THE GREAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR "HANDING IT ON"

Brothers and sisters:

I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,

that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over,

took bread, and, after he had given thanks,

broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you.

Do this in remembrance of me.”

In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying,

“This cup is the new covenant in my blood.

Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,

you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

I Corinthians 11:23-26

"TRADITION" MEANS "TO HAND IT ON"

The Difference Between "Tradition" and "Traditional"

"Tradition" is concerned with essentials, while "traditional" is concerned with accidentals.

"Doing this in memory of me" is part of "Tradition." Doing it in Latin, with fiddle back vestments and facing the wall, is merely "traditional." As Pope John XXIII said in his speech at the opening of Vatican Council II, "the substance of the ancient doctrine of the deposit of faith is one thing, and the way in which it is presented is another."

“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”

Gustav Mahler