by Piero, Archbishop Marini
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In these pages Archbishop Piero Marini reveals the vision, courage, and faith of the pastors and scholars who struggled to implement the Second Vatican Council's teachings on the liturgy. While in some circles it is fashionable to propose "a reform of the liturgical reform," any such revision needs to take into account the history of the consilium--the organism established by the Holy See to carry out the initial liturgical changes. This story of the work of the consilium offers a fascinating glimpse into the struggles and tensions that accompanied the realization of the council's dream to promote the "full, conscious and active participation" of the faithful in Roman Catholic worship.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 A Solid Historical Book for Reformists, 2008-12-21
This book is a solid attempt to present the challenges of the implementation of the liturgical norms post-Vatican II. It doesn't sugar-coat much, and documents the power struggle present between the Fathers of the Council and the Concilium, in particular it's president, Bugnini. This book is an excellent resource for people attempting to understand what went wrong in the 1970 reform and for those wishing to determine the true intent of the council.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Vatican II, 2008-06-17
Unfortunately one of the reviewers has attempted recast the politics of Vatican II. The Curia in its attempt to undermine Pope John XXIII's Council conspired to suppress the participation of those they were afraid would fulfill the Pope's vision for the Council. Pope John's encyclicals Mater and Magistera and Pacem in Terris carried such weight with the Council that not even the Curia could turn back the hands of time. The same Curia that had to retrench from its views after John Kennedy began his run for President. Cardinals Ottavani and Tisserant were two one of the leaders of the effort to thwart the Pope's will. But Pope John's speech on the eve of the opening of the Council " The Moonlight address" was a primary factor in insuring a Curia that opposed openness, democracy, separation of church and state, freedom of conscience, freedom from compulsion etc. would not control the Council and turn it into a non-event in the history of the Church.
1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
A Revolt that Changed an Unchanging Church, 2008-03-15
The first thing one notices is the word "reform." Since Christ is the Author of His Church, I found it interesting that men could think they have the power to change it, and change it they did. Not for the glory of God, but for the glory of man. This is a man-made church, and the book did a good job of explaining that and how it was done and by whom.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Post Vatican II Liturgical History, 2008-02-26
This behind-the-scenes apercuA Challenging Reform: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal, 1963-1975 of the implementation process of Vatican II's monumental Sacrosanctum Concilium is hardly a page-turner, but it does add to the corpus of council participants' eyewitness accounts of the battles taking place within the inner sanctum of Roman Catholicism between the traditionalists and the modernists. The summative "reflection" from pages 151-157 are its greatest strength and a fitting reward for those of us who persevere to the end. The book's importance is even greater at this moment of its appearance on the scene as the unfortunate "restoration" of the 1962 Missale Romanum is being perceived by some of the fideles as confirmation that the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy was an unfortunate "phase" of liturgical development.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Not what you would expect., 2008-02-22
This book is rich in historical narrative, but it is lacking in theological or pastoral discussions. I bought it expecting to find arguments pro and con about the liturgical renewal in the Church, specially at a time when there is an unexpected approval of the celebration of the Latin Mass and when there is so much ignorance about the theological and liturgical background that motivated the liturgical movement during the first half of the Twentieth Century. But in terms of the history of the decisions and the concrete direction taken in implementing the ligurgical reform, it does provide information, specially on the personal level.
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