Posted by
Anthony on Thursday, July 16, 2009 4:37:41 PM
Dominican Augustine DiNoia was recently consecrated Archbishop and appointed to oversee the Congregation on Divine Worship. This post is normally fulfilled by a liturgist - someone specialized in the liturgy itself. Archbishop DiNoia however is an accomplished dogmatic theologian. Some think that this means Pope Benedict wants God not man to be the focus of Catholic Worship, that the work of promoting the liturgy requires the theological vision that dogmatic theology provides. Perhaps Archbishop's comments at the end of this liturgy suggest as much. Rather than going through a list of individuals to thank for helping to make the beautiful day of his consecration possible - the new Archbishop thanked God, the Church, the Holy See, and the Dominican Order which he entrusted to the intercession of the Virgin Mary. "Its to God the glory belongs" he explained.
It is difficult to capture the appropriatness of his words - except that one priest whispered to another "Now that's classy." For some excerpts from the homily preached that day - go to:
http://tiny.cc/M5fLy