We still need to get more solid numbers but its growing and people are asking for updates. Time frame I believe is in about 6 months but I can’t say for sure. Within the next year at the latest!
That is unfortunate about the EF Mass that was cancelled, but at least it seems like your location is temporary.. . . There use to be a EF Mass in our area (30 minutes out) that I would make the drive for every Sunday but it was cancelled after they moved the priest who would say the Mass. I have expressed my concerns to priests and even our Vicar General but I just get the “we will notify others of your concern” and see nothing come out of it.
Just keep doing what you’re doing and trusting Our Lord. For years I could only attend the EF Mass on Sunday and it wasn’t a great one either, the priest would fly through it. I was so tempted to go to an illicit EF Mass, it was right over there, offered daily and all I had to do was go. But, no, no, no…I wouldn’t. I obeyed and offered it up–everyday, for years!Thanks HCC! Well so far its been stalled but not in a bad way. Monsignor is relearning the EF
It’s just what I prefer Orleans…I by no means am trying to say in order to be traditional you need to attend a EF Mass. Sorry if it came out that way. Unfortunately I am a student so two of those options are not possible for me at the moment. I do attend Mass locally but it just doesn’t have any Latin in it all which is what I would like. There use to be a EF Mass in our area (30 minutes out) that I would make the drive for every Sunday but it was cancelled after they moved the priest who would say the Mass. I have expressed my concerns to priests and even our Vicar General but I just get the “we will notify others of your concern” and see nothing come out of it.
You need to realize that the celebration of Mass is not about what we “like.”
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Although that’s exactly what happened with the overuse of the vernacular, despite Vatican II’s provision:
Option 4. Pray very hard that parishioners in either Roma or Rio Grande City petition Bishop Flores of the Diocese of Brownsville to have an EF Mass there or at least a Latin OF Mass. Then you would only have to drive about an hour to have an EF Mass. If there is the demand, Bp. Flores would probably grant it. There are two EF Masses in the Brownsville Diocese already and a few Latin OF and EWTN-type Masses.
I feel the same way. We go to Mass to worship God with one another as opposed to going to Mass to enjoy the experience. I have been to Masses around the world and I am pretty sure God is just as happy with the celebration no matter the language or traditional practices.
It isn’t so much what some of us may “like” as it is some Liturgical circuses are so over the top we have to keep reminding ourselves we are actually in a Catholic church! All most of us want is a Mass that is deeply spiritual, reverent and respectful to God and our neighbors. Yes I’m aware there are OF parishes that are just so, visited one just this past Sunday but it was a rare parish based on my experiences over the past couple of decades.
I understand both of your alls concerns…that is why I still go to my OF Mass. I go to receive God in the Eucharist and to learn from the readings. However, your concern is a double standard. How many times have people been turned down because they request the priest to face east during the Mass? we shouldn’t rock the boat…the parishioners would flip or Why don’t we require the parishioners to kneel and receive on the tongue as those do for the Holy Father? we shouldn’t rock the boat…the parishioners wouldn’t like that You see, why is it that what is properly asked for is treated as a “like” when it’s really the other way around? My like is “I’d like for them to follow as they are suppose to…” rather than their own like which is a matter of preference. My type of like is usually not catered to for whatever reason sadly.
Considering make a trip now. Well at least ever so often
