Cardinal Burke encouraged by future of Latin Mass: ‘They’re filled with young families!’
'The most important thing for those who love the Latin Mass is to make it known to the Holy Father,' said Cardinal Burke in an interview with Michael Knowles.
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(LifeSiteNews) — In a video interview with The Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke explained that what gives him hope for the future of the Church is the great number of young Catholics with children turning to the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM).
“What gives me the greatest hope is I see among many young people a desire to lead a good and holy life. Religious communities that are the most demanding are receiving a great number of vocations,” he noted. “Many young people returning to church want the more ancient usage of the Roman Rite, the beauty of the classical Roman liturgy.”
Cardinal Burke went on to say that “the most important thing for those who love the Traditional Latin Mass (is) to make known to their bishops and to the Holy Father, most of all, their desire to worship according to this form,” Cardinal Burke said, “and that they’re not calling into question the validity of the Second Vatican Council.”
Cardinal Burke talked about a highly placed figure in the Church who once told him that when “older people die out, there won’t be any requests for the Traditional Latin Mass.”
“I found that rather amusing,” Burke chuckled. “Obviously, he never went to one of those (TLM) Masses! They’re filled with young families!”
“The more recent usage (form of the Mass) is valid. There’s no question about that,” said Burke, quoting his friend Cardinal Willem Eijk, archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands.
“But the more ancient usage communicates more fully and more richly the divine action: This is our Lord Jesus Christ who has come down to renew on the altar — to make sacramentally present — his sacrifice on Calvary,” Burke recounted. “Young people are attracted and want that.”
“Young people want to know what the Church teaches about things, and they want to be spoken to truthfully: ‘Don’t tell me I’m ‘alright.’ I’m a sinner.’”
Cardinal Burke then made a bold prediction: “There will be an ever-greater number of Catholics who worship the way that we worshipped for over 15 centuries.”
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“If increasing numbers of people are finding that they’re being nourished spiritually in this way and are becoming more committed to the faith, why should we deny that to them?” he asked.
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