Not a single Latin Mass in my diocese here in South Africa. And from what I have heard, there are only a few Latin Masses in SA and they are only had on special occasions.In much of the Church, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum was a dead letter. Thus, the Mass in the Extraordinary Form is a rarity unless in a diocese that is open to the ‘old Mass.’ In time, the ‘spirit of Vatican II’ will diminish and the Traditional Latin Mass will once again have a ‘pride of place’ so to speak. At least as a young adult Catholic, I certainly hope so.
Same here! It’s hard to find someone who loves the tradition of the Church at our age. I find it weird that there are also older people who swear by the OF and are so against the EF. Most of my friends are fine being OF Catholics and have no clue nor desire to know anything about the Mass as it use to be. In my quest to learn more about the Church’s roots, I was pretty shocked to learn that the Mass had only changed as recently as 1969. It was really such a surprise. I had always thought it was just the way it is now for centuries. Was I wrong!
In my opinion people of our age will be small crowd in being orthodox to the faith whether EF or OF, a lot of influences outside and inside the Church that pulls or pushes us away from the Church, a problem that I always seem to run into and can’t yet figure out how to overcome it. But I think not only do we need to know the history of the Church as a younger generation, but start reading up on the masters of the faith like St. Francis, St. Augustine, St. Dominic, St. Benedict, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. John of the Cross, and Church Fathers, so that we can prepare for whatever comes in our way towards grace. So that we can actually humble ourselves to authority of the Church instead of being a rebellious generation as the past ones were unfortunately. To be able to trust again in the Church even though that the past 40 some years has been hard not just with the liturgical wars, but with the cultural wars, and abuse scandals which rocked the Church’s foundation. I guess we need to ask God to give the ability to fully trust in His Church and to make us humble. If our generation and the one following ours wants to rebel against something, then let us rebel against the secular-culture and make a grand offensive move against it by turning towards God! Talk about a holy revolution uh?
. That’s not to denigrate the orthodoxy of many young Catholics - Masses and confession lines are packed and moderately long with them. I think, however, they’re subject to a lot of misinformation by their elders (generally not the priests, but the parents), who generally have nothing good to say about the EF. If your folks tell you that the Latin Mass is weird, most young people generally would shy away from it. I don’t think it is, but then again, I’ve never exactly conformed to parental or peer expectations…
I have the opposite problem - the nearest Latin Mass ends after the last bus home. And simply walking is unthinkable, given the distance and the neighborhood the route goes through.
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