St John XXIII - the piety and prayer of a Pope

Peter Kwasniewski has had a useful series of posts on the New Liturgical Movement about the spirituality and ecclesiology of the newly canonised St John XXIII which are a valuable contribution to the discussion about "Good Pope John" which shows that as Pope he stood very much in the line of traditional belief and practice, and would, no doubt, not have approved - to say the least - of things done in the years after his death for which his implicit approval was suggested by such phrases as "the Spirit of the Council."

The posts can be read at: 

A New Series: Pope John XXIII in His Own Words

John XXIII in His Own Words (2): The Mass and the Priesthood

John XXIII in His Own Words (3): Devotion to Saint Pius X and Blessed Pius IX

John XXIII in His Own Words (4): The Defense of Catholic Truth

and in addition there is also Dom Mark Kirby on John XXIII on the Traditional Divine Office

Recovering a proper theological and historical assessment of John XXIII is important not just because he is now a canonised saint of the Church, but for our understanding of what has happened in the last half century or so and in order to engage in an informed and sensible way in the debates about the life and liturgy of the Church that are going on today, and will continue into the future.

Like Peter Kwasniewski I will end my post with the request that St John XXIII will pray for us all.