Friday, September 2, 2011

exaltation of the Holy Cross

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

September 14th


This September 14th marks the fourth anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution Summorum-Pontificum of our present Holy Father Benedict XVI. To commemorate this happy anniversary I have posted below an extract from that fortuitous document.

Up to our own times, it has been the constant concern of supreme pontiffs to ensure that the Church of Christ offers a worthy ritual to the Divine Majesty, 'to the praise and glory of His name,' and 'to the benefit of all His Holy Church.'…we establish… [that] It is, …, permissible to celebrate the Sacrifice of the Mass following the typical edition of the Roman Missal promulgated by Bl. John XXIII in 1962 and never abrogated.