Latin Mass comeback

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Could the church ever bring back full Latin mass, I think it was something amazing about it, how if I was to go to mass in America, Italy or Japan I’d be able to understand it. It was universal.
 
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I think that it is possible, but, two things:
Either for a while more (maybe even for decades)
Or
An unexpected and sudden decision from the heads of the Church to make this Latin Mass “comeback”.
Just my opinions, we don’t know what the future holds.
 
I mean, it’s already there. You mean that it will be more popular and more available than it is now? I think it will be if we give it time and prayer.
 
The Tridentine Mass has been brought back, with Pope Benedict’s Summorum Pontificum.

Both forms of the Mass are mutually enriching.
 
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Do you travel often and can’t understand the mass in different languages? 🤔
 
In the 1960s and 70s there was a fixation on having only one form of Mass for Latin Rite.
First, the Vatican underestimated how much some laity and clergy loved the TLM.
Second, the Vatican thought having two Latin Rite forms at the same time would be horribly confusing and divisive.

In 2020 the Vatican can see the two forms can coexist quite well. There still is some resistance to it, but a lot less. If more people like it and support it, the percentage of Latin Masses will increase.

There won’t be a perceived need to impose one form.
 
That’s not accurate. Pope Benedict XVI.

"In the first place, there is the fear that the document detracts from the authority of the Second Vatican Council, one of whose essential decisions – the liturgical reform – is being called into question.

"This fear is unfounded. In this regard, it must first be said that the Missal published by Paul VI and then republished in two subsequent editions by John Paul II, obviously is and continues to be the normal Form – the Forma ordinaria – of the Eucharistic Liturgy. The last version of the Missale Romanum prior to the Council, which was published with the authority of Pope John XXIII in 1962 and used during the Council, will now be able to be used as a Forma extraordinaria of the liturgical celebration. It is not appropriate to speak of these two versions of the Roman Missal as if they were “two Rites”. Rather, it is a matter of a twofold use of one and the same rite.

“As for the use of the 1962 Missal as a Forma extraordinaria of the liturgy of the Mass, I would like to draw attention to the fact that this Missal was never juridically abrogated and, consequently, in principle, was always permitted. At the time of the introduction of the new Missal, it did not seem necessary to issue specific norms for the possible use of the earlier Missal. Probably it was thought that it would be a matter of a few individual cases which would be resolved, case by case, on the local level. Afterwards, however, it soon became apparent that a good number of people remained strongly attached to this usage of the Roman Rite, which had been familiar to them from childhood. This was especially the case in countries where the liturgical movement had provided many people with a notable liturgical formation and a deep, personal familiarity with the earlier Form of the liturgical celebration. We all know that, in the movement led by Archbishop Lefebvre, fidelity to the old Missal became an external mark of identity; the reasons for the break which arose over this, however, were at a deeper level. Many people who clearly accepted the binding character of the Second Vatican Council, and were faithful to the Pope and the Bishops, nonetheless also desired to recover the form of the sacred liturgy that was dear to them. This occurred above all because in many places celebrations were not faithful to the prescriptions of the new Missal, but the latter actually was understood as authorizing or even requiring creativity, which frequently led to deformations of the liturgy which were hard to bear. I am speaking from experience, since I too lived through that period with all its hopes and its confusion. And I have seen how arbitrary deformations of the liturgy caused deep pain to individuals totally rooted in the faith of the Church.”
 
Not the world. WE had mass in Latin. We had missals with the Latin and English on the same page. We knew what we were saying. Vatican II stated that some of the Latin should be retained.
 
As for the use of the 1962 Missal as a Forma extraordinaria of the liturgy of the Mass, I would like to draw attention to the fact that this Missal was never juridically abrogated and, consequently, in principle, was always permitted.
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Could the church ever bring back full Latin mass, I think it was something amazing about it, how if I was to go to mass in America, Italy or Japan I’d be able to understand it. It was universal.
If by Full Latin Mass, and universal, you are asking, will the Latin Mass someday be available to the majority of Catholics, the answer is yes. It is slowly spreading to more areas with a concentration of Catholics.

It likely won’t be 15 minutes away, but if you can drive, or have access to an excellent transit system, it likely will be reachable, if you are in a Catholic area. It might not be available, in Japan or rural Arkansas.

If you mean will the Church impose this on all Catholics as the only option, no, not gonna happen. The Ordinary Form will still be available, though the proportion of OF/EF could change.
 
I know one thing. I’m missing the living daylights out of the Latin Mass right about now. I haven’t been in three weeks and it’s driving me nuts!!! ARGHHH!!!
 
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Something tells me that the training in the EF will be brief. Very brief.
 
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