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Let me start this post with the understanding that I’m not looking for a debate or arguments, for or against, my comments ,I am only posting this to share my own experience for my fellow Catholics who, may like myself, had seeds planted, after reading forums questioning Vatican II and the Novus Ordo Mass ,vs. The Tridentine Mass.
My neighbor has been going to a Tridentine High Mass here in Pittsburgh for a few weeks now and after hearing his emotional reviews, my wife and I finally went with him to experience a Tridentine High Mass. It was beautiful. I brought a Missal home when we did Stations a few weeks ago that I read through, so as to be prepared. I followed along and tried hard to say the Prayers as the Mass was going on. I missed the The Confiteor(I confess) ,but understood the Kyie-Laison that the choir sang Before long I found myself just watching because I didn’t understand a word of Latin and tried to Pray the prayers in the Missal in my mind but it was to no avail. I did know a few of the opening words and was tying not to miss The Our Father, the Lamb of God, and a few other responses from the Novus Ordo Mass, and I had my ears tuned very carefully at least to pick them up. But I missed every one of them and before I knew it, it was time for us to receive Communion. I didn’t receive Our Precious Lord for a couple of reasons ,mainly because I didn’t participate at all in the Mass, I didn’t even say The Lord’s Prayer or Lord I am not worthy to receive you, nothing .I was just a spectator. The other reason is because neither I nor my wife can kneel. I watched everyone lining up and kneeling of course, at the Communion Rail and even a younger lady with Polio wearing a brace on her leg, go up and lean down on her elbows on the rail to receive .My wife and I chose to remain sitting in our pew. We could have just sat in the first pew and told Father, but we didn’t. As I said at the beginning of this post, I thought it was a beautiful Mass, I also thought the Orthodox Mass my neighbor and I attended last Summer was also beautiful ,but to me there is nothing on this planet as sacred and as beautiful to me, than my Novus Ordo Mass at my local Parish. As I also said, this is not a post to cause debate; I am just letting others on this forum know my experience.
My first thought when I came out of Mass was, I now know exactly why Vatican II implemented the Novus Ordo Mass through the guidance of The Holy Spirit.
When I came out of the Church I felt that I just watched the Priest and the Alter servers celebrate Mass, I was just a spectator watching them. I didn’t understand a word the Priest was saying and following along in a book wasn’t praying and worshipping, it was reading and watching. Vatican II implemented full participation in the worship and prayers and gives us the opportunity to hear each and every word our priest is saying during our celebration, The Sacrifice of the Mass.
My Reason for this post is to let others know, not to have doubts or questions as to weather the Novus Ordo Mass is where they should be. My Neighbor absolutely loves the Tridetine Mass now, and God Bless him and all of you that do, many other Catholics love the Orthodox Mass and God bless them, please don’t condemn me because I love the Novus Ordo Mass.
There were abuses in the Tridetine Mass just as there are abuses in the Novus Ordo Mass .My neighbor told me his Father knew Latin and at his Parish in Philadelphia the priest would say anything he wanted at times during the Old Mass and no one in the pews knew, at least we can hear an abuses, if there are any, in the Novus Ordo Mass. As Father Casey said on his Lenten Retreat program There will always be abuses and scandal in the Church, there always was from the beginning. Did you ever wonder why Jesus picked Judas to be an Apostle? Jesus knew what Judas would do and he picked him anyhow, for an example for us…Continued
My neighbor has been going to a Tridentine High Mass here in Pittsburgh for a few weeks now and after hearing his emotional reviews, my wife and I finally went with him to experience a Tridentine High Mass. It was beautiful. I brought a Missal home when we did Stations a few weeks ago that I read through, so as to be prepared. I followed along and tried hard to say the Prayers as the Mass was going on. I missed the The Confiteor(I confess) ,but understood the Kyie-Laison that the choir sang Before long I found myself just watching because I didn’t understand a word of Latin and tried to Pray the prayers in the Missal in my mind but it was to no avail. I did know a few of the opening words and was tying not to miss The Our Father, the Lamb of God, and a few other responses from the Novus Ordo Mass, and I had my ears tuned very carefully at least to pick them up. But I missed every one of them and before I knew it, it was time for us to receive Communion. I didn’t receive Our Precious Lord for a couple of reasons ,mainly because I didn’t participate at all in the Mass, I didn’t even say The Lord’s Prayer or Lord I am not worthy to receive you, nothing .I was just a spectator. The other reason is because neither I nor my wife can kneel. I watched everyone lining up and kneeling of course, at the Communion Rail and even a younger lady with Polio wearing a brace on her leg, go up and lean down on her elbows on the rail to receive .My wife and I chose to remain sitting in our pew. We could have just sat in the first pew and told Father, but we didn’t. As I said at the beginning of this post, I thought it was a beautiful Mass, I also thought the Orthodox Mass my neighbor and I attended last Summer was also beautiful ,but to me there is nothing on this planet as sacred and as beautiful to me, than my Novus Ordo Mass at my local Parish. As I also said, this is not a post to cause debate; I am just letting others on this forum know my experience.
My first thought when I came out of Mass was, I now know exactly why Vatican II implemented the Novus Ordo Mass through the guidance of The Holy Spirit.
When I came out of the Church I felt that I just watched the Priest and the Alter servers celebrate Mass, I was just a spectator watching them. I didn’t understand a word the Priest was saying and following along in a book wasn’t praying and worshipping, it was reading and watching. Vatican II implemented full participation in the worship and prayers and gives us the opportunity to hear each and every word our priest is saying during our celebration, The Sacrifice of the Mass.
My Reason for this post is to let others know, not to have doubts or questions as to weather the Novus Ordo Mass is where they should be. My Neighbor absolutely loves the Tridetine Mass now, and God Bless him and all of you that do, many other Catholics love the Orthodox Mass and God bless them, please don’t condemn me because I love the Novus Ordo Mass.
There were abuses in the Tridetine Mass just as there are abuses in the Novus Ordo Mass .My neighbor told me his Father knew Latin and at his Parish in Philadelphia the priest would say anything he wanted at times during the Old Mass and no one in the pews knew, at least we can hear an abuses, if there are any, in the Novus Ordo Mass. As Father Casey said on his Lenten Retreat program There will always be abuses and scandal in the Church, there always was from the beginning. Did you ever wonder why Jesus picked Judas to be an Apostle? Jesus knew what Judas would do and he picked him anyhow, for an example for us…Continued