Posted on 08/10/2014 6:27:13 AM PDT by marshmallow
ST. LOUIS When Pope Francis first appeared to the crowd in St. Peters Square without the short red cape known as a mozzetta, some Roman Catholics cried foul, worried the popes decision to forgo the more formal wear signaled a threat to traditional worship.
Specifically, they fretted over the fate of the old Latin Mass, now in the hands of a papacy that seemed to shrug off pomp and circumstance.
But more than a year into Francis reign, the Tridentine Mass, as it is sometimes called, appears to be alive and well. Decades after the Catholic Church moved away from celebrating Mass in Latin, a throwback movement is growing, in many cases with young people leading the charge.
On Tuesday (Aug. 5), four men were ordained to the priesthood at St. Francis de Sales Oratory, the St. Louis church known for practicing the Latin liturgy.
The Mass marked only the second time members of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest have been ordained in the United States. The religious community, founded in Africa in 1990, regularly celebrates the old-style Mass.
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I have had that talk with myself, cm. It is important to arouse one’s conscience on matters of import. And, I am aware there are even those in schism over what Vatican II has wrought, seeing modernism have its way through the free “spirit of of Vatican II” interpretation. What a cannard that one is. But, I am not one of those.
Any Catholic who “refused to go to Mass because the Latin disappeared. ..” is surely extreme and rare, and to leave the receiving of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament over language, is to my knowledge anyway, unheard of.
Simply put, I seek the proper and duly ordered best, the finest, and the most, in all matters of the Holy Sacrament of the Mass; ie., for sacred silence, reverence, piety, movement (rubrics), chant and music, and also art and architecture, certainly conduct, and dress and not the least of any of these things. All of this is pretty much gone by comparison to tradition.
VII did not call for a book burning of tradition, however, but to add a little vernacular to be permitted, but not the wholesale replacement of every part of the entire mass including all the responses of the faithful. And, frankly, I still shudder to see all backs to the Tabernacle remain in vogue rather than scandalizing.
No wonder the tabernacles in many churches were moved out, or side lined from central precedence of place. Consciences must have been on fire. These things are not a virtue, in my humble opinion. These are not the best first fruits of our offerings and abilities to our Creator and Sovreign God.
In Serbian and Croatian, "Jesus" is "Isus." "Christ" is "Krist."
When I was in Croatia, I could understand only a few words in the Mass, and none of the sermon. I think I would have like this morning's Mass (in the US) if I had not been able to understand any of the sermon. Too much politics.
In Serbian and Croatian, "Jesus" is "Isus." "Christ" is "Krist."
When I was in Croatia, I could understand only a few words in the Mass, and none of the sermon. I think I would have like this morning's Mass (in the US) if I had not been able to understand any of the sermon. Too much politics.
“I must say that in Serbia, a Catholic country, ...”
It’s Eastern Orthodox. There are Catholics there though (about 5% of the population).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Serbia
Interesting article.
I am acquainted with about a dozen young men currently studying for the priesthood, and ALL OF THEM came from the Latin Mass community in my area. That’s a LOT, when you think about how many men even go to the seminaries these days.
In addition, there are a few other (even younger) men — high school age boys, really — from the TLM community that are considering vocations even as we speak. We shall see where that leads.
Regards,
PS: Forgot to mention that most (not all) of those young seminarians ALSO come from the local home schooling community. I wonder how that measures up to the total number of seminarians. Does anybody know?
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