adequately celebrate Old Rite Pontifical Mass - well isn't that just a scandal? It is a matter of canonical law that all priests are well-versed in the Latin and Greek Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26156296788344931452010-06-12T15:21:03.864+01:002010-06-12T15:21:03.864+01:00Fr I suggest that you take a look at Fr Z's po...Fr I suggest that you take a look at Fr Z's post for 12 June "Brick by brick in NYC: Pontifical Mass at the Throne". Those poor British Bloke Bishops.Dale Crakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12596274028119702873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-36613014344992050882010-06-12T14:47:41.411+01:002010-06-12T14:47:41.411+01:00It would be more seemly if the various pontiffs we...It would be more seemly if the various pontiffs were invited to preside over masses 'coram pontifice' rather than be dragged through liturgies that they don't understand and can't do without a lot of coaxing. Through presiding at mass, the office and role of a bishop is made clear, without need for the complexities of a full Pontifical.<br /><br />Having said that, a couple of thedavidforsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603145004197815827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-657903184489784672010-06-12T12:10:01.968+01:002010-06-12T12:10:01.968+01:00In my experience, sometimes in the good old CofE w...In my experience, sometimes in the good old CofE we have to pummel our bishops even through the most modern and pared-down of liturgies...and I speak as a parish priest hosting a confirmation this week!<br /><br />Better that bishops show support for the EF by presiding or even just by attending in choir and preaching, like the cardinal did, leaving most of the intricacies to those who really Sui Jurishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730688362896132933noreply@blogger.com