Gee, imagine that! 
Posted on 08/10/2006 11:15:52 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Hubris, hubris. Who can know what is more pleasing to God? The Latin mass is more pleasing to me but God may prefer a mass said in Portuguese. On a cruise ship. On a balmy night under a full moon just after midnight near the Equator.
Mwa ha haaaa (evil grin)....and so it spreads!!
My husband and I will one day relocate from NY, and Virginia is on the top of our list. While looking for towns with traditional Catholic churches, I came across St. John the Baptist's website and was thrilled to see that they were about to begin celebrating the TLM.
So now...Front Royal is on the top of our "Virginia" list of places to relocate. I only wish St. John's had a school, and that there was a good, traditional Catholic High School nearby.
I wish the (very lucky indeed) parishoners of St. John's the best of luck, and may God bless the priest who broght them the TLM.
Regards,
God bless you. When I was a kid and served the Tridentine Mass (late 1950s), 40 minutes was extraordinarily long unless it was a Solemn High Mass or the pastor's funeral or some such. I don't want to deprive those who want every bell and whistle three times over, but it would be nice to have weekly Masses in manageable time frames at convenient times and places: The Mass of the Ages not the Mass that Lasts for Ages.
Laus tibi Christi!
1959 sounds about right. And you too rushed through saying the "Confiteor" in words so fast they couldn't be comprehended? (he implores, ashamedly)....
Frank
Be nice if some of this rubbed off on the Diocese of Richmond.
My cousin passed away two months ago and he had a Latin Mass. The choir sang the Mass in Latin and the altar had a railing. The church also had statues.
I remember the days of no summer homily. Of course those were the pre airconditioning churches when some of the women who were standing (the churches were packed in those days)passed out in the aisles.
We have one here in Kansas City, also. I love Bishop Finn! Here's our website if anyone is ever in the area and wants to attend!
http://oldstpatrick.com/
I wouldn't say it's hubris at all. I think, as Our Lord put it, "by their fruits, you shall know them." The Mass of the Ages is known to be associated with many saints, and a Christian society. It's too soon to say whether the post-Vatican II liturgy is or isn't conducive to sainthood, but it definitely isn't associated with a Christian society. It is definitely a product of the zeitgeist.
LOL! Fr. Fasano, as cool as he is, and as good as a homily he gave, was a bit like the Energizer Bunny. He kept going and going.... ;-)
That church has a very good website! My uncle lives in Kansas City, and if I ever end up there, I will definitely check out that parish!
Gee, imagine that!
" It's quite thorougly possible for priests who didn't attend a "traditionalist" seminary, and are not members of a "traditionalist" order to offer the Tridentine Mass."
Not in our diocese (Portland, OR).
Our priests are not required to take Latin in seminary.
I'm not trying to pick on you, but, honestly, is 1.5 hours all that much to offer up at a beautiful Mass on Sunday?
If Christ could bleed out for three hours on that cross for me I sure can handle a one or two hour Mass!
What about the Melkites? Or Russians? Their liturgies are often two or three hours long. Wouldn't bother me in the least.
Are you sure these priests were not trained by FSSP or some other traditionalist priests?
Fr. Fasano apparently already said Masses (the new Mass?) in Latin for sometime:
http://www.catholicherald.com/parish%20profiles/catherine.htm
" It's quite thorougly possible for priests who didn't attend a "traditionalist" seminary, and are not members of a "traditionalist" order to offer the Tridentine Mass."
Not in our diocese (Portland, OR).
Our priests are not required to take Latin in seminary.
I know some of them, particularly Fr. Pollard and Fr. DeLadurantaye. Fr. Fasano has been offering a (Traditional) Latin Mass, although not on a regular basis, at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish for a few years. I've met him a few times.
This is my Diocese.
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