Redemptionis Sacramentum The Catholic Answer To Liturgical Abuse Fr Peter Stravinskas In his powerful 2003 encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia Church of the Eucharist Pope John Paul II accused rampant liturgical abuse of jeopardizing quot the very validity of the Eucharist quot In his letter the Holy Father promised a follow up document to demand a point by point return to Eucharistic reverence devotion and true doctrine Well now that document Redemptionis Sacramentum Sacrament of Redemption is finally here And this new audio series from Fr Peter Stravinskas is your key to understanding what the Vatican s new instruction really means to you Rome has Spoken Is Anybody Listening While this is great news for Catholics who have suffered from irreverent and even shocking liturgical novelties for years you may rightly wonder if this will really stop liturgical abuse in your diocese How many lay Catholics will ever read this 65 page document much less understand it How many of the liturgical innovators who have presided over the desacralization of the Mass will ever dare tell anyone about the traditional practices demanded by this new document How can good Catholics obey these directives if they never even hear about them in the first place The editor of The Catholic Encyclopedia and the popular periodical The Catholic Answer for nearly two decades Fr Stravinskas asserts that over ninety percent of the questions Catholics want answered are about liturgical abuse Now in the candid and revealing new three CD or cassette series Redemptionis Sacramentum The Catholic Answer to Liturgical Abuse Fr Stravinskas reveals how the Vatican s Congregation for Divine Worship has finally singled out and remedied more than two dozen of the worst of these abuses against the dignity of the Eucharist Liturgy and Unity A liturgical expert Fr Stravinskas explains the important teachings of this historic document in a clear uncompromising and easy to understand style that includes many examples from his own priestly ministry You ll discover the importance of the centrality of liturgical worship in the Church the rationale behind liturgical regulations how liturgical abuse destroys the unity of the Church and much much more Of all the challenges facing the faithful today none is more important than putting an end to liturgical abuse After forty years of experimentation declining Mass attendance and loss of faith the time has come to say enough is enough Redemptionis Sacramentum The Catholic Answer to Liturgical Abuse is your key to understanding how to begin the process of correcting liturgical abuse in your own parish As you listen you ll learn precisely what is and isn t allowed at the Holy Mass and what Rome wants you to do about it Order a set for yourself and another for your pastor liturgist or Director of Religious Education Discover Why liturgical abuse is actually harmful to the Faith What the quot authentic participation quot of lay people really means What the Vatican says about changing the words of the Mass How abuses are often rooted in a false understanding of liberty What it really means to be a quot minister of the Eucharist quot Why new laws are not needed just fidelity to the existing ones How the timing of Vatican II set the stage for liturgical abuse Why Communion is not to be administered by lay quot ministers quot unless absolutely necessary What the Vatican says about receiving Communion kneeling and on the tongue How lay participation in liturgical ministries has affected vocations What you can do to stop liturgical abuse And much more