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Ever since Ambrosius first gave me Bugnini’s “Reform of the Liturgy,” I’ve been meaning to post this gem. Anyone who has spent much time going through the Latin prayers at the end of the Litany of Saints knows just how awesome they are. Unfortunately, awesomeness does not count for much when stared down by the Consilium, that solemn body charged with bringing the tired and ancient liturgy to the People of God. The first two principles of revision listed by Bugnini on page 327 of his tome are the elimination of doublets, and…
-to revise the text, that is, to make a new list of saints that would be more universal in its inclusion of historical periods and parts of the world; to re-examine the various categories of saints; and to correct some formulas in the third part that were no longer in harmony with the spirit of the conciliar documents (for example: “that you would humble the enemies of holy Church”; “that you would restore to the unity of the Church all who have gone astray and lead all unbelievers to the light of the Gospel”)
St. Louis-Marie de Montfort,
Pope St. Pius X,
St. Joseph,
St. Ambrose of Milan,
St. Thomas Aquinas
That’s interesting. If I heard/remembered correctly:
I’ve read that some Vatican II Council “fathers” wanted to proclaim Mary as Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of all Graces.
They chose to not do so as it apparently would counteract the Church’s “ecumenical” emphasis of Vatican II; as Protestants would be confused and perhaps adversely affected by the Dogma.
However, the Council Fathers apparently realized this theology of Mary was under the carpet for some time; they decided to bring it back into light indirectly or in some respects in “Lumen Gentium”
(Dogmatic Constitution on the Church).