What if the Pope ever used the Extroardinary Form?

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I’m pretty sure he hasn’t used it yet, at least in public celebrations. Why not? What do you guys think would happen if he ever did use it? Would it make some people happy? Would it make some people mad? Would it even matter? What would the effects be?

God bless. 😉
 
I understand that he celebrates in the EF at least privately from time to time.

I would like to see him celebrate solemnly in the EF–and also in all the authorized liturgies of the Church.
 
I think, in certain countries, certain bishops would need CPR.

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Here’s another question. What if Pope Benedict XVI never uses the Extraordinary Form in public? Will it be acceptable to certain traditional groups if he ‘only’ does things like chant the propers in latin, has people kneel to receive, and uses Gregorian music?
 
bpbasilphx said:
I understand that he celebrates in the EF at least privately from time to time.

I would like to see him celebrate solemnly in the EF–and also in all the authorized liturgies of the Church.
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I heard once that was a rumor, but of course that was a rumor too, so who knows.

He used to offer it publicly- there are pictures of him celebrating a Pontifical High Mass at the FSSP Seminary that are pretty widespread.

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May I ask which traditional groups you’re referring to? Is it the SSPX or the FSSP or the Latin Mass societies? I’m sure they’d be happy if the Pope made some return to tradition. However, the Pope can celebrate whatever lawful Mass he wants, I presume.

Now, what’s interesting is that celebrating the TLM publicly might give joy to some Catholics and annoy others. I think some bishops actually protested about the Motu Proprio, if memory serves.

A quick search on Google revealed the following:
chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/96802?eng=y
rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2007/10/summorum-pontificum-interpreted-read.html
wdtprs.com/blog/2007/09/bp-farrell-on-the-motu-proprio-summorum-pontificum/
clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2007/09/italian-bishop-forbids-latin-mass.html

As far as I’m concerned, if it was the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church until 1969, there cannot be any valid concerns about it being said now. Otherwise the Church was wrong for hundreds of years.
 
thunderballs75 said:
What do you guys think would happen if he ever did use it? Would it make some people happy? Would it make some people mad?
God bless. 😉
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LOL

No matter what the Pope does or says, it seems to make some people happy and some people mad. 😃 (sorry, couldn’t resist)
 
The Pope hasn’t done it yet because he doesn’t want to scare the liberals. He doesn’t want them to think that he’s trying to drag them back to the dark ages of reverence and quiet during the Mass.

The Vatican moves at the pace of a snail and therefore, so does the Pope. I think he’s trying to ease the Church back, not yank it back quickly. To do that would be to exacerbate the problems even more.

It’s ok, though. The insane amounts of young people requesting and attending the extraordinary form are still increasing, despite the lack of a Papal ef Mass
 
thunderballs75 said:
I’m pretty sure he hasn’t used it yet, at least in public celebrations. Why not? What do you guys think would happen if he ever did use it? Would it make some people happy? Would it make some people mad? Would it even matter? What would the effects be?

God bless. 😉
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I honestly think that if the Pope celebrated a public Extraordinary Form of the Mass, it would please the small “minority” (for lack of a better word) who participate in the EF and would mean next to nothing to the “majority” who wouldn’t know two things about the EF. “What it make some people happy?” Yes, I think it would. "Would it make some people mad?" Perhaps some, but not many. I tend to agree with your question “would it even matter”?

While I know some here will not believe this, I personally would like to see the EF common place and celebrated regularly all over the world because it is part of the classic traditions of the Church. Hopefully, it will help re instill the sacredness and the sense of the holy in the celebration of Mass that so many today are ignorant of (myself included).
 
Are, are you sure you’re feeling all right there, Tim??

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thunderballs75 said:
You?? You want to see the Latin Mass used regularly?? 😛
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I don’t quite get the sarcasm. I defy anyone here to post a quote of mine that was against the use of the latin Mass. I have never advocated the elimination of it, nor of any form of the Mass, something that cannot be credited to some here. So , why the sarcasm???
 
Timothysis said:
I don’t quite get the sarcasm. I defy anyone here to post a quote of mine that was against the use of the latin Mass. I have never advocated the elimination of it, nor of any form of the Mass, something that cannot be credited to some here. So , why the sarcasm???
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I’m just saying what the other guy was getting at, since you didn’t quite get it it seemed. He was the one being sarcastic. Unless you were being sarcastic with the confused sign. Then that means I didn’t get the sarcasm. Then of course there’s the possibility that you were being sarcastic with you very first statement. Then none of us realized that you were the one being sarcastic on us! Maybe this whole post I’m writing is sarcasm.

Miserere mei, Tim. 😉
 
thunderballs75 said:
I’m just saying what the other guy was getting at, since you didn’t quite get it it seemed. He was the one being sarcastic. Unless you were being sarcastic with the confused sign. Then that means I didn’t get the sarcasm. Then of course there’s the possibility that you were being sarcastic with you very first statement. Then none of us realized that you were the one being sarcastic on us! Maybe this whole post I’m writing is sarcasm.

Miserere mei, Tim. 😉
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