Thursday, January 7, 2010

Creativity in Liturgy: Authentic or Inauthentic?

I want to give emphasis on this quote from Msgr. Guido Marini, Pontifical Master of Liturgical Ceremonies, this was taken from his speech at the Clergy Conference in Rome, January 6, 2010, A conference for the year of priests:

"From this perspective it is not difficult to realise how far distant some modes of conduct are from the authentic spirit of the liturgy. In fact, some individuals have managed to upset the liturgy of the church in various ways under the pretext of a wrongly devised creativity. This was done on the grounds of adapting to the local situation and the needs of the community, thus appropriating the right to remove from, add to, or modify the liturgical rite in pursuit of subjective and emotional ends. For this, we priests are largely responsible."
the full text of the speech can be read from NLM

6 comments:

王楚 said...
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The Island Gypsy said...

Hello Francis,
Nice to hear from you and thanks for your interest in your lineage and most especially in our Catholic Faith. It would be a pleasure to have my blog connected to your publication. However I dont have a facebook, lol. Maybe one of these days I will have one. Do you have an email?
Thanks for the nice comments. I am here in Tabaco and I work in Legazpi City as an Associate Professor, my field of specialization is Peace and Security Studies.

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The Island Gypsy said...

I am a distant relative of Mike Rinon, his father and his elder brother who is also known by the name of Mike. His elder brother Michael Rinon was my classmate in high school. Bobby's house is just one block away from ours so we are practically in the same neighborhood. What a coincidence. Yes his deceased mother's family name was Bonganay. I remember too his deceased grandmother Mrs. Bonganay a retired teacher who runs a kiddie school.

王楚 said...

Wonderful! We're practically family!

Please send me your email.

Thanks.

王楚 said...

Please pray for Tito Mike. He's not doing too well.

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