Authentic Liturgical Renewal in Contemporary Perspective

Uwe Michael Lang is a priest of the London Oratory and a Lecturer in Theology at Heythrop College in the University of London, UK.

Stimulating essays from various perspectives -- theological, liturgical, pastoral, historical -- that will help deepen the Church’s reflection on the reform of the liturgical reform, which is essential to the New Evangelization, and to the rebuilding of Christian culture in the religious wastelands of once-Christian Europe. How the Church prays has everything to do with what the Church does -- or doesn't -- believe, which is why it is so important that the Church worship in spirit and in truth. This volume makes an important contribution to the evolution of a 21st-century Catholicism that worships as its great tradition and the Fathers of Vatican II would expect.

• Notes on ContributorsPrefaceList of Abbreviations1. Opening Remarks – Bishop Dominic Rey, Diocese of Frejus-Toulon, France2. Towards an Authentic Implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium – Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, The Vatican3. Liturgy and the Triune God: Rethinking Trinitarian Theology – Helmut Hoping, University of Freiburg, Germany4. The Public Nature of the Liturgy– Charbel Pazat de Lys OSB, Abbaye Ste-Madeleine du Barroux, France5. The Ethical Character of the Mysteries: Observations from a Moral Theologian – Michael P. Cullinan, Diocese of Westminster, UK6. Doing the World Liturgically: Stewardship of Creation and Care for the Poor – David Fagerberg, University of Notre Dame, USA7. Liturgy Beyond the Secular – Joris Geldhof, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium8. ‘Especially in Mission Territories’ (SC 38): New Evangelisation and Liturgical (Reform of the) Reform – Stephen Bullivant, St Mary’s University Twickenham, UK9. The Tridentine Liturgical Reform in Historical Perspective – Uwe Michael Lang, London Oratory, UK10. On the Council Floor: The Council Fathers’ Debate of the Schema on the Sacred Liturgy – Alcuin Reid, Monastere Saint-Benoit, France11. Sing a New Song to the Lord: Towards a Revised Translation of the Liturgy of the Hours – Alan Hopes, Bishop of East Anglia12. Divine Worship: The Missal and “'he Liturgical Books Proper to the Anglican Tradition' (Anglicanorum Coetibus, Art. III) – Andrew Burnham, Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, UK13. The Vicissitudes of Liturgy and Architecture Shown at the Example of Berlin’s Cathedral of St Hedwig – Peter Stephan, University of Freiburg, Germany14. Homily at the Votive Mass of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles – Robert Cardinal Sarah, The Vatican15. Set Free at the Source of Our Demise: Homily at the Votive Mass of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest – Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, USA16. Homily at the Votive Mass of Blessed John Henry Newman – Keith Newton, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, UKIndex