title: The Reform of the Roman Liturgy: Its Problems and Background
author: Klaus Gamber
description: The Reform of the Roman Liturgy Msgr. Klaus Gamber The Reform of the Roman Liturgy by Msgr. Klaus Gamber. Thirteen years ago when Pope Benedict was still &lsquo;Cardinal Ratzinger&rsquo; he wrote the following in a Preface to this book: &ldquo;What happened after the Council . . . in the place of &lsquo;liturgy as the fruit of development&rsquo; came fabricated liturgy. We abandoned the organic, living process of growth and development over centuries, and replaced it&mdash;as in a manufacturing process&mdash;with a fabrication, a banal on-the-spot product. Gamber, with the vigilance of a true prophet and the courage of a true witness, opposed this falsification, and, thanks to his incredibly rich knowledge, indefatigably taught us about the living fullness of a true liturgy.&rdquo; This most important book will give us insight to what the now Pope Benedict may have planned for the future of the liturgy.
zlib_text: THE PROBLEM
  OF THE
  LITURGICAL
  REFORM
  The Society of Saint Pius X
  A Theological and 
  Liturgical Study
  Angelus Press
  2 9 1 8  T r a c y  Av e n u e ,  
  K a n s a s  C i t y,  M i s s o u r i  6 4 1 0 9
  
  BISHOP FELLAY’S LETTER TO POPE JOHN PAUL II
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  BISHOP FELLAY’S LETTER 
  TO POPE JOHN PAUL II
  Holy Father,
  More than thirty years ago, under your predecessor, Pope
  Paul VI, a major reform modified the Latin rite of the Catholic
  liturgy, especially the “Order of the Mass.”
  This reform immediately raised troubles and controversies
  across the entire world. Some studies which were made, notably
  the “Brief Critical Examination of the Novus Ordo Missae” given
  to Pope Paul VI by Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci, pointed out
  the troubling deficiencies and ambiguities affecting this reform.
  The liturgy has certainly evolved over the course of history, as
  is shown by the reforms made during the past century by St. Pius
  X, Pius XII and John XXIII. But the post-conciliar liturgical re-
  form, by its extensi