Not attending N.O.

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There are a lot of people on this thread who are harming the traditional movement. You may prefer the Tridentine Mass but don’t attack the Pauline Mass. It is just as valid and sacred as the EF.

It should be noted that not all traditionalist Catholics are against the Novus Ordo.
Glad to see we’re on the same page. Now, if only some others could be convinced of the fact that the Novus Ordo MASS (stop using the term ‘service’ unless you’re poorly catechized because we all know it’s still Mass) is just as valid and sacred as the Tridentine Mass…
 
I believe both forms are Sacred and well worth defending. This seems to be Pope Benedict’s position also.
 
If the NO is valid and licit it is also sacred and “good”. I agree however that one form of Mass can not be better than another. The Mass is the Mass. I am looking forward to next month when my parish has both forms. My prefernce will be the traditonal Mass, but will frequent both.
As sacred, yes. Good? Maybe. The Mass can never be bad, for sure, unless it is invalid or sacreligious. Even a highly illicit Mass is not intrinsically bad but there are Masses that are better than others. Part of that is subjective. (you find Latin more uplifting or you are lost if it isn’t in the vernacular, etc.)

Even within a form, some Masses are better than others. In the OF (NO) for example, the rubrics call some actions better than others. For example, it is better, according to the rubrics, for certain parts of the Mass to be sung. In the EF, it is better to have a deacon to attend at Mass.

I love the EF Mass and am very grateful that there is finally one here - even if it is only once a month. But if I had to choose between a reverently said OF Mass with organ and Latin and a low EF Mass without music, I would be torn as to which I would attend.
 
It seems there are many here who believe that they can win people over to the traditional movement by being snarky and vindictive. Sadly, they will find themselves with smaller and smaller numbers with this type of attitude. It seems the most well-attended EF Masses are held by parishes who say both forms of the Mass. Those who decry the OF Mass will find themselves with smaller and smaller congregations.
Snarky! I love that word. Must remember that one.👍
 
Agreed. It is sad to see that some are so grieved by the TLM and trying set others astray form the TL- Mass and towards the No-service. The amount of posts and the speed at which they are posted I cannot even fathom how it is she/he has time for mass.** I thought the Traditional Latin Forum was for polite information exchange so that members can learn about the TLM**, which is offered today and ever increasing around the world. The TLM cannot be hindered no matter how much the modern movement wants it to disappear. Perhaps some did not get the memo.
Just for the record. This is the sub forum for Traditional Catholicism, not the Traditional* Latin *Forum. Being a traditional Catholic is not synonymous with being an adherent to the EF over all other forms of the Mass or with wanting Latin over the vernacular. That is not to say that there is a decided tendancy in this subforum to be a EF “fan”, it just isn’t required.
 
Its already been said before but I think it bears repeating. If you prefer one form of the mass over another form and can meet your Sunday obligation with that form of mass than its okay to go to only go to that form, whether its NO or TLM.

Until the pope says something different I hold both forms to be valid, sacred, licit, good, etc. Now if there was a TLM in my area I would probably go to it instead of my local NO. But the pope has said it and I believe it, that both are equal to each other. So if the OP prefers one over the other thats okay as long as he realizes both are valid, and if a TLM was not available he would go to a NO mass instead.

But lets all stop bashing the NO. Unless you can prove to me you have more authority than that pope I don’t care about your personal opinions which is all that’s been posted. I put my trust in Pope Benedict XVI ,as Christ’s representative on earth, that he will led us where we need to go. I may not always understand but I will obey.

