Just managed to get my hyperactive brain to watch a EF Mass online and

[Ohana]

EF = Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite aka Tridentine Mass

OF = Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite aka Pauline Mass

Thank you and the following poster who clarified that the OF is also called the Novus Ordo. That would be the Mass we also know as the “vernacular”.

I grew up with the EF and find the renewed interest, especially among younger people to be quite fascinating. While I eventually came to be able to follow the Mass in Latin, one of my strongest memories is of many of the older people saying the Rosary during Mass rather than participate in the great sacrifice and worship of the Father in the Mass. I am so happy for those who find the EF uplifting and calling them closer to God. While my preference is for the OF, I am glad Mother Church provides for both.

 

[MissRose73]

Thank you and the following poster who clarified that the OF is also called the Novus Ordo. That would be the Mass we also know as the “vernacular”.

I grew up with the EF and find the renewed interest, especially among younger people to be quite fascinating. While I eventually came to be able to follow the Mass in Latin, one of my strongest memories is of many of the older people saying the Rosary during Mass rather than participate in the great sacrifice and worship of the Father in the Mass. I am so happy for those who find the EF uplifting and calling them closer to God. While my preference is for the OF, I am glad Mother Church provides for both.

I am a younger person who grew up only with the Ordinary Form as I was born after Vatican II. I also have recently discovered the EF Mass, and have traveled to various diocesan EF Masses as a few of the bishops in local dioceses other than the one I belong to are very friendly & encourage the EF to be held in their dioceses.

I am glad I am able to attend both forms of the Mass. I do find the EF Mass rich in history and tradition. Its nice to see some young people at it also of various ages not just those who were teens and older when the Ordinary Form was introduced, and are now old enough to be parents or grandparents to today’s younger people.

 

[YoungTradCath]

Thank you and the following poster who clarified that the OF is also called the Novus Ordo. That would be the Mass we also know as the “vernacular”.

I grew up with the EF and find the renewed interest, especially among younger people to be quite fascinating. While I eventually came to be able to follow the Mass in Latin, one of my strongest memories is of many of the older people saying the Rosary during Mass rather than participate in the great sacrifice and worship of the Father in the Mass. I am so happy for those who find the EF uplifting and calling them closer to God. While my preference is for the OF, I am glad Mother Church provides for both.

What an unusually charitable attitude you have towards the EF!