“Ah yes, I remember those solemn Masses when the Catholic Church did not play the politically correct game.
The Church decided to fling open the windows to the world at Vatican II, and look what flew in since 1964.”
I should add, that the Extraordinary Rite uses the old cycle of Proper readings and Feasts - so, yesterday was the Feast of the Holy Family in the old rite.
So, in keeping with this feast day, the Sermon (not homily) was verrrrrry traditional in its defense of the family and the priest emphatically explained unrelenting pressure of the popular culture to undermine the family as the basic unit of allegience, preferring allegience to the State.
It was a family values tour de force. I didn’t know whether to applaud or cry. (Since one is not supposed to applaud at Mass, I chose the latter.)
May God bless Pope Benedict for allowing the traditional rite to be said without any need for permission or special dispensation!
Yes indeed, God bless Pope Benedict indeed for this!
Regrettably, the situation on the ground remains that the bishop still has to give his permission as a practical matter.
Of course any NO priest has the legal right to use the Extraordinary Form, but of course his bishop has the power to make the priest's life a living hell should he exercise that right.
“Since one is not supposed to applaud at Mass....”
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Don’t you like applauding and holding hands at Mass?
(Of course, not all at the same time.)