Latin Mass Petition - Des Moines, Iowa

http://www.petitiononline.com/p6b8n4k2/petition.html ^ | 7/10/2011 | dnandell

[BillyBoy]

>> I don’t know where you live, but that isn’t the case here. Here we have the ONE TLM, a couple of reverently celebrated NO’s and then what my friend refers to as the novus bozos. Not much of an alternative for those us in flyover country. <<

I'm in the Chicago area. Out here you can probably find masses in about 20 different languages and cultural traditions, and worship in about 8 different types of liturgies. I was raised Roman Catholic but currently attend a non-Roman rite church that uses an eastern orthodox style Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Most of the parishioners are eastern European, I'm an exception to the rule. It's about a 35 min. drive from my house, all the other rites and traditions could be assessable within an hour drive. If you wanted a mass in German, the archdiocese would ask "High German or Low German?" and then find you a nearby church.

>> We do drive 3 hours round trip once a month to an FSSP parish Omaha. But wow, does that add up. <<

Sorry to hear the situation is different in the Des Moines area. The Tridentine Mass is not my cup of tea (I prefer services to be in my native language, and the only Latin words I know are medical and legal terms), but if you prefer it, more the power to you.

I also apologize for being snarky earlier, I know by "latin mass" you meant latin LANGUAGE mass, but I was just nitpicking because when they refer to liturgial styles, "latin" just means the Roman rite in general. Hence you'll see protestants and orthodox refer to all Catholic masses as "latin"

>> Hopefully, with the updating of the NO liturgy English come at the end of the year or on the 1st Sunday of Advent, hopefully a renewed since of reverence will start to come into play. <<

From what I've heard, the new translation is much closer to the original Latin text than the version we've been using for 30 years, but even then alot of Catholics that grew up with the current version are complaining (many of the translations, like saying "And with your spirit" instead of "And also with you", are already used in my Byzantine rite service). As I said, no matter what the church does you'll find someone unhappy with the situation.

[married21]

Take the Saturday mass time. It’s a whole lot better to have mass in the church on Sat. evening than Mass in the basement. It gets you inside the actual church, and it gets you “mainstreamed” into the schedule. People who need to go to church on Sat. for some reason, will discover that it won’t kill them to sit through a Latin Mass. It’s your foot in the door toward dispelling other congregants’ hesitation about Latin masses. Take it now, and your chances improve for a later “upgrade” to Sunday.