Could you elaborate on what you mean by what you have said here? I’m not well versed in my own faith on so many things.
But I will say that what this man has written is so arrogant, he thinks he knows God while the rest of us slobs must all be going straight to hell. The God he speaks of sounds untouchable, unknowable, unapproachable. I have no idea what he’s saying, he might as well have written THAT in Latin too.
Our church liturgy would probably make his head explode. We at various times throughout the year mix Latin in with our NO mass. We sing Sanctus and Agnus Dei and so many other songs of prayer in Latin. I love it. I don’t understand this sort of thinking, and right now this is really bringing me down. To say I’m not really Catholic hurts me to my bone marrow.
I agree with you.
Our church liturgy would probably make his head explode. We at various times throughout the year mix Latin in with our NO mass. We sing Sanctus and Agnus Dei and so many other songs of prayer in Latin. I love it.
I love the NO Mass (we're going to have to get used to calling it "the ordinary usage" :o)) at my parish. The priests celebrate Mass by the book! The weekday Mass is especially intimate, and very simple. I was a member of the choir for a while, and I learned three Masses in Latin, and another Latin Mass in Gregorian Chant. I yearn for the new Missal (a new one is upcoming) with accurate vernacular translations from the Latin NO missal. I would love to see Latin restored to some major parts of the Mass, and also the practice of Communion in the hand discontinued.
I remember the extraordinary usage, and the changes during Vatican II. I was a little kid then, but I remember the majesty and power of especially the High Mass at my parish. I remember the awe, and the sense of the sacred. Furthermore, I think that even as a child I admired the dicipline of the rubrics.
I rejoice with the whole Church that our Holy Father has given us all the gift of his Motu Proprio. I rejoice that the Holy Spirit has guided him to this conclusion. I rejoice with my fellow Catholics who yearned for this restoration of the Mass of Blessed John XXIII to the wider usage of the Church. We all have suffered with the abuses born of liberalism, and now we have hope! As Jesus says,"Behold, I make all things new!"
Could I personally go back? I would love to attend an extraordinary usage Mass, because I want the opportunity to approach it, and appreciate it, as an adult. I also want to stay with the ordinary usage, because I think that its biggest draw lies, as I said before, in its intimacy and simplicity. In addition, in terms of participation, I cherish the role I have in making the responses to the priest.
I think the most important thing to remember is that both usages of the Latin rite worship God, one in pomp and majesty, and the other in simplicity. Both also have at its very essence the priest, acting in personna Christi, through whom God offers Himself to God for the many, and then distributes Himself as the Bread of Life.
Apparently, for right now, the Holy Spirit has let us know that God wants both styles of worship for the Latin Rite. I think Benedict XVI really hit the nail on the head that the extraordinary usage will be a sacred leaven to the ordinary usage. Let's follow our Pope and see what the Holy Spirit has for us in the future!
Here's a link that you may be interested in pursuing:
ADOREMUS: Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy
God bless you. :o)