Tridentine Mass and 1962 Missal

[silentdeb]

Hello Deb,

Here it is Sunday evening again, and your post has slipped down to the bottom of the page. That doesn’t mean that we forgot about you. Just wondering if you got into a Traditional Catholic Church with a Latin Mass. If so, what 1962 Missal did you use?

The church that I was in today was celebrating the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost and the Epistle was (Galatians 3: 16-22) and the Gospel was (Luke 17: 11-19). Those are what we are supposed to be pondering and studying during this week. In case you missed the Homily, I’ll relay the high points of what our priest said.

The Gospel was about Jesus meeting 10 men who were lepers. The Samaritan was the only one healed, the priest made the point that the church is the Samaritan and the only one who can heal. I never heard Luke 17 explained that way.

The priest explained the Epistle, and the point that stuck with me was that we Christians can enjoy some of Heaven while here on earth. However, I didn’t catch what part of Heaven that was.

Remember that your Christian friends haven’t forgotten about you.

How wonderfully thoughtful of you! No, I didn’t make it to ANY mass, traditional or otherwise … it’s still waiting for a number of things, one of them being the Big Talk with my mother. She is very much NOT Catholic (her own spiritual beliefs are an interesting blend of generic Christianity and … things her favourite psychic believes), and I’m not feeling quite confident enough yet to tell her I’m going to convert (or even attend a Mass). She lives with me, so this is a bit difficult. I know, I shouldn’t let it stand in my way … but I want this to be a joyful thing, not a massive source of dissension in what is a very small family. So I pray for guidance, and trust that I’ll be shown the way, when the time is right.

Bless you for the description of the homily - I enjoyed that very much. You have been very kind to me, and I am grateful.

 

[silentdeb]

Thanks for getting my post corrected, because me helping Deb is like the blind leading the blind. I’m used to attending Protestant churches, and during the sermon we usually have pencil and paper plus our bibles. There are usually giant video screens with text printed on them and cassette tapes of the sermon available for $5.

But this is wonderful for me, because you’ve got a good idea then of my viewpoint. beaming

Thank you again! :hug1:

 

[Cranch]

Getting my midweek bible study and meditation synchronized with last Sundays Mass has been a challenge. Any suggestions for doing it the traditional way?

I don’t know of any actual method of basing bible studies on the Sunday readings from the Latin Mass other than simply reading and reflecting on them again. Mass is celebrated every day. You might look in the “Proper of the Saints” section of your missal (if you have a daily missal and not just one for Sundays) and find the readings for any given day and reflect on those.

There are resources available (here is an example) for daily readings and meditations based on the lectionary used for the N.O. Mass. It is still Scripture, but based on a 3-year cycle of readings rather than the 1-year cycle used in the Latin Mass.