Falling in love with the Latin Mass

[jasonjessica09]

Yes. To a few. They all tend to say the same thing: no need for that these days, people are used to the vernacular + Latin is difficult, that would go against the spirit of V2, etc. Same old. There are so many out there with the same ideological bias

I hate that term “spirt of Vatican 2”…so modernist.

 

[daCatholicGuard]

You would lay down your life for the EF?

Hello True Light,

Yes. If anyone or any group tried to take it from me- I would fight to the death to keep it.

Oremus pro invicem,

Sean C. :knight2:

 

[James924]

Deo Gratias !

Only thing I can suggest is perhaps learn what you can in order to answer any questions they may have. At least the basic stuff

This is a good suggestion. To aid in this, I highly recommend listening to the following talks on the Latin Mass by Michael Davies:

keepthefaith.org/detail.aspx?ID=498

keepthefaith.org/detail.aspx?ID=505

keepthefaith.org/detail.aspx?ID=929

Michael Davies was an incredibly faithful Catholic who devoted his life to defending the traditional mass and he can really help point out the things we love about the mass but were never fully able to understand or put into words.

Pope Benedict said of him:
“* I have been profoundly touched by the news of the death of Michael Davies. I had the good fortune to meet him several times and I found him as a man of deep faith and ready to embrace suffering. Ever since the Council he put all his energy into the service of the Faith and left us important publications especially about the Sacred Liturgy. Even though he suffered from the Church in many ways in his time, he always truly remained a man of the Church. He knew that the Lord founded His Church on the rock of St Peter and that the Faith can find its fullness and maturity only in union with the successor of St Peter. Therefore we can be confident that the Lord opened wide for him the gates of heaven. We commend his soul to the Lord’s mercy.*”

 

[James924]

Yes. If anyone or any group tried to take it from me- I would fight to the death to keep it.
:knight2:

Spoken like a true English counter-reformer (many of whom gave their lives for this same cause when the protestant church in england tried to gradually and sneakily change the faith of england by having mass in the vernacular, watering down the prayers, removing references to sacrifice, replacing the high altars with tables (though I can’t remember if that happened then or a little later), gutting the sanctuary of images, and making all parts of the mass audible (because, after all, its about us, not about the priest ascending to an altar to offer sacrifice as a mediator for us right?)

Ah, what a wonderful story, the western uprising.

 

[M_Durtal]

I too have recently found a great love for the extraordinary form of the mass and, in recent weeks, I have giving this much thought…

Like many of us here, I have become completely enamored by the extreme sensitivity to both a sacredity and distance that the extraordinary form of the mass holds. I find that there is such total resolution in every gesture that the priest fulfills and an absolute sublime quality to the Latin prayers and chants. And, even though I still flip through my missal with much hesitation, I always feel assured that there is a strong supernatural presence. Yes, there is an identity here that the ordinary form of the mass does not possess. This has nothing to do with the “difficulty” or “need” of Latin.

In many ways the extaordinary form of the mass has saved my faith.

 

[ProVobis]

Spoken like a true English counter-reformer (many of whom gave their lives for this same cause when the protestant church in england tried to gradually and sneakily change the faith of england by having mass in the vernacular, watering down the prayers, removing references to sacrifice, replacing the high altars with tables (though I can’t remember if that happened then or a little later), gutting the sanctuary of images, and making all parts of the mass audible (because, after all, its about us, not about the priest ascending to an altar to offer sacrifice as a mediator for us right?)

Ah, what a wonderful story, the western uprising.

The whole reason behind the 22 yrs of the Council of Trent.

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

I hate that term “spirt of Vatican 2”…so modernist.

And the fact that this spirit doesn’t really exist

 

[AlainVanille]

Modern Church have to be careful not to ‘assimilate’ so much into the modern culture so much so that many will begin to lose reverence for it.

I think it is great that having a Latin Mass, it really is Catholic - the fact that all Catholics around the world could go attend Mass and they would all be IN THE SAME LANGUAGE.

 

[James924]

Modern Church have to be careful not to ‘assimilate’ so much into the modern culture so much so that many will begin to lose reverence for it.

I think it is great that having a Latin Mass, it really is Catholic - the fact that all Catholics around the world could go attend Mass and they would all be IN THE SAME LANGUAGE.

Yes, its sad that today if you go to a pilgrimage place like Lourdes, everyone segregates themselves and runs in different directions trying to get to a mass in their own language. Doesn’t Catholic mean Universal?

 

[KaneKatholic]

Yes. To a few. They all tend to say the same thing: no need for that these days, people are used to the vernacular + Latin is difficult, that would go against the spirit of V2, etc. Same old. There are so many out there with the same ideological bias

I almost heard the same sentance verbatim from a priest at my first parish

 

[Paxvobis]

I just want to say I went to the EF once and i needed to get used to it id never attended or seen it before, but just recently i have had a chance to go again and it was great…i mean AWESOME!!. I absoloutley love it… I definetly prefer it now to the OF but that dosent mean I dont love Mass period in both forms Mass is Mass and when both are done with reverence … Its great. I thank God for the opportunity to go.
my question is… should I invite my friends and family to see it (I’ve already invited my best friend) im trying to get my family to go with me. is this okay? And im not trying to force it on them I just want them to see it

Welcome to the Club! :extrahappy:

The first time I went to the EF I really enjoyed it. It was so ancient and mysterious to me. But my issue was that it was too ancient and mysterious. I just wasn’t used to it. By the end of my second EF, however, I already preferred it to the OF Mass.

I’d go every week but the EF in my city is across town so I can only make it once a month. Nevertheless, I’ve been five times and love every minute of it!