Differences between Tridentine and Modern Mass

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In the Tridentine Latin Mass there are usually no hoverboards, polka music, balloons, clowns or lady “Eucharist ministers” who checked your groceries out at Walmart during the week. At least not at the ones I’ve assisted at.
 
Kyrie_eleison_9 said:
In the Tridentine Latin Mass there are usually no hoverboards, polka music, balloons, clowns or lady “Eucharist ministers” who checked your groceries out at Walmart during the week. At least not at the ones I’ve assisted at.
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Also different calendars, making a sermon based on readings a little challenging for priests who celebrate both the EF and OF.
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I didn’t know that. It’s a shame. A Church of Christ lady I did an ecumenical course with said that she was very moved that the Catholic Church in every little diocese of the world had the same readings and theme everyday. It was a huge sign of universality.
 
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I think the best way to see the differences is to go to the Tridentine Mass and see for yourself. It’s not just the wording - it’s the silence, the atmosphere, the formality and more.
 
Going back to the OP, I saw that your stated religion is Anglo-Catholic. I think this thread has turned toward an assumption that you were unfamiliar with the EF of the Mass. Now I’m leaning towards thinking that you are really asking about the New order of the Mass.(guessing here!) That is actually easier since there is more availability to attend an Ordinary Form, or New Order Mass. There are usually more Mass times available on Sunday, as well as on Saturday evening. So, it would be possible to check out a Mass on Sat night, and then attend your usual Mass on Sunday, if that is something that you were looking to do.

If you are simply looking for differences, you could still very well find a wealth of information on this site, YouTube, and Googling in general.

In short: There are things permitted in the new Mass that are not in the EF, such as Communion in the hand, female altar servers and lecturers, as well as Eucharistic Ministers (I believe there is another name for them, but it escapes me right now). And, as someone already stated, the liturgical calendar is different. There are also some slight differences in vestments. In the OF, the congregation will offer a sign of peace to each other with handshakes, which is not done in the EF. (I’m assuming that is still done…?) I think that is about it for the major things that will be most evidently different between the two forms.

Hope that helps!
 
Another feature is the different ways of celebrating the Mass. If you attend the Traditional Mass at a parish, you could walk into either a “Low Mass,” “High Mass” or a “Solemn High Mass.”

At Low Mass, most all of the prayers are said quietly by the priest and responses made by the altar boys, while the faithful unite themselves interiorly and kneel silently at the pews. At High Mass or Solemn High Mass, more of the prayers are prayed where the faithful can hear them from their pews, but no words outside of the homily are spoken, everything is chanted. Also, a Choir chants or sings various parts of the Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, etc.) and the Priest prays them quietly. Because of this, the Priest often finishes before the choir and will either continue with the prayers (as with the Kyrie and Sanctus) or will sit down and wait for the choir to finish singing (at the Gloria and the Creed).
 
Pope Benedict XVI gave us all we need to know… They are two forms of the same rite. The differences are stylistic. I suggest (as some others have). Go to both and experience each and you will see the style differences between the Ordinary Form and the Extraordinary Form (those are the proper names for the Masses)
 
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