A Plea to Pope Leo XIV for Reform

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A Plea to Pope Leo XIV: Restore Summorum Pontificum Support the channel by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.ca/help True reform—whether personal, educational, or liturgical—must be slow, consistent, and rooted in habit. The sudden and dramatic overhaul of the Roman liturgy in 1969 ignored this principle, leading not to a renaissance but to destabilization. Pope Benedict XVI’s vision of mutual enrichment between the old and new rites offered a more sustainable path for liturgical renewal and should be restored. 📌 Timestamps 00:00 – Liturgical reform 00:23 – Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Why liturgy shapes belief 01:28 – Post-Vatican II reform and unmet promises 02:41 – A principle of human growth 05:39 – Virtue isn’t formed by single resolutions 08:49 – Liturgical reform must follow the same logic 09:40 – Why 1969 was historically unprecedented 10:15 – Benedict XVI’s critique: “fabricated liturgy” 10:51 – Hypothetical: The Novus Ordo is Better 12:05 – A path forward through mutual enrichment 13:12 – A direct appeal to Pope Leo XIV Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: http://pauljernberg.com Podcast Version: https://brianholdsworth.libsyn.com/