[Catholic Caucus] Kneeling Is Now Rebellion: The War on Reverence Continues

Then comes the heart of his argument: “When the bishop gives you a precept, you really do have to do it, unless it contradicts divine, moral, ecclesiastical, or civil law.” And yet, when authority is used to undermine reverence for the Eucharist, the supreme act of divine worship, it does contradict divine law. Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, the Diocese of Greensburg denies having banned ad orientem celebration of the Novus Ordo, the ancient practice of the priest facing the altar with the people. To complete the absurd symmetry, Leo XIV marked the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica with a homily calling for “renewed reverence and beauty in the Church’s liturgy.”

Author: Hiraeth In Exile

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