inundado por um mistério de luz que é Deus e N´Ele vi e ouvi -A ponta da lança como chama que se desprende, toca o eixo da terra, – Ela estremece: montanhas, cidades, vilas e aldeias com os seus moradores são sepultados. - O mar, os rios e as nuvens saem dos seus limites, transbordam, inundam e arrastam consigo num redemoinho, moradias e gente em número que não se pode contar , é a purificação do mundo pelo pecado em que se mergulha. - O ódio, a ambição provocam a guerra destruidora! - Depois senti no palpitar acelerado do coração e no meu espírito o eco duma voz suave que dizia: – No tempo, uma só Fé, um só Batismo, uma só Igreja, Santa, Católica, Apostólica: - Na eternidade, o Céu! ON REFORMATION DAY TODAY CARDINAL ELECT MUELLER HEAD OF THE CDF BLASTS THE PROTESTANTIZATION OF THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD SINCE VATICAN II!
The
Vatican daily “L‘Osservatore Romano” published the piece by soon to be
Cardinal-Elect, Archbishop Müller Head of the CDF on Thursday, October 31, a day
of historical importance for the Protestant Reformation where he laments the
PROTESTANTIZATION of the Catholic Priesthood.
This is
heading us in the continued direction of the hermeneutic of reform in
continuity! When we rediscover the Catholic priesthood, not a post Vatican II
version of it, it will impact the proper reform of the reform of the Mass and
move it away from its dreadful PROTESTANTIZATION in the Ordinary
Form!
Beyond the towards
renewal
fixing our eyes on those of the crucified and risen High
Priest, we can overcome every obstacle and difficulty.
I am thinking especially of the
crisis of the doctrine on the priesthood that occurred during the protestant
Reformation. It was a crisis at the dogmatic level which reduced the priest to a
mere representative of the community by eliminating the essential difference
between the ordained priest and the common priesthood of the faithful. Then
there was the existential and spiritual crisis that occurred during the second
half of the 20th century and exploded after the Second Vatican Council, and from
whose consequences we are still suffering today.
In Joseph Ratzinger's extensive
work Proclaimers of the Word and Servants of Your Joy – volume XII in
his opera omnia – he proposed a way of overcoming these crises by advancing a
high-level theological approach, thereby giving us a guide for fostering a
renewal of the sacramental priesthood instituted by Christ.
The scientific studies,
meditations and homilies on the service of bishops, priests and deacons
contained in this volume span almost fifty years, beginning with the years
immediately preceding the beginning of Vatican II.
Many people, depending on their
respective positions, associate this event, which has marked the recent history
of the Church more than any other, with the starting point of a transformation
in keeping with the spirit of the times, or rather with the beginning of a
profound crisis in the Church and in particular in the priesthood.
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
October 31, 2013