![]() ![]() In the Traditional Latin Mass, the priest faces the altar. Paul VI released a form of the Mass that could be used in vernacular languages. This form of the Mass has ancient roots, being substantially the same as that found in sacramentaries of the eighth century, but it was especially codified following the Council of Trent in the 16th century.Īfter the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s, St. It was the form of the Mass used for centuries. The Mass said using the 1962 Roman Missal is known variously as the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, the Tridentine Mass, the usus antiquior, and the Traditional Latin Mass. ![]() ![]() Take a look at our First Timers’ Guide to the Traditional Latin Mass. My search led me to the Traditional Latin Mass, the liturgical form celebrated in all Catholic churches throughout the world for centuries until the revolutionary reforms of the second Vatican Council and the implementation in 1969 of the New Mass or Novus Ordo Mass.His predecessor Benedict XVI had issued a 2007 apostolic letter, Summorum Pontificum, which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962. Not all Novus Ordo parishes are dogmatic deviations and aesthetic horror shows. My previous parish, run by faithful Dominicans, was one of these exceptions. But I couldn’t count on stumbling across another hen’s tooth. So, when I was researching which red state to flee to, choosing an area served by a Latin Mass parish was a must. I was therefore saddened when Pope Francis wished Catholics a Merry Christmas last month by pressing the attack against those who celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass. ![]() The Congregation for Divine Worship published a set of clarifications to the pope’s apostolic letter, “ Traditionis Custodes,” released in July. The document aims at severely restricting the ability of priests to celebrate the Tridentine Holy Mass.įrancis’s new rules are vindictive and absurd. Newly ordained priests must receive express authorization from the Vatican via their bishop to celebrate the old rite. Where the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass has been permitted, details must not be published in parish bulletins. Latin Mass celebrations cannot be held at the same time as the pastoral activities of the parish community. Priests may not celebrate the traditional Latin rite twice on the same day, and not on the same day as they celebrate the New Mass. īoth John Paul II and Benedict XVI, seeking to heal rifts with traditional groups as well as honor the Latin liturgical tradition for its “venerable and ancient usage,” showed pastoral generosity and flexibility regarding the Latin Mass. Fast-forward 15 years and now Francis has reversed course and opened a new front against those “who feel attached” to the church’s ancient form of worship. The pope’s bizarre intolerance, even contempt for, the old Roman rite is starkly juxtaposed with the seemingly free reign given to Catholic churches, institutions, ministries, and priests around the world, including at the Vatican, to stage liturgies featuring a pagan Andean fertility goddess and a representation of an Aztec god, to promote scandalous depictions of Our Lord and His Blessed Mother, and to flagrantly thumb their noses at consistently reaffirmed church teaching on human sexuality and mortal sin.įrancis’s stated objective in targeting the Latin Mass is to promote “the concord and unity of the Church.” Instead, Francis’s campaign reflects a fear that traditional Catholics, although a minority, pose a threat to the liberal, modernist monstrosity that he and a radical set within the hierarchy have been busy crafting and superimposing on the church of Christ. It’s the hypocrisy behind Francis’s “come as you are … unless you’re a traditional Catholic” rot which could have the opposite effect to that which he likely intends it certainly helped drive me away from the New Mass. Indeed, preliminary research indicates that Traditional Latin Mass parishes are thriving, notably among the 18-39 age group. ![]()
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