Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 08/24/2011 7:22:37 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Ellie Arkin doesn't speak Latin, so upon entering Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Madison on a recent Sunday, the 21-year-old UW-Madison student opened a Latin-to-English translation book provided by the church.
For the next hour, she and many of the other parishioners followed along in the book as the Mass unfolded mostly in Latin....
Latin Mass, also known as the Tridentine Mass, is distinguished by more than language. The priest faces the altar, which traditionally faced East, the direction from which Catholics believe Christ will return.
This means the priest has his back to the people, which traditionalists view as appropriate, like a general leading his troops....
In the Madison diocese, parishioners petitioned Bishop Robert Morlino to restore Latin Mass in 2006. Morlino, a strong supporter, led a Latin Mass in December 2007. It was the first official Latin Mass in the diocese since 1969.
(Excerpt) Read more at host.madison.com ...
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Lamh Foistenach Abu!
I think the suggestion of somehow combining the two masses is wishful thinking on the part of the author. In the final analysis, the Latin mass *is* the mass; mass in other languages is less sacramental, felt by many to be more like “Bible study” than a sacred experience.
Granted, there can be much value in Bible study. But the purpose of the priesthood is for there to be a studied and chaste spokesman for the congregation.
We’ve had a Latin Mass weekly at our Cathedral parish for a couple of years. It is only very lightly attended.
First the church needs to completely rid itself of all Pediphiles and child molesters disguised as members of the clergy. Second, stay the hell out of politics especially the promoting of amnesty for Illegal Aleins. Next get the rock bands out of the mass and fourth, return to the traditions of the church prior to Vatican II
Most people, not speaking Latin, will shy away from it I imagine. I am not a Catholic but I like to think that if I were, and my church decided to hold a Latin mass, I’d at least check it out. Not saying I’d prefer something that I do not understand to somethign that I do, but I like to try new things.
Hehe. Well, I was comparing it to the attendance at the other Masses.
My overall observation is that when it comes to Latin Masses people don't put their knees where their mouths are.
rjsclassics, are you Catholic, actively? Or not?
Very few recently ordained priests even know how to say the Latin Mass.
Indeed, well written. I look forward to those Sundays when I am able to attend a TLM in a nearby city. I wish that my own parish had one, but, all told, there are perhaps 400-450 parishioners. I wholly agree with those who espouse a return to the Tridentine Latin Mass. No offense to those who prefer the Novus Ordo. I love the Latin Mass.
From now on all catholic threads are to be posted using Latin. Those who insist on using English and all Heathen Protestants are hereby banned!
Boy am I glad I hadn’t started eating yet. Thank you for the chuckle. I’m no expert on Latin, either, though my work ichat currently says “Sum, ergo edo.”
On the other hand, I only asked him because it is a caucus thread. Even asking, I mean no ill will. We all have rules to follow, after all.
...Dominus vobiscum, Brother Friend!!!
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I think you might be mistaken there. All current seminarians are REQUIRED to know the Celebration of the Mass in Latin.
We had a priest ordained a couple years ago who could say a Novus Ordo Mass as well as a Maronite Mass. — the Maronite Mass contained Hebrew and Aramaic, if I’m not mistaken.
Very often bishops who hate the Traditional Mass but don't want to be seen as bad guys authorize a "Latin Mass" in a way that sets it up to fail.
Is your cathedral parish's mass in the extraordinary form, or only in the ordinary form but in Latin?
If it's x-form, is it low mass or solemn mass? Low mass is a stripped-down, very austere affair that can be very forbidding and impoverished to newcomers.
Is the mass you mention celebrated on Sunday? What time? A family-friendly time between 8.30 and 11.30 am makes it more likely that larger crowds will come. An untraditional afternoon scheduling is incompatible with other family plans or chores and is especially hard on those who commit themselves to the traditional eucharistic fast beginning at midnight Saturday night.
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