It's long but well worth the read.When this process began, all interested parties were determined not to repeat that experience. Catholics have lost their taste for change, and understandably so. This is why ICEL, Vox Clara, the bishops, and everyone else was preparing educational materials to make sure that the process was smooth, open, dignified, and collegial. And then, seemingly out of nowhere, the old ways struck. The secrecy was back. The anonymous committees and shadowy power players returned. The skeletons came out of the closets and somehow got hold of the Missal just before its final release and introduced that old familiar chaos.
The whole thing remains a mystery today. We do not know who at the CDW or Vox Clara made these revisions, though surely the head of Vox Clara knows something. We do not know if the changes will last. We do not know who knew what and when. When the pope only last month praised the English bishops for their work on the Missal, was he even aware that much of what they did was being undone? We are not even sure if the members of Vox Clara were aware of what happened to the Missal between January and August. Members of ICEL are in the dark. The bishops do not know. The publishers do not know. And no one has a clue when the final version will be released.
Inside Catholic: The Mystery of the Leaked Missal
HT Stella Borealis
1 comment:
A VERY interesting read, indeed.
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