No, they don’t baffle me at all. If the Mass is being celebrated in an unintelligible language, by a priest who has his back to me, why would I go. I’m not participating. I’m not part of that, and I have an option not to be part of that.
Duke,
I guess you would not have attended Mass back in 1960.
I looked into St. John Cantius and had everything ready to attend their 7:30am Mass, but the Metra leaves Aurora at 6:20am and doesn’t get to Chicago until 7:40am, too late for their service. Of course, the concert starts at 12:30pm so their 12:30pm Mass is out of the question. I have been itching to go there and I was hoping this Sunday was THE Sunday.
Dude,
But why SSPX? Over a schedule issue??
So you would prefer to be a schismatic for one Sunday for what?
Uh huh. I’ve heard that SSPXers are not the only ones who resort to the tactic of adopting a new Catholic Answers Forums ID, if you can believe it.
Really? How am I encouraging the poster to attend an SSPX Mass when the poster decided at one time or another that he"is going?"
Maybe I’ve just had too much caffeine today but could I, respectfully as I can, ask you to knock it off? If you don’t like the thread, don’t read, don’t post or ask a moderator to take a look at it. You who have been here all of a few days can’t actually know of “the same old stuff” unless you’ve been here before under another name. Spare us who have been here for years the whining and accusations.It’s a legitimate question which might be better answered by actually answering the question rather than making an assumption about something you can’t possibly know about.
Okay back to the thread topic. No we don’t hate the OP but we have to point out (because his immortal soul is in danger) that if the only Mass the OP attends on a Sunday is an SSPX Mass then he has not fulfilled his Sunday obligation and would be in a state of mortal sin (as they now know its a grave sin and if he goes ahead).
What is the repeated “you don’t understand it” about? How do you know? I’ve attended the Novus Ordo all of my life and the last 20 years I’ve attended one in Latin. It took me very little time to pick up the Latin. Maybe YOU don’t understand Latin it but that doesn’t mean everyone here doesn’t. Somehow I doubt you’d even have trouble with the Kyrie (Greek of course) and Agnus Dei Latin. I’m sure you’d know it’s meaning perfectly. My kids know Latin even better than I do since their in a choir that often does Latin pieces where the choir director teaches them the Latin. If you’re making an argument against the silent canon then it might be helpful if you used the right terminology.
I’m not a supporter or promoter of the SSPX and I gave you pretty much the same response. Wildly making accusations is how people get banned around here. If you don’t believe me, take a gander at the threads and find the banned people. They sound an awful lot like you. These are forums for discussions. Why don’t you try doing that instead of getting so personal with people you don’t know?
The don’t go. That said, the Pope is a supporter of such a Mass that you don’t prefer. Let those who also prefer it be in peace. Do you really have a problem with the support the Holy Father gives the EF? If not, then what’s your beef for those who simply prefer it. Not everyone here is SSPX or even close to it. If you want to debate the SSPX, fine. I wouldn’t bother trying to put down something that the Holy Father has approved and promoted. Everyone around here will defend that action. You seem as extreme to the left as those who are extreme to the right.
Come on now Eddie. Don’t sink to the same level. BTW, the OP’s title seemed misleading didn’t say he was going. I believe he said he was thinking about it and asked opinions. Two different things.Really? How am I encouraging the poster to attend an SSPX Mass when the poster decided at one time or another that he"is going?"
You Novus Ordo folks believe that the barbarians that murdered the archbishop in Iraq a few other days ago “believe in the same, one true God” and are willing to kiss the Koran (some physically, some by word), but Heaven forbide saying something nice about a priest saying Mass in a pious manner. That’s anathema sit.
SSPX is a valid mass so don’t worry about it. I would like to go to one and see first hand the differences if any. Good luck
Valid is one thing. Licitness is another and fulfilling the Sunday obligation is a whole other issue.
The OP said he was considering going because he was trying to avoid going to a mass using the OF at all costs and was trying to make this exaggerated preference work with a schedule change he was facing.