Attendance at the Tridentine/Gregorian Rite Mass

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Marines:

LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF MASS!! WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHE"S VISITING FROM A NOVUS ORDO AND THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR HER.

Ummm… what exactly does this mean?

 

[Psalm45_9]

The N.O. rite is not the problem, it is the way that people are brought up in their faith today. There are N.O. parishes in my diocese that are very orthodox. I attend a N.O. parish and I always wear a shirt and tie to Sunday mass, I am going to receive the Lord for crying out loud! I will never ever wear shorts to mass, I hate seeing them in the church. I do not object to the N.O. mass, but my preference is the Tridentine mass, unfortunatley there is only one small church in my city that has permission to celebrate it. I am too involved in my parish to attend the Tridentine every Sunday. I stay away from parishes in which the chorus has a guitar and bongo drums. The clapping hands distract me, I can better focus on the Eucahrist if I hear traditonal Latin antiphons. I am so lucky that at the last mass celbrated in my church on Sundays we have a traditonal choir who sings in Latin.

 

[JCB]

Melman:

Ummm… what exactly does this mean?

Perhaps it means that this person could not stand the reverent atmosphere. Similar to people who cannot stand silence……

 

[EENS]

beng:

TLM can do no wrong?

I saw mother leaving TLM after communion (she wore tight cloth and hip hugger). I saw woman with short pants and T-Shirt waiting at a TLM Mass when all she needed was confession. In the middle of TLM she Left.

Get off the hate bandwagon.

You have just shown faulty logic. Because not all people at TLM are reverent does not mean the MASS itself is irreverent. Also, if you want to knwo about the people, what you have listed is the smallest minority; whereas, it is the norm at a NO. The TLM, however, does not allow for any innovation, etc. in the Liturgy; whereas the NO embraces the fabrications.

 

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EENS:

You have just shown faulty logic. Because not all people at TLM are reverent does not mean the MASS itself is irreverent. Also, if you want to knwo about the people, what you have listed is the smallest minority; whereas, it is the norm at a NO. The TLM, however, does not allow for any innovation, etc. in the Liturgy; whereas the NO embraces the fabrications.

Your “logic” speaks for itself.

 

[Minimus]

Shibboleth:

…As a whole I think that we can agree that God for the most part could care less what we wear.

When we pray and take part in communion it is not to show God that we are in good faith but to reassert those things to ourselves. God is self-sufficient Ð he does not need such things. So although God could care less what we wear in most instances, you have to ask yourself where do you stand in your faith if you are willing to take part in the Eucharist wearing t-shirts and shorts. If you still feel that you are serving God to the best of your ability then attend Novus Ordo, but if you feel guilt because you didnÕt dress up because you didnÕt do everything that you could to assert your faith then attend in your Sunday Best.

On the contrary, I think there is a very clear indication that God certainly does care: Mathew 22, 11-14:" And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? But he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen." One cannot come to God (intentionally) dressed as a pig, which is to say, giving the sartorial equivalent of a middle finger.

Also, the sentiment “God is self-sufficient” is a direct quote from the Qur’aan. Hmmm.

 

[Marines]

Ummm… what exactly does this mean?

Melman,
Sorry if I confused you on this, but I was saying that this woman probably had never been to a TLM before, wasn’t used to the reverance, or something like that.

 

[ServusChristi]

I attend the Traditional Rite of Mass whenever possible for a number of reasons. In a variety of ways, I think it expresses the mysteries of the Catholic faith more fully.

This does not mean the Novus Ordo is bad. I attend it frequently and receive the body and blood of Christ. No liturgy which confects the Sacrament can be evil or bad. Traditionalists must keep this in mind. The Church cannot promulgate invalid Rites. The things some people do with those Rites may be invalidating, but the Rite itself cannot be invalid.

In my experience, insulting the Rite of Mass someone attends is never effective outreach.
Peace be with you,
Ryan