Why does the Latin Mass attract a niche market

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Another thing to consider is that those who attend the EF are what we call self-selecting.

Imagine if you ran a poll on students in public high school, and a separate poll on students who take 3 or more AP classes.

You would find that a much higher percentage of AP students study hard, do their homework, plan to go to a 4-year college right after high school, etc.

If you ran a poll on students who regularly smoke pot or drink, you would probably find a high percentage like to smoke pot and drink, students who get lower grades, and are more likely to have had a brush with the law.
 
Yeah I would say about 90% are the “trads” as you described 10% are there for the good liturgy and good music and the latin.
 
I’ve been to st marys in providence it is s beautiful church I was there for a ordination mass with bishop Schneider it was very nice.
 
Those who go, most likely find it relevant to them. Those who don’t go, probably don’t find it relevant.
 
There isn’t good people mass and bad people mass. There is only mass filled with sinners that God loves.
Regardless of the mass you choose going with that mindset makes either choice better.
Liking a particular service to me is preference. You go much furthur in adoration and the thoughts begin to approach idolatry.
Today most Catholics are used to their liturgy as " the" liturgy. That explains their preference. I wouldn’t read in much more than that.
 
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The Tridentine Mass is very powerful. It changes your life. The reverence for the sacrament makes you feel the urgency of going to confession
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What exactly are you saying? Any mass should change your life. There is nothing more special about one over the other except to the person attending. I don’t know why you feel the “reverence for the sacrament” is any different at the Tridentine mass. Perhaps that is on your personal reaction to mass, and not because it is actually any different. It is your preference.

Many people go to confession on a quite regular basis no matter what mass they attend. And yes, missing mass needs to be confessed by all, so I don’t know why that was mentioned in your later comments either.
 
No matter what is said about the beauty or attraction of the traditional Latin Mass on this forum, there are those who must jump into the conversation with an irresistible need to defend the Ordinary Forum.

Even when there has been no mention of the tlm being better or superior indicated in a previous post.

Why is that ? What do you people fear ?
 
For some Catholics, the TLM does provide a stronger faith. There is nothing wrong with that nor is there any thing wrong with them stating so. Especially on a subforum titled Traditional Catholicism.
 
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I mean the rhetoric I hear about an older rite. It’s symbolism for some of being " better" Catholics based upon ritual devotion rather than recognising the ritual only serves as a marker for a Gospel idea. Which is the point of the ritual or right. When the focus becomes the rite, or dogma itself, that is where idolatry kicks in
 
And that is why I said it is their preference. Someone else may have a different preference, neither is better or “more right” than the other.
 
I looked through all the posts. Going back to the original post question why most go to confession who attend Extraordinary form. Besides all the reasons above, confession is usually offer e d during the Extraordinary form of the Mass
 
I can think of a couple of good reasons that people like the TLM.

In the TLM, it is obvious that the Mass is centered on Christ’s sacrifice. The priest, acting for the people, offers the sacrifice of Christ’s body and blood up to the Father. And NOT offering it up to the people.

And an altar rail for communion, where it is quite clear that the sanctuary is holy ground, and the body of Christ is offered at the border.

If it were available, I’d like to see those changes to the regular mass (while keeping the local language).
 
Well, “some” Catholics are not all Catholics.

Embracing the Gregorian right as codified by Pope St Pius V isn’t now, nor ever will be any form of idolotry.

What you describe isn’t a healthy mindset, I agree. But the TLM itself doesn’t lead one into that. The radical trad mindset seems imo a blaming of the OF for weak faith, the sex scandal, liturgical abuse, etc. I don’t blame the OF for it. I blame liberal clergy eager for revolutionary changes. Modernism and infiltration of the seminaries by the heterodox mindset.

Myself, I much prefer the TLM. But my parish has both and today I chose to go to the early OF. Actually now that I think of it, over the last few months I’ve assisted the OF about twice as many times as our EF.

The OF can build faith. Got to have an orthodox priest praying it though. Same with the EF. Catechesis from the pulpit is key with either form imo.
 
Probably because most people don’t understand Latin. To just sit there and don’t understand much is not very inspiring. I guess probably many EF churchgoers don’t speak it fluently but at least on the net it appears that they struggle to learn it.
People nowadays are taught to understand more than just accept. This has ups and downs. I personally think it is the fruit of a very technological world, highly structured society, mass education, and science is somehow worshipped or at least has the crown inspite humanist disciplines. It is not bad to want to understand things, Christ Himself and the Apostles advocated understanding faith not jist bowing to the word blindly.
If people had the option to either study Latin or learn how to use a new software and go to a native tongue DL, my guess is that most people would choose the latter. Even in the days of old, most people would work more and study the Bible less. It’s not a disaster as some portray it
St John Goldenmouth complained that in his heyday Christians knew the names of great athletes but did not know who prophet Hosea was.
With God’s grace people can practice faith freely and choose to go deeper in theology or not. We should all be thankful to Him for giving us these options. And maybe judge each other less? :hugs:
 
Here is a good series about how the Traditional Latin Mass is growing and flourishing…

www.youtube.com

Extraordinary Faith

The YouTube Channel for the EWTN television series Extraordinary Faith
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

I think there are parishes that have the TLM online so you can at least have that experience.
 
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