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I do not mean to offend you personally but this is exactly the attitude that gives Traditionalists a bad name.
No offense taken. I really don’t think of myself as a traditionalist. I only wish I was as good as some of them. 🙂
While you may prefer the Missal of 1962 to the Ordinary Form, it is a grave charge to assert that you don’t feel you fulfilled your Sunday obligation.
Can’t help the way I feel. But I did not attend another Mass that day. Does that make you feel better? 🙂
That insinuates that there is a fatal flaw in the OF Mass. While there is quite a lot I would love to see changed in the OF Mass, it is still Mass, and is no less valid for obligation or otherwise than the EF Mass.
I’ve accepted the OF, but only because the Holy Father has refrained from calling it the New Rite. No other reason.
We need the support of priests and, if not full support, at least non-obstructionism from those who prefer the OF in their parishes. They outnumber us (at least for now). No Bishop in his right mind is going to bend over backwards to encourage the EF if he thinks that the attendees are going around insulting the majority of his priests and their parishioners.
That I can agree with.
 
I said his “history of threads,” not simply this one. Reread what I said.
I’m not going to take the time to research every word he said, but since you brought it up in this thread I was simply asking for an example. Since he allegedly has a history of doing this, surely one or two examples can be given easily.
 
I’m not going to take the time to research every word he said, but since you brought it up in this thread I was simply asking for an example. Since he allegedly has a history of doing this, surely one or two examples can be given easily.
No, young lady, HE accused ME of bashing. I answered him back by saying he was hardly one to speak the word. Did you fly to my defense over his accusation of bashing? Do your own research! Knowing the poster to whom I’m referring, it won’t take you long. If you’ve got time to cast aspersions on the Mass of Paul VI and sit in judgment on the Vicars of Christ, then you’ve got time to scroll through posts! Do you even bother to read through a thread before you offer comment?
 
No, young lady, HE accused ME of bashing. I answered him back by saying he was hardly one to speak the word. Did you fly to my defense over his accusation of bashing? Do your own research! Knowing the poster to whom I’m referring, it won’t take you long. If you’ve got time to cast aspersions on the Mass of Paul VI and sit in judgment on the Vicars of Christ, then you’ve got time to scroll through posts! Do you even bother to read through a thread before you offer comment?
Quite defensive today, aren’t we? Don’t freak out, good grief. I’ve read posts of his from other threads and I’m not asking for examples of his bashing, which is sometimes hard to not do (this goes for anybody) or misreading a tone of voice. I asked for examples of misinformation, or the misrepresentation of facts, not his misunderstanding of your view. Maybe I didn’t make that question clear earlier, but that’s what it is.
 
Quite defensive today, aren’t we? Don’t freak out, good grief. I’ve read posts of his from other threads and I’m not asking for examples of his bashing, which is sometimes hard to not do (this goes for anybody) or misreading a tone of voice. I asked for examples of misinformation, or the misrepresentation of facts, not his misunderstanding of your view. Maybe I didn’t make that question clear earlier, but that’s what it is.
Again, look them up. If you’ve got time to learn that communion in the hand and communion in both species is a departure of the holy from the Mass, then you’ve got an equal amount of time to learn the truth, about any number of things, including the poster you’re asking me about. Shouldn’t be too hard, go to his profile and look at his posts. And it’s not MY understanding, it’s the Church’s, ie, TRENT.
 
Again, look them up. If you’ve got time to learn that communion in the hand and communion in both species is a departure of the holy from the Mass, then you’ve got an equal amount of time to learn the truth, about any number of things, including the poster you’re asking me about. Shouldn’t be too hard, go to his profile and look at his posts. And it’s not MY understanding, it’s the Church’s, ie, TRENT.
Your refusal to answer says it all.
 
I suppose that might be subjectively true, but even though I defend the NO as a legitimate and valid expression of the Mass, I’d be hard pressed to say that it is just as “good.” It is just as salvific, just as valid, it does what the Church purports that it does, ie, it confects the Holy Sacrice. And there is a noble simplicity to it. The words of the Tridentine, in the vernacular translation, however, far outstrip it. The Tridentine could be offered with the same “noble simplicity” as the NO (just a few minor changes and less of a drill team approach to moving from place to place). The greatest benefit to the NO, IMHO, is that it is offered in the vernacular. Perhaps someday the Tridentine will be as well. At any rate, the NO is what nurtured my faith and I feel it is worth defending.
No need to offer the Traditional as a souped up version of the Pauline Kirk and thanks for the insight of the drill team approach to worship. Never heard that one before and I never thought I would hear from you. The Traditional is as rigid as it is in part to help combat the abuses which were cropping up all over the place. The Church learned and then apparently unlearned that people, left to their own devices often abandon the sacred and drift off into other realms of worship. Witness for example the Israelites actions while Moses was on Mt Sinai and the more recent proliferation of Protestant sests all varying in some degree or another.

