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Quotes - On the Liturgy

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Sacrosanctum Concilium, section 22, 3.

"...No other person, even if he be a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority."

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Humility is the essential element that allows Christ to speak through the Liturgy. Humility requires self-reflective criticism, self-control and accountability. The Liturgy is something we receive, not something we create.

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky
Liturgical Abuse: A Question of Fatherhood

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Ecclesia de Eucharistia, 52.

"Liturgy is never anyone's private property, be it of the celebrant or of the community in which the mysteries are celebrated." 

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