...checking out a Tridentine MASS

[Snowymom]

Snowymom…I attended my first TLM last April since I was a kid. I was so nervous and asking everyone here what to do. Finally I got up the nerve to go. I don’t wear dresses so I was afraid I would stand out. I didn’t think my mantilla would look right. I was afraid I would say or do something to make myself look stupid and surprise!! None of those things mattered. At the time I used the little red missallette that has both English and Latin, but not the days current readings. I had bought it and studied it for a couple of weeks before finally going to Mass. I sat toward the back and kind of just followed what others did and tried to follow along in the missallette. After a few times I bought a 1962 missal and now I feel like an “old hat” at it. It just takes a little time and you will feel that way too. It is not really all that hard after a few times going. The children I have observed have pretty much done what the adults have and are quite good. Here we have a no dialogue Mass where just the server answers…except for the “Domine Non Sum Dignus…”

I love it and good luck…

God Bles…

:heart:Blyss

Thanks so much for the encouragement ,Blyss. I will have to give it another try. I actually have a church with a Tridentine Mass right down the road from me. I really should take advantage of the opportunity.

Snowymom

 

[Neophyte_Rose]

…thank you all for your responses…

I ended up going together with this guy who helped me to follow everything.

I have to admit that I was very uncomfortable recieving on the tongue… I don’t really want to go into why, but lets just say it’s a very bad thing for me and makes it hard for me to maintain the focus on Jesus for that moment…

on the upside, it was very beautiful…

and since there’s a lot of first years up here going to their first Tridentine as well, I was far from alone. Most of us were new at it.

Pax Christi,
Esther Rose

ps - I actually am barely familiar with the ordinary MASS, as I’ve only been going to MASS for a little over a year. So it was very challenging to follow everything.

 

[dalesmom]

What was that cloth draped over their left arm and what is it’s significance? Why did they keep putting on and taking off their hoods and hats(sorry. Don’t know the correct term yet)

All in all, it was very impressive. Like watching a ballet. It was good to see Mother Angelica. I hope she enjoyed it.