No Kirk, the Traditional needs to stay the way it is so that it can help bring the sense of sacredness back to the Church that has been evaporating over the past forty years. I think that is what the Holy Father anticipated not a re-tooling of the Traditional so that everybody has a piece of it they like. Religion, well the Catholic religion anyway, isn’t really about us and what we want and what we are comfortable with…
 
I don’t plan on attending an NO on a regular basis anymore. However, I do realize that it is very possible that I could accidentally sleep through the TLM in my area, as it is at 8am, is 20 min away and you have to get there an hr early to get a seat. If I did that, I would attend NO. Also, for holy days, my ability to attend the TLM depends on the day of the week on which it falls because of when I have classes.

So, basically, while I attend TLM given the choice between the two, I will attend NO over no mass at all.
 
No need to offer the Traditional as a souped up version of the Pauline Kirk and thanks for the insight of the drill team approach to worship. Never heard that one before and I never thought I would hear from you. The Traditional is as rigid as it is in part to help combat the abuses which were cropping up all over the place. The Church learned and then apparently unlearned that people, left to their own devices often abandon the sacred and drift off into other realms of worship. Witness for example the Israelites actions while Moses was on Mt Sinai and the more recent proliferation of Protestant sests all varying in some degree or another.

No Kirk, the Traditional needs to stay the way it is so that it can help bring the sense of sacredness back to the Church that has been evaporating over the past forty years. I think that is what the Holy Father anticipated not a re-tooling of the Traditional so that everybody has a piece of it they like. Religion, well the Catholic religion anyway, isn’t really about us and what we want and what we are comfortable with…
By drill team, I mean the rigidity of movements. They don’t have to be sloppy, but they don’t have to look like an army drill team. The Holy See manages it, the rest of us can.

And the Catholic religion is TERRIBLY about us, if not what we want (you might mention THAT to a lot of people in the Traditional forum) and are comfortable with, then with the covenant relationship established by God for us to live in communion with Him. Granted, there has been an overemphasis on community, but remember Palmas, God needs nothing, He wants for nothing. He doesn’t even need the Mass. WE need it, and it exists for us. That doesn’t mean that it’s our plaything to do with as we wish, but I don’t think I proposed making it so.
 
The words of the Tridentine, in the vernacular translation, however, far outstrip it.
Indeed. Since we’re armchair tweaking, I would suggest that perhaps the Tridentine with vernacular propers can be the new N.O. (if sung, the propers should always be Latin and in Gregorian Chant though, sung Enghish doesn’t “chant” so well). The ordinary of the mass, since it doesn’t change, would still be Latin since all could learn these parts over time. We can call this the New Order Missal of Benedict XVI of 2007 or something.

While of course TLM would still be the TLM and offered at enough fully traditional parishes such that anyone who desired it could have one nearby.
The Tridentine could be offered with…less of a drill team approach to moving from place to place.
Oh, I don’t know J, I rather like the dignified way those at (and approaching) the altar at a TLM “move from place to place.” They trod on sacred ground after all. Sure beats the all-to-common 50-yard-dash-sprint-procession to the altar and the casual trapsing around it by lay-folk and girl-altar-boys in bath robe looking albs and jelly-clog shoes.

Peace in Christ,

DustinsDad
 
Refusal to answer what? A taunt? Bravo, JKirk for not doing it.👍
Maybe you should read previous posts on this thread. The refusal to answer my question: Which facts (of Catholicism, not mistinterpretation of personal opinion) were misconstrued by Bob?
 
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