Feeling guilt from attending the Ordinary Form

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By all means go to your own Parish, where you prefer to worship.

You should feel no guilt for attending a perfectly licit Catholic Mass in the OF. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

The reverence is in your heart, in your soul—not in the language the Mass is said in, or how much incense is used or how many bells are rung.
 
Salibi said:
Not to derail the thread but I don’t think I should start a new thread for this but isn’t Novus Ordo a derogatory term? I thought the proper term is the Ordinary Form of the Latin Mass.
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Paul VI himself referred to it as the new rite (which literally translates to Novus Ordo).
 
Francis4 said:
I agree the rot in the Church was there before the Vatican II. Just read the prophecy of Our Lady of our lady of lasalette.

The only difference is that today, many of those who are at fault in undermining the doctrinal and moral truths of the faith are often protected and promoted instead of being penalized for it.
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Could you give an example?
 
While I may agree with his basic points—aside from “more prayers=more reverent” (if you pray 10 Rosaries daily but so fast and mindless you get rope burn on your hands, are you any more holy?)—he’s going about it the wrong way. It does indeed sound like he’s employing rather bully like tactics, albeit he may be truly doing so because he thinks it’s for both your good.

In conclusion: ends good, means bad.
 
I’ve went to two forms of the extraordinary form and I suggest you sit one in but I agree with you that it’s much easier to worship how you used to but it would get easier and can be beneficial as I want to start going to more of these too but it is intimidating when you dont’ know much Latin or what your responses and movements are, but just read up on it and study some and I would too ask your friend fo help with that and wait for them to do some research too to help, that may get them to stop arguing and make you feel more comfortable and you to feel more comfortable going. Latin is easy they say if you know italian Spanish or French but it’s still hard for me and I’ve taken three semesters (passing) of Latin and 3 years of French, but at least I know how to pronounce it correctly; foreign languages are hard for some people but Latin especially has so many classics and a beauty to it that is especially true since it is unchanging and not a first language for anyone anymore but has been at the forefront of worship for nearly 2000 years so it is worth learning fo sure.
 
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Here’s some math: There’s a commandment to keep the sabbath day holy (Exodus 20:11)

Going to the OF is obeying this commandment. So is going to the EF.

Therefore the OF = the EF.
 
It is not more prayers = more holiness. It is the quality of those prayers. You have to think about you are praying.
 
God wants us to understand what is being said. It is as simple as that.
If your “friend” prefers Latin, let your friend attend that form of Mass.
But to attack you for not wanting to attend Mass said in your native tongue is wrong, in my humble opinion.
 
I don’t understand that. I have only ever in my whole life attended the OF Mass and I’ve never considered it Charismatic. I am not a charismatically spiritual person.
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sorry… I clarified that in a follow up reply to another poster

I didn’t mean charismatic prayer in the sense of what we all think of. I really meant more of a “participatory” or “oral” prayer vs meditative prayer.
 
angel12 said:
Your friend is very wrong to attack you for attending valid masses.
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This.

Both Mass are perfectly valid and legit. Go to the one you are comfortable in. You can still attend the other from time to time with your friend, while attending the one you feel comfortable in.
 
I will pray for you and your friend. God Bless you both and may he have a change of heart.
 
To the OP,

Your friend doesn’t seem like much of a friend. Personally, I would simply say that he is in violent disagreement with the Catholic Church. The Ordinary Form is absolutely reverent and in no way inferior to the Extraordinary Form.

I find it so unfortunate that often those who prefer the Extraordinary Form are so disrespectful and public in their dissent from the Church on this topic. It is easy to take offense, but we need to try to remain charitable and just know that they have an unhealthy attachment to the style…
 
snarflemike said:
“unhealthy attachment”??? Doesn’t sound charitable to me.
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I’m sorry… i did not mean it to be received that way.

I mean to say that those who attack the OF of the Mass (like the friend of the OP) have an unhealthy attachment… certainly not all who prefer the Extraordinary expression exhibit that sort of violence against the Church’s position on the matter…
 
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