The Old Mass

[IrenkaJMJ]

Crusader:

How do you know?

Most self-described “trads” (LOL! gotta love these labels) I know whine about a host of things that contravene what the Church actually teaches. A quick half dozen things to mind include:

That the Novus Ordo Mass is either invalid or “protestantized.” The Church says different.

The celebrant MUST face east during the Mass. The Church says otherwise.

They feel women MUST cover their heads in church. The Church says otherwise.

All altar servers MUST be male. The Church says otherwise.

No use of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion under ANY circumstances. The Church says otherwise.

That one MUST receive Holy Communion on the tongue, rather than in one’s hand at Mass in the USA. The Church says otherwise.

Want me to list more?

I attend an Institute-run parish with “self-described trads” . That’s how I know.

 

[IrenkaJMJ]

Crusader:

. Watch EWTN for a prime example.

You’re on the money there.

 

[JNB]

IrenkaJMJ:

You’re on the money there.

Of course, the EWTN mass not only uses Latin, has has no altar girls, no EMHCs, at the Monestary Mother Angellica had built, mass is usually celebrated facing the East and communion is distributed at the rail and on the tounge.

 

[Therese_Martin]

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