Ks. dr Wojciech Grygiel FSSP, Motu Proprio Benedykta XVI

Ks. dr Wojciech Grygiel FSSP, Motu Proprio Benedykta XVI

Ks. dr Wojciech Grygiel FSSP, Motu Proprio Benedykta XVI «Summorum Pontificum» – szansa dla
chorału gregoriańskiego
Summary
The Gregorian Chant has always been considered as the proper chant of the Catholic Church. A
survey of the contemporary situation reveals that the use of this chant has been recently considerably
limited. The Holy Father Benedict XVI lays great stress on the restoration of the spirit of the liturgy
and points out to the necessity of bringing back the sense of mystery and transcendence where it was
lost. Benedict XVI’s motu proprio Summorum pontificum that grants a wider usage of the previous
form of the Roman Rite according to the rubrics of 1962 (commonly called the Tridentibe Rite) offers
an important incentive to restore the use of the Gregorian Chant throughout the entire Catholic
Church. The implementation of simple Gregorian masses in parish settings is not an easy task.
However, it does not exceed the intellectual capacities of an average parishioner and it can be easily
accomplished by a properly formed musical staff.