It is not that straight forward. If there’s only you and your family and no one else, then he won’t do it. It takes considerable resources to hold a Mass. If it cannot be supported and sustained by a group of people, then the Bishop or even the parish priest won’t do it, Latin Mass or not.
You “heard” that it is now Church law? I think your first step would be to find out for SURE exactly what the law says…and doesn’t say.
Well, none of what you have “heard” is actually true, or rather an inaccurate retelling or understanding perhaps. This bishop does not have to provide the Latin Mass (I assume you mean the EF, Tridentine Mass) nor does he have to provide a priest to say the EF Mass.
You start by talking to your priest to see if he knows how to say the Mass and is willing to do so. You talk to other parishioners to see if there is an interest in having the EF Mass. If the priest can say the Mass, is willing to do so, and there is a stable group to attend it, then the priest can take the steps necessary to begin saying the Mass.
And even after all of those steps are taken, the bishop can still say “no”. This is what happened to every group that made a request in our diocese.
While I follow your logic, it would really depend upon the diocese. My archdiocese is 2,288 km² (883 mi²) in size. If the one Latin Mass is at a parish in the north, a person in the south would be looking at a four-hour round trip by car in order to attend,* if *traffic is good and that’s never guaranteed on a Sunday (particularly not at this time of year).I think that there should be at least one Latin Mass in each diocese. That would be nice, and even if it’s not at your parish and you have to drive a little to get to it, it would still be in your general area. I think the “one per diocese” is more reasonable than “one per parish” and if there is one in the area then there’s a good chance attendance will be high enough to make it worthwhile.
The exact same amount of resources would be used. We had access to a missal that had the Latin and English words so we knew exactly what the priest was saying and the Churches were packed in the 1960s.I don’t think that is true, or even reasonable. Yes, the Latin Mass is beautiful and it would be nice to be able to attend one regularly. But unfortunately most people don’t speak Latin and prefer that Mass be said in English. It also takes a lot of resources to have a Mass, and if only a few people in the parish want one, it’s honestly not worth it.
I think that there should be at least one Latin Mass in each diocese. That would be nice, and even if it’s not at your parish and you have to drive a little to get to it, it would still be in your general area. I think the “one per diocese” is more reasonable than “one per parish” and if there is one in the area then there’s a good chance attendance will be high enough to make it worthwhile.
Yes, it takes the same amount of resources. The question is if there is enough support to make sure the resources required is met for the extra Mass. Even for the OF, parish priests don’t schedule an extra Mass just because a few parishioners want a more convenient time to go to Mass. There has to be enough people who would go to that Mass so that it doesn’t become a burden for the parish to have that Mass.
Only if the Mass was at the same time as an OF now. And they used the same vestments. And they don’t need anything other than what the OF uses now, right???
Oh please. What more resources? If people say they want the Latin Mass then they should get the Latin Mass.
Oh, please what???
Ummm…well resources if your parish is not set up for that…or if you have one priest and already have 3 Masses on Sunday…then yes it would take more resources. When many of our neighboring parishes have one priest as well…not sure where you would expect the Bishop to get said priest…
