This would be a wonderful opportunity to remind everyone of Paul VI's "personal gift" of JUBILATE DEO to the bishops of the world on April 14, 1974 (WHAT!? I KNOW!) the minimum reportoire of Gregorian Chant to be known, revered and sung by every Catholic worth his or her salt. Strangely, I never even heard of this "personal gift" of his holiness until a few years ago. I've a feeling I wasn't the only one who didn't get the memo. In 1974 they were too busy telling everyone that "Vatican II had scrapped the Latin". strange that.
I don't so much question the personal holiness of Paul VI as much as his prudence in some things. The often repeated story related by Fr Z that " the Monday after Pentecost in 1970 His Holiness Pope Paul VI rose bright and early and went to the chapel for Holy Mass. Instead of the red he expected, there were green vestments laid out for him.
He queried the MC assigned that day, "What on earth are these for? This is the Octave of Pentecost! Where are the red vestments?"
"Santità," quoth the MC, "this is now Tempus ‘per annum’. It is green, now. The Octave of Pentecost is abolished."
"Green? That cannot be!", said the Pope, "Who did that?"
"Holiness, you did."
And Paul VI wept.
I find this very tragic and sad if it indeed is true.
This jumped out at me in a post today on Fr Ray Blake's blog:
"The Papal oath abandoned by Paul VI not to change anything, along with the outward signs that Benedict tried to restore, gave some stability to the Papacy, the unchanging Liturgy, the sense that Liturgy was a given gave stability to the Church."
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Ah...the imposter Pope. :D
ReplyDeleteThis would be a wonderful opportunity to remind everyone of Paul VI's "personal gift" of JUBILATE DEO to the bishops of the world on April 14, 1974 (WHAT!? I KNOW!) the minimum reportoire of Gregorian Chant to be known, revered and sung by every Catholic worth his or her salt. Strangely, I never even heard of this "personal gift" of his holiness until a few years ago. I've a feeling I wasn't the only one who didn't get the memo. In 1974 they were too busy telling everyone that "Vatican II had scrapped the Latin". strange that.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ceciliaschola.org/pdf/jubilateb.pdf
The pope had been ignored-disobeyed in many things.
DeleteThe Holy Father suffered very much. I consider Paul VI a saint.
I don't so much question the personal holiness of Paul VI as much as his prudence in some things. The often repeated story related by Fr Z that " the Monday after Pentecost in 1970 His Holiness Pope Paul VI rose bright and early and went to the chapel for Holy Mass. Instead of the red he expected, there were green vestments laid out for him.
DeleteHe queried the MC assigned that day, "What on earth are these for? This is the Octave of Pentecost! Where are the red vestments?"
"Santità," quoth the MC, "this is now Tempus ‘per annum’. It is green, now. The Octave of Pentecost is abolished."
"Green? That cannot be!", said the Pope, "Who did that?"
"Holiness, you did."
And Paul VI wept.
I find this very tragic and sad if it indeed is true.
I've never believed that story.
DeleteYou mean the real Paul VI is a saint. Just sayin'...
ReplyDeleteThis jumped out at me in a post today on Fr Ray Blake's blog:
ReplyDelete"The Papal oath abandoned by Paul VI not to change anything, along with the outward signs that Benedict tried to restore, gave some stability to the Papacy, the unchanging Liturgy, the sense that Liturgy was a given gave stability to the Church."
http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2013/08/from-grandmas-knee-specialist.html