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Mass of the Feast of the Precious Blood will be celebrated on EWTN at 8:00. Now you know. You’re welcome.
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Well, the TLM (which is not a ‘Latin Mass’, there are Latin NOs out there too) isn’t either widely available or widely televised or anything.Was truly beautiful, yes. Amazing to see most Catholics I know have never seen a ‘Latin Mass’. They are truly missing out.
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I didn’t see the very beginning either, so I can’t comment. I came in around the ‘Kyrie’, and from that point on I know enough Latin to basically follow the prayers. Readings, and sometimes prayers as well, when they are chanted do tend to be chanted like that - the priest stays on one note for the most part of a sentence or verse and goes up and down only towards the end.I saw the very first part, what organization or church was celebrating the Mass? I cant say it appealed to me off the bat, but that was probably at least partly becuase I didnt understand the words, and had no translation like the missals apparently do. I do know I didnt like the singing of the reading from Hebrews. It was odd sounding, as it was basically a chanting on one note then a melody once every minute.
On a side note, the month is now July LilyM, time for a signature change![]()
I don’t know but any blessings in Latin seem pretty cool, no?I would like to know what the bit was near the end after the ‘Ite Missa Est’ where the priest went over and looked like he was talking to and giving blessings to some of the nuns individually?
Like I said, it’s purely to do with their tiny size rather than any stylistic objections - I do get quite badly claustrophobic in all sorts of situations.I don’t know but any blessings in Latin seem pretty cool, no?
I was sort of disappointed with your dislike of those “old” confessionals, though. I saw a lot of churches demolishing those styles of confessionals; maybe they looked too intimidating, I don’t know.
What I meant was they are missing out on the beauty of the EF.Well, the TLM (which is not a ‘Latin Mass’, there are Latin NOs out there too) isn’t either widely available or widely televised or anything.
I think the TLM is beautiful when properly done (and I’m sure it can be improperly done - rushed and so on), but not inherently better than the NO. And I don’t believe it is necessarily more conducive to holiness for everyone, either, any more than the Eastern Catholic DLs or the NO are for everyone.
Can we agree that no-one who attends any valid and licit form of the Mass, having Our Lord present in all of them, can genuinely be missing out on anything?
Go here - ewtn.com/audiovideo/index.asp - and click directly underneath where it says ‘Live EWTN TV - English Africa/South East Asia’. Click on '100’k or ‘300k’ and you should be able to view it live. They’re part way through though.Awwww. I wish I could have seen it…I missed it…![]()
If it was his first Mass ever that might apply (I believe there’s a plenary indulgence attached to it or something), but not his first EF. One of the other posters said that priests have done that at previous Masses, so it might just be a custom the nuns have.What I meant was they are missing out on the beauty of the EF.
OFs sometimes are pretty boring and down-to earth imho.
I have seen pretty poor OFs, with girls dressed in no clothes and boys not dressed well, either. I don’t hate the OF, but people need to get with the picture. So I believe, to see something different and to see Cathlic history, Catholics should see the EF once in their lifetime. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
I heard thought that this was the priest’s first EF ever. Was his blessing to the nuns like a first blessing, like the one priests give after thier first Mass?
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I’m watching it right now. Thanks. It is very very beautiful. I like how all the decorations point to the Blessed Sacrament. I love the nuns singing. They sound like angels. I love the way that everyone is dressed. I love the Latin, but I need to learn it.Go here - ewtn.com/audiovideo/index.asp - and click directly underneath where it says ‘Live EWTN TV - English Africa/South East Asia’. Click on '100’k or ‘300k’ and you should be able to view it live. They’re part way through though.