[Catholic Caucus] Rorate Exclusive: The Anti-Traditional and Anti-Liturgical Pastoral Letter to be Sent by the Bishop of Charlotte on Liturgical Norms in His Diocese

For this reason, we hear at the end of the Mass as two of the options for the dismissal, “Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life,” and, “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord” (Roman Missal, “The Order of Mass,” n. 144) The dynamism of the liturgy compels us to live the saving work of Christ out in the world. When someone embraces liturgical tendencies that harken to the liturgical life of the Church prior to the Second Vatican Council or of a Church yet to come – even when done with the best and holiest of intentions –, it communicates to the faithful that the Novus Ordo in itself does not have the power or capacity of transmitting the full gift of God’s sacramental work and graces. However, the procession of gifts represents the faithful’s movement toward the altar as they unite their own offering to the Eucharistic offering, and the sign of peace represents the horizontal communion of charity between believers before the reception of Holy Communion, which is none other than their vertical communion with the God that brings the community together.

Author: Rorate Caeli

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