Articles tagged Sacrosanctum Concilium

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‘Authority is not a shield’ – Strickland’s call to reform

Recognizing problems in the Church is not enough. Renewal requires courage, sacrifice, personal conversion, and concrete action. Bishop Joseph Strickland invokes Christ’s call to St. Francis of Assisi: “Go repair my house,” and the witness of St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Thomas More, and Blessed Stanley Rother, men whose fidelity was stronger than their desire for safety or approval. Martyrdom, Strickland insists, is not a desire for death. It is a willingness to remain faithful when fidelity carries a price. Strickland applies that call to specific areas of Church life: the interpretation and implementation of the Second Vatican Council, post-conciliar […]
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Strickland on the liturgical crisis | Bishops, guard what was entrusted to you

Bishop Joseph Strickland confronts the central question of episcopal responsibility: “What were we given to guard? And did we guard it?” Drawing on St. Paul’s command to Timothy to guard the good deposit, Strickland argues that the dramatic changes to Catholic worship over the past 60 years cannot simply be blamed on “Vatican II.” The Council called for reform and greater participation; it did not compose the Mass Catholics experienced afterward. Human decisions transformed the liturgy, and bishops cannot avoid responsibility for what happened under their watch. Sacrosanctum Concilium called for Latin to be preserved and Gregorian chant to hold […]
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