Love for the Novus Ordo Mass

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Some of us love the Novus Ordo Mass. There is always an abundance of debate going on wherein our Mass is fairly bashed by adherents to groups who only believe the Latin Mass is valid --so let’s have a thread where we can show our love for the true, approved by Rome Novus Ordo Mass.

I’ll start by naming one thing I love about it: participation. I love having prayers to say at certain times during the Mass, and feeling I’m part of this holy sacrifice in a demonstrative way.
 
I vote for the music, another area that gets considerable bashing. The selection of music now is fantastic! In addition to the body of traditional music there are many composers writing music strictly for the Catholic mass and for the different rites such as the whole RCIA journey. With the various styles available, everyone can find something that they like.

With the shortage of competent organists today, the utilization of other instruments has allowed the quality of music at our church to increase since there are many very talented musicians who do not play organ. It is great that we can now be more involved with the liturgy.
 
How to Assist at Mass , taken from the St Andrew Daily Missal, Traditional Mass, printed 1945

"First of all, we must never forget that the Mass is a Sacrifice, and act by which the Church gives to almighty God, and in the name of all, worship of the highest kind, adoration or Latria, which is due to Him alone, in virtue of the supreme excellence of His divine Being from which everything comes and to which everything must return. Therefore, the Mass is offered to the three Persons of the Blessed Trinity.
What the Priest offers to God as an acknowledgement of His soverign domination over all Creatures, and is none other than our Lord Jesus Christ, who, by His Sacrifice on the Cross, has rendered to his father an infinite act of worship…

The Holy Sacrifice is offered in honour of the Saints…

How the Faithful can Take Part in the Sacrifice

1.Reconstruct the Historic setting in which took place…
2. Offer to God, for His Greater glory the mystery of our Redeemers life which is to be commemorated…
3. Ask of God (during the Pater Noster) and receive from him the intercession of our Lord and His Saints…
4. To these three waysof interior and Spiritual Participation, which can be practiced at every Mass, we should as allowed, add Prayers with the Priest, in singing Congregational and Gregorian Chant at High Mass, in responding aloud at Low Mass, and best of all, in receiving Holy Communion with the Priest during Mass…

Before Holy Communion, we should say not only the Confetitor with the server, but the Dominine non sum dignus, which the Priest says at the moment on our behalf…
In the Ordinary of the Mass, all sentences that may be said by the faithful are printed in heavier type.

The assistance at the Holy Sacrifice is the ideal preparation for Holy Communion since it is the same that the Church imposes on the Pope, the Bishops, and all Priests, whenever we celebrate Mass…"

I can go on, as you can see, in the TLM, the faithful are encoraged to assist, but in a way that glorifies God and Our Lord, not some eucharistic Minister who wants to read or hand out our Lord. The entire Mass prepares us for the most important reason why we are there, to glorify God, and for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and to receive his body. And note how even the Pope is placed on the same plane in the last paragraph, as we are again there for the Holy Sacrifice.

The Novus Ordo does not do that, as it the emphasis is on SELF worship, and not to worship God or Jesus, I cant help but feel that we as Catholics have felt the whammy from God and Our Lord as payback for changing the Mass.
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Cherub:
Some of us love the Novus Ordo Mass. There is always an abundance of debate going on wherein our Mass is fairly bashed by adherents to groups who only believe the Latin Mass is valid --so let’s have a thread where we can show our love for the true, approved by Rome Novus Ordo Mass.

I’ll start by naming one thing I love about it: participation. I love having prayers to say at certain times during the Mass, and feeling I’m part of this holy sacrifice in a demonstrative way.
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But, CrusaderNY, let’s keep this thread on topic please. I did not ask anyone to say what is wrong with the Novus Ordo Mass. I only asked for what you love about it. So, what do you love about it? 😉
 
I love the fullness of the participation. I am a lector and I love being able to proclaim the Scripture to the congregation at the daily Mass. I love the fact that I can sit silently and immerse myself in the prayers and yes I do take careful note of the prayers and have learned the true beauty of the ritual that we have.

I know that this Mass is very blessed by God because of the many blessings that have come my way in the form of special graces.

MaggieOH
 
Since it is the only kind of Mass I ever attended, I really have nothing to compare it to. I do like being able to understand what is being said during Mass. I would not be able to do that going to a Mass in Latin.
 
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ThornGenX:
Since it is the only kind of Mass I ever attended, I really have nothing to compare it to. I do like being able to understand what is being said during Mass. I would not be able to do that going to a Mass in Latin.
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I have experienced both. I prefer being able to sit and hear the prayers in my native tongue. This is how the prayers are reaching out and touching me.

Under the old Latin Rite, the priest turned his back to the people. This is no longer the case, and now we fully participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

A lot of the ancient prayers have been returned to the liturgy of the Mass. Some of these prayers make some people uncomfortable, however the more I hear them, the more I realize that they should be there.

The only problem I have is the sign of peace because I have arthritis in my fingers and people have a tendency to squeeze my hand when I proffer it. There are ways and means around that problem.

I love the songs that we sing, although some of them continue to be dirges.

MaggieOH
 
I love it because it is the way I can do for God. I mean, I am not worried at mass about anything, because I know I am there for God (to worship him), and so I do that. There is no room for me to worry about being inadequate there.

