[NYer]

the Novus Ordo church where I attend daily Mass had four altar boys (seminarians and pre-seminarians) with a sung Mass (with all Latin Ordinaries), with incense, ad orientem by the young priest (one of the first times he has done this publicly.

This is truly wonderful news and I pray for this reconciliation.

Was this an FSSP priest named Fr. Fryar?

[Mershon]

I'm sorry. No, it was actually a Novus Ordo Mass this morning.

It was done at the parish church by the Director of Prayer and Worship for the Diocese of Charleston.

[dangus]

Fr. Fryar, FSSP? Isn't that redundant?

"No, you idiot, don't boil him! He's a fryar!"

[VermiciousKnid]

I attended an FSSP Mass this summer (in Scranton, PA) which was celebrated by an extremely young (he looked to be about 12!) priest named Father Fryar. He gave a very powerful homily on the importance of "building our houses upon firm foundations."

Father Fryar even bestowed first blessings on the congregation and handed out beautiful holy cards to everyone. I loved it because it had easily been at least 30 years since I'd seen a priest bestow first blessings. My 8-year-old was fascinated with the whole thing and was relieved to find that, by golly, he DID know what was going on during the Mass! In addition, my husband (born a Lutheran) was actually in tears. "I had no idea...," he said to me.

Regards,