[mike182d]

It is more of a rendition of the Lutheran/Protestant sunday Church meeting, with the communion.

When the Novus Ordo Mass is celebrated strickly according to how Sancrosanctum Concilium and the GIRM dictate, it is nothing like a Protestant service.

Ignorant liturgists asking for "exceptions" left and right have done that.

[jrny]

Strictly speaking, the Mass according to Sacrosanctum Concilium would be that of the 1965 Missale Romanum. The Novus Ordo is a fabrication drawn up 4-5 years after the close of the Council.

You are correct that Novus Ordo needs to be celebrated as prescribed in the GIRM. The problem, however, lies in the fact that the GIRM allows for too many variations. This is an issue that the Pope Benedict is well aware of and probably plans to address.

In the meantime, the Tridentine Mass at the very least offers the faithful a stable liturgy, something which is sorely lacking in the Novus Ordo, both due to the provisions in the GIRM and in spite of them.

[TradicalRC]

When the Novus Ordo Mass is celebrated strickly according to how Sancrosanctum Concilium and the GIRM dictate, it is nothing like a Protestant service.

Lovely, when THAT happens, let me know. I am familiar with Sacrosanctum Concilium and have been to several Novus Ordo Masses at several different parishes. I have yet to find ONE that honors the articles that reference latin and Gregorian chant being retained in the Mass.

[26lemoncharlie]

It is certainly nothing like the Tridentine Latin Mass.