5/16/2021
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| Duccio, "Magi" |
We spent most of this past week on a couple of different tangents. Let’s see if we can get back on track with working through these documents. We may next go to PCLT’s 2000 Declaration, but first let’s make sure we’re not leaving any loose ends lying around.
How did you get on the EM tangent to begin with? We were looking previously at EOM. When it began to describe Lengthy Exposition it referred to EM. EM refers several times to the number of the faithful who come together for lengthy exposition.
EOM’s section on exposition refers constantly to EM. EOM, in 1973, essentially converts the 1967 Instruction (EM) into the new, current, liturgical ritual for Eucharistic Worship Outside of Mass.
But before all of this we were working through RS which, after dealing with the reservation of the MBS moves to worship. Let’s go back there. That’s where the tangents began.
RS 134 begins by quoting JPII’s EE, paragraph 25, which speaks of the great value and of worshiping the MBS outside of Mass and its close link to the celebration of the Mass itself. RS 134 indicates that devotion, both public and private, to the MBS outside of Mass should be “vigorously promoted.” RS 134 concludes by reminding pastors of their duty to give their lives witnessing to the cult of the Eucharist, especially the MBS exposed.
I pause. I notice a weak English translation compared with the editio typica of JPII’s EE. I hope the consequence of this weakening isn’t a diminution of Eucharistic piety. For example, where EE’s Latin describes the sacred duty of pastors to sustain the Eucharistic cult “etiam vitae suae testificatione” that is “even with the witness of their lives,” the English reads, “also by their personal witness.” The Latin is stronger.
Image: Duccio, "Magi"