I also like to trace the theme, from the opening prayers, to the readings, the homily, the intercessions, etc. It all seems to have a theme to draw our minds closer to true belief.

I suppose I like watching what is happening and mentally thinking about the significance. Each piece has a place and meaning. This I like a lot.

That earth is draw up to heaven for a moment is awesome. Who says you can’t be happy on earth???
 
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MaggieOH:
Under the old Latin Rite, the priest turned his back to the people. This is no longer the case, and now we fully participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
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I don’t know if it’s best described as “turned his back to the people”. Otherwise, we would come to the absurd conclusion that the people in the pews in front of us are turning their backs to us, and we turn our backs to the people in the pews behind us.

Instead, I’d say we were all facing the same direction. And if we were all facing the same direction, then we were all fully participating as far as our orientation was concerned.
 
What I love most about the renewal is the new Lectionary – a greater selection of readings including the Old Testament.

While I believe the liturigcal renewal that lead to Mass ritual of today was a positive move, I appreciate the former Mass as well. However, even with the former Mass, the ability to appreciate it was greatly enhanced by the pre-conciliar liturigcal renewal of which the St Andrew Daily Missal (printed 1945) was a definate development of. The selection from this book posted earlier is a clear embrace of the principles of the liturgical renewal at its 1945 stage and a clear rejection of traditionalism.
 
True,

I am sorry, you are correctI do love that the Priest asks for prayers for people (lets add our own intentions), not done in the TLM. I do like at times that I dont have to wear a suit, but I still wear a sport jacket at the NO, and I like many of the people there, very nice.
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Cherub:
But, CrusaderNY, let’s keep this thread on topic please. I did not ask anyone to say what is wrong with the Novus Ordo Mass. I only asked for what you love about it. So, what do you love about it? 😉
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Cherub:
Some of us love the Novus Ordo Mass. There is always an abundance of debate going on wherein our Mass is fairly bashed by adherents to groups who only believe the Latin Mass is valid --so let’s have a thread where we can show our love for the true, approved by Rome Novus Ordo Mass.

I’ll start by naming one thing I love about it: participation. I love having prayers to say at certain times during the Mass, and feeling I’m part of this holy sacrifice in a demonstrative way.
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I have no problem with the NOvus Ordo when celbrated in the manner St. Agnes in St. Paul MN celebrates it in.
www.stagnes.net
 
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Vincent:
I don’t know if it’s best described as “turned his back to the people”. Otherwise, we would come to the absurd conclusion that the people in the pews in front of us are turning their backs to us, and we turn our backs to the people in the pews behind us.

Instead, I’d say we were all facing the same direction. And if we were all facing the same direction, then we were all fully participating as far as our orientation was concerned.
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My comment is not meant to mislead or have people come to the above absurd conclusion. Whilst I agree with what you are saying, including the participation as far as orientation is concerned, the comment itself does not do justice to what I meant about a fuller participation.

What I mean is that there is a difference in the way that one can participate in the Mass. I am in a very unique situation of having participated at Mass where there was only the priest and myself on several occasions when I was still at primary school, but even as I remember that this took place, my level of participation was still somewhat superficial because I did not have the same depth of understanding of the Mass that I have today.

Granted, my maturity has helped me to reach the fuller understanding of the Mass, but so has the ability to sit, listen and wordlessly pray the prayers of the Mass. There is a difference between hearing words in Latin and reading along in a Missal to hearing the words in your own language and sitting in awe of these same prayers.

MaggieOH
 
Cherub said:
Some of us love the Novus Ordo Mass. There is always an abundance of debate going on wherein our Mass is fairly bashed by adherents to groups who only believe the Latin Mass is valid --so let’s have a thread where we can show our love for the true, approved by Rome Novus Ordo Mass.

I’ll start by naming one thing I love about it: participation. I love having prayers to say at certain times during the Mass, and feeling I’m part of this holy sacrifice in a demonstrative way.
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What a wonderful thread!

I truly enjoy that I can go, and understand everything that is actually being said, and so can my children. I am glad, though, that with the recent change or re-translation, we are now again closer to the “original” text of the latin mass, though in English.
 
Big_Feet said:
What a wonderful thread!

I truly enjoy that I can go, and understand everything that is actually being said, and so can my children. I am glad, though, that with the recent change or re-translation, we are now again closer to the “original” text of the latin mass, though in English.
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Big_Feet you need to stop bringing old dead threads like this PLEASE! Some of these threads only stir up trouble. I am going to ask the mod to close this thread down.
 
archangel04 said:
Big_Feet you need to stop bringing old dead threads like this PLEASE! Some of these threads only stir up trouble. I am going to ask the mod to close this thread down.
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I have already done so, under the kind instruction of another poster here.
I am curious, though. What makes older threads, which are still open, and not closed, off limits to read and comment on?

In a message to him, I have kindly requested the moderator, Mr. Thomas Casey, to close all threads that are not supposed to be commented upon any more.
 
Big_Feet said:
I have already done so, under the kind instruction of another poster here.
I am curious, though. What makes older threads, which are still open, and not closed, off limits to read and comment on?

In a message to him, I have kindly requested the moderator, Mr. Thomas Casey, to close all threads that are not supposed to be commented upon any more.
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It’s in the forum rules that a thread that has not been commented on after a certain time should remain as only a readable thread. If you wish to bring the topic up then start a new thread.
 
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