Father Sibley on his 4th of July Homily

"In reference to my homily on July 4th, you can read 

the text of the homily where Pope Benedict spoke

of the establishment of the Pontifical council for

the New Evangelization here. 

I drew most of the points from my homily from the first 

response of the Pope to the  questions posed to him

by the US bishops during his visit to the States.

You can read the texts of all of Pope Benedict’s speeches

and  homilies during his apostolic visitation 

to America in 2008 in the  book Pope Benedict in America.   

Here is the link to Archbishop Chaput’s challenging talk 

in the liturgy.I think it is one of the best things

on the liturgy I have read in years.I think you can 

actually make a connection between Benedict’s 

comments on the  “individualism and eclecticism” 

of American Catholicism and the approach of many

to the liturgy. They want to have their own special 

liturgy, one fashioned to their own tastes and preferences,

rather  than receiving the liturgy givento us by the Church.

Of course,  Ratzinger makes this point exactly in 

his now classic The Spirit of the Liturgy."

( I apologize for the choppy layout of this post- its been one of those tenchnological moments here! - Amy)