Posted on 08/28/2023 4:06:53 PM PDT by ebb tide
It’s the kind of Catholic Mass your grandparents might remember: The liturgy is spoken in Latin, the choir sings Gregorian chants and women wear chapel veils, or “mantillas.” But, this Traditional Latin Mass isn’t full of elderly parishioners.
At Our Lady of Belen Chapel in West Miami, roughly 350 people — young and old — show up weekly for services, an old-style Catholic Mass that had been celebrated for centuries before the Second Vatican Council reformed the Catholic Church in the 1960s. One look around the picturesque Belen chapel and it’s clear that this Mass, though grounded in tradition and conducted mostly in Latin, is not just for older Catholics. Amid the sacred chanting and echoing organs, babies fuss and parents distract their toddlers with toys and coloring books.
There is no designated childcare room, but parents of crying babies are never shamed, said Eleonora Cacchione, a mother of four and Latin Mass regular. Cacchione is a lifelong Catholic, but says she did not fully understand what was happening during Mass until she started attending Traditional Latin Mass.
“People wearing their Sunday best, seeing the priest facing the altar rather than the congregation, the solemnity and reverence of the liturgy — including the way people receive Jesus in the Eucharist — reminds one that something special, something supernatural and beyond human explanation is taking place,” Cacchione said in a text message.
Traditional Latin Mass, also called the extraordinary form of the Roman rite, or the Tridentine Mass, has been celebrated in the Archdiocese of Miami for the past 40 years, beginning under former Archbishop Edward McCarthy.
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In recent years, Pope Francis has spoken out against returning to the Latin Mass, restricting the practice in 2021. Traditional Latin Masses must now be approved by a bishop or archbishop and celebrated in houses of worship that are not connected to a Catholic parish, so as to not show signs of disunity in the Church.
In a private session with Jesuits during an April trip to Budapest, the pope explained that he was concerned about the “reaction against the modern,” and that Latin Mass groups support “restorationism,” or what he calls indietrismo (backwardness),” according to the Catholic News Agency.
In some places in Europe, Latin Mass was celebrated in an “ideological way,” according to Pope Francis, which is part of what prompted his restrictions.
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If you go to a TLM, it skews younger than the modern Mass. Especially among males.
Yes it does. Very inspiring to see. Young families, very devout. God keeps His remnant.
Global Warming makes people talk in Latin.
It’s greek to me.
Maybe it’s popular in Miami because all the hispanics find latin easier to pick up than english.
Yes that must be the reason! It's almost impossible to find a Spanish Language Novus Ordo Mass in Miami! :).
The younger generation maybe have a better appreciation of the Latin Mass since they understand it was originated by the Apostles and has a 2000 year old heritage consummate in the praise of the Christ. Today the progressives want to change the Mass and the Church to their ideals in place of Christ’s teachings.
Touche!
Went to a Latin mass in DFW recently. It was standing room only.
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