Preference is NOT opposition. I don't ever see how ANYONE could mistake the two. I love BOTH Masses because they are God's great gift to us.
WHY would ANY Christian cavil over the two? It's UN-CHRISTIAN of them to do so
*****In BOTH Masses we are allowed the IMMENSE privilege and gift to be able to CONSUME the very Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus. Who CARES what "rite" is used?
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I went on a tour of eastern Europe and went to a Roman Catholic Mass in Serbia. The ONLY words I understood in the homily the Serb priest gave were "Jesu Christos."
THAT was good enough for me.
I've been to Masses all over this planet. The priests at the Christmas Eve Mass in Cairo spoke a little Arabic, French, German ... and the Lord's prayer was in ENGLISH. Yay, I could pray along.
I didn't need it to be in English to recognize EVERY SINGLE event at that Mass. I've been to THOUSANDS of Masses over my life and the IMPORTANT part, the changing of bread and wine, was there. WHAT else did I need?
THAT is the BEAUTY of our sacred Mass: it's the same at every Mass on the planet. I can only THANK our good Lord for allowing me to be baptized as a Catholic.
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Preference: a greater liking for one alternative over another or others. "a preference for long walks and tennis over jogging" synonyms: liking, partiality, predilection, proclivity, fondness, taste, inclination, leaning, bias, bent, penchant, predisposition
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Opposition: resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument. "there was considerable opposition to the proposal" synonyms: resistance, hostility, antagonism, enmity, antipathy, objection, dissent, disapproval, criticism, demurral
**I didn’t need it to be in English to recognize EVERY SINGLE event at that Mass. I’ve been to THOUSANDS of Masses over my life and the IMPORTANT part, the changing of bread and wine, was there. WHAT else did I need?
THAT is the BEAUTY of our sacred Mass: it’s the same at every Mass on the planet. I can only THANK our good Lord for allowing me to be baptized as a Catholic. **
Bumpus ad infinitum.
You are relatively new here. I am not. I remember folks who departed from FR long before you ever arrived here who were rather hostile toward people who didn't warmly embrace the old rite, but rather, while preferring the old rite, had a live-and-let-live attitude about the whole thing.
I'm not sure there are many left here, but there were some folks who bordered on condemning the new rite as not even valid, and its adherents as bad Catholics.
For a significant number of traditionalists, preferring the new rite = opposing the old rite.
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