Posted on 07/16/2007 5:46:00 PM PDT by Coleus
Sad...who in the RC congregation under the age of 60 (perhaps you fit this) is going to understand the Latin liturgy. On second thought, God forbid, the young in the laity to understand and have relationship with their Creator...after all, that is reserved exclusively for the priesthood. < /sarc > Pax vobiscum!
How about, facing God?
If Mr. Budesheim’s forcing you to attend the Tridentine Mass at gunpoint you should probably call for help. Otherwise, stop worrying about other peoples’ religious practices and go enjoy your local Sunday sing-a-long.
Not to mention facing in the same direction as the congregation. I guess it’s all in the interpretation, huh? And here I thought the “progressives” wanted the priest to be closer to the people and not some act on a stage.
There is fear in the Cafeteria!
I am in my late 30s my children range from 18 months to 15 years and we are studying Latin as a family to understand the trad mass better.
This change is not just about the old, in fact I would say the young in the Church are more excited than the old.
Catholic ping!
I wish the article had included some of the interested young people. Maybe it’s an overall reaction to the influence of the 60s radicals and boomers, but I think I’ve read that Orthodox Judaism is on the rise among adult children of reform or non-observant parents, too.
How about stands WITH the congregation, facing the Lord?
Our Latin Mass community is well under the age of 60.
My parish of 850 families, as 8 children as the average. Family buses are the mode of choice. Crunch the numbers.
Right now, as we speak, we have Latin in our liturgy. Many of us are asking for the TLM.
Even my seven year old has been singing Latin since she was four. She sings Latin and English versions of many songs. She is better at translating than I am.
We study Latin and Greek using “English from the Roots Up”. So, some Catholics may not understand it, but the young more than the boomers will get it.
Of course they are, because it makes church feel like church, and not like an interminable amateur school assembly that they have to sit through on Sunday morning.
I think it would be good if we had some kind of a rite of passage like the Jews do where the kids have to show an ability to read and speak Hebrew before they can be full members of the church.
I’m no way near sixty and I admit, I’m excited about a Latin Mass. There’s something that rings and echoes in Latin in prayer.
Can’t explain it but there’s a power in it. So I’m looking forward to it.
NJ bump!
I’m not sure that we need it as long as the NO is the ordinary rite.
However, any parent with an ounce of brain realizes that learning Latin is a huge boost to many future studies.
I think that we should request Latin classes along with our TLM.
I hope you're in a diocese with a bishop amenable to it. I'm not unfortunately, and I'm afraid for Boston it's going to be a long wait!
Well I don’t know yet about the local Bishop but my sense is there is a strong traditional following that should and will be heard in Newark region of NJ.
your local bishop alread approved tridentine rite masses in the Newark Archdiocese and I wouldn’t be surprised if St. John’s in Orange starts in the near future.
JERSEY CITY: Holy Rosary Church, 344 Sixth St.: 10 a.m. Sunday
NEWARK: Saint Antoninus, 337 S. Orange Ave.: Sundays at varying times (call)
WEST ORANGE: St. Anthony of Padua
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