HYBAR

A variation on FUBAR, meaning Hyped Beyond All Recognition. See John Allen on the coming Motu Proprio, fully annotated by Fr. Z.

Benedict, a quintessential realist, will probably be among the few who understand right away that his ruling is not terribly earth-shattering. Sources close to the pope I have spoken to say his modest ambition is that over time, the old Mass will exert a “gravitational pull” on the new one, drawing it toward greater sobriety and reverence. [This is Benedict’s purpose, to be sure. It is also part of his project to recover a Catholic voice and idiom for use in a dialogue with the world.]