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A Plea to Pope Leo XIV: Restore Summorum Pontificum
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True reform—whether personal, educational, or liturgical—must be slow, consistent, and rooted in habit. The sudden and dramatic overhaul of the Roman liturgy in 1969 ignored this principle, leading not to a renaissance but to destabilization. Pope Benedict XVI’s vision of mutual enrichment between the old and new rites offered a more sustainable path for liturgical renewal and should be restored.
📌 Timestamps
00:00 – Liturgical reform
00:23 – Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Why liturgy shapes belief
01:28 – Post-Vatican II reform and unmet promises
02:41 – A principle of human growth
05:39 – Virtue isn’t formed by single resolutions
08:49 – Liturgical reform must follow the same logic
09:40 – Why 1969 was historically unprecedented
10:15 – Benedict XVI’s critique: “fabricated liturgy”
10:51 – Hypothetical: The Novus Ordo is Better
12:05 – A path forward through mutual enrichment
13:12 – A direct appeal to Pope Leo XIV
Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: pauljernberg.com
Podcast Version: brianholdsworth.libsyn.com
A Plea to Pope Leo XIV: Restore Summorum Pontificum
Support the channel by visiting: brianholdsworth.ca/help
True reform—whether personal, educational, or liturgical—must be slow, consistent, and rooted in habit. The sudden and dramatic overhaul of the Roman liturgy in 1969 ignored this principle, leading not to a renaissance but to destabilization. Pope Benedict XVI’s vision of mutual enrichment between the old and new rites offered a more sustainable path for liturgical renewal and should be restored.
📌 Timestamps
00:00 – Liturgical reform
00:23 – Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Why liturgy shapes belief
01:28 – Post-Vatican II reform and unmet promises
02:41 – A principle of human growth
05:39 – Virtue isn’t formed by single resolutions
08:49 – Liturgical reform must follow the same logic
09:40 – Why 1969 was historically unprecedented
10:15 – Benedict XVI’s critique: “fabricated liturgy”
10:51 – Hypothetical: The Novus Ordo is Better
12:05 – A path forward through mutual enrichment
13:12 – A direct appeal to Pope Leo XIV
Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: pauljernberg.com
Podcast Version: brianholdsworth.libsyn.com
