The Beauty of the Solemn High Mass, as Portrayed by Hollywood (Catholic/Orthodox Caucus)

Dignare Me Laudare Te, Virgo Sacrata ^ | 9/25/2008 | myself

[Pyro7480]

I thought I would share this with you.

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping!

[markomalley]

I love the 9 AM Mass at Old St Mary’s.

Wish I didn’t live 25 miles away (@$3.50 a gallon) and I would be there almost every week.

[Pyro7480]

Do you make it to the Silver Spring Mass at 7:30 or St. Francis de Sales in Benedict?

[Ciexyz]

Faith sharing bump.

[markomalley]

I’ve wanted to make the one in Silver Spring, but I have a nocturnal 15 year old. That is tough. And it’s still a bit of a haul (I’ve mapped it...isn’t it basically Wheaton?)

The one in Benedict is out of the question (Laurel to Calvert County)

[Pyro7480]

Ah, I know about nocturnal teenagers since I used to be one (I’m still a night person actually). Maybe you’ll get one in that beautiful St. Mary’s of the Mills eventually. I was up there earlier this year for a day retreat, and it’s a beautiful church.

[NewJerseyJoe]

> I can definitely identify with this kind parish priest's train of thought: "I had been deprived of my birthright."

Those were almost my exact words when I was learning about the true Mass in the winter/spring of 1992. I remember saying, "They have stolen my birthright from me." ("they" being the bishops, cardinals, protestant "advisors," and Freemasons at Vatican II)

[murphE]

"I had been deprived of my birthright."

Yes we had been. Thank God for Archbishop Lefebvre.

[Pyro7480]

Even though the situation with the SSPX is lamentable, he did force the Vatican’s hand, which ended up planting a seed that has produced much fruit.

[Dajjal]

bumpus ad summum

[ELS]

and the offering priest ... doesn't chant the Ite Missa Est at the end

I'm pretty sure that the celebrant doesn't chant the Ite Missa Est at a Solemn High Mass. Did you mean that no one chanted the Ite Missa Est?

[markomalley]

Ah, I know about nocturnal teenagers since I used to be one (I’m still a night person actually). Maybe you’ll get one in that beautiful St. Mary’s of the Mills eventually. I was up there earlier this year for a day retreat, and it’s a beautiful church.

It is that. But unfortunately, the last upgrade made it decidedly non TLM friendly...they installed a permanent freestanding altar in front of the high altar...

And you know that big crucifix you saw above the tabernacle? It was made from the remnants of the altar rail removed about 20 or so years ago.

[Desdemona]

Stolen Birthright bump.

Unfortunately, Solemn High Mass at the Oratory here is at 10 am - same time as the High Mass where I am in the choir. But, as things tighten, we are seeing more and more of the traditional elements. It may happen yet.

[k omalley]

I still go to Mass at Old St. Mary's every time I am in D.C. Going to Mass there is like finding an oasis in a desert.

[Bigg Red]

...wondered how and why the Church had ever discarded something so beautiful....

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As a senior who remembers the beauty of the pre-Vatican II liturgies, I can certainly relate to that!

Thanks for the post and the ping.

[Bigg Red]

Did you mean that no one chanted the Ite Missa Est?

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Isn’t it the priest who says that the Mass is ended?

[ELS]

Did you mean that no one chanted the Ite Missa Est? Isn’t it the priest who says that the Mass is ended?

At a low Mass (Missa Lecta) and a sung High Mass (Missa Cantata) the priest says or chants the Ite Missa est, respectively. However, at a Solemn High Mass I am reasonably certain that the celebrant (the main priest - most Solemn High Masses these days have three priests as ministers: the celebrant, deacon and subdeacon) does not chant the Ite Missa est.

[Straight Vermonter]

I remember being amazed at the beauty of the Mass as displayed in the movie and wondered how and why the Church had ever discarded something so beautiful. I remember being angry that I had been deprived of my birthright.

Sounds very like my own experience just a few years ago. I love the TLM and wish I could attend every week.

[Romulus]

ELS is correct. After Solemn Mass the Ite is chanted by the deacon. Though Mrs. Romulus and I were blessed to have a Solemn Mass for our nuptials, I confess I didn’t recall whether the Ite is sung in that form — so I’ve just dashed out to the car to check my copy of Fortescue. The answer is yes, it is chanted.