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From One Eucharistic Prayer to Many: How it Happened and Why →
Whether speaking of structure or of theology, the main argument seems to be that the Roman canon is untidy. In the course of its development it spread out from the original core text, the way an old country house develops from the original building: a wing is added on here, an extra story is built there, a door is cut in the wall where a window used to be, other windows are walled up and new stairwells are necessary because of certain additions, while others are rendered useless. Decorative trim is added “just because”. Fine woodwork and stonework appear in the most hidden and out-of-the-way places. Each part of an old building has its own history, and old rambling houses like this are truly wonderful: but they are not neat. Furthermore, they were not originally equipped with modern conveniences like indoor plumbing and electricity, and so we moderns sometimes find such houses inconvenient. Modern houses, on the other hand, are usually functional and efficient, but often built of cheap materials, and very frequently unattractive to the eye. If this applies to homes, it applies all the more to public buildings, which in this century have achieved new heights of ugliness. The liturgical reformers objected to the architectural untidiness of the Roman Canon and wanted to replace it with something more streamlined and functional. Read More at the link…
Clay “Chalice” (and bowl) being used on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception - During a Hybrid Spanish / English Mass where the every other prayer was Spanish then English - Including the creed where we were simply asked to reply “I Do” to each section as the Priest read it, then After Mass everyone clapped and proceeded to be quite loud during after mass prayers….And in case you are wondering…. the tabernacle is located somewhere to the left of the Sanctuary in its own “Chapel”
