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To: famousdayandyear
“This Saturday, August 22nd, you may wish tune in to EWTN to witness a Solemn Mass in the usus antiquior from the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama.”

Ok .. thanks for the example. According to Wikipedia ...

The 1962 Tridentine Mass is sometimes referred to as the "usus antiquior" (older use) or "forma antiquior" (older form),[9] to differentiate it from the newer form of the Roman Rite in use since 1970.

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So, essentially , if I understand this correctly, the usus antiquior form of the Holy Mass is the one in which I grew up. Phew! So many fancy words to state something quite simple.

13 posted on 09/22/2011 1:34:11 PM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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To: NYer

Yeah. It was a bit self-aggrandizing I admit.
And yes, I think of it as the mass that introduced me to the true faith in the early sixties. Can’t tell you how I miss it. (Here, we have one on the first Sunday of each month, thanks to a priest who he very devoted to it. So once a month, I don’t have to hold hands, etc. For me, heaven on earth.)


14 posted on 09/22/2011 1:46:12 PM PDT by famousdayandyear
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