Agreed. It’ll be interesting to see if that happens.
Also, though, I wonder if the article’s author knows that a Mass said in Latin is not necessarily a Tridentine Mass. I haven’t yet attended a “Latin” Mass that wasn’t a simple Latin translation of the post-Vat II Mass. And, of course, with modern church-design, it’s getting more and more difficult for the celebrant NOT to face the congregation.
it’s getting more and more difficult for the celebrant NOT to face the congregation.
Yes, versum populam orientation...the single most destructive change from the comedy of errors known as Vatican II...
“Also, though, I wonder if the article’s author knows that a Mass said in Latin is not necessarily a Tridentine Mass. I haven’t yet attended a “Latin” Mass that wasn’t a simple Latin translation of the post-Vat II Mass.”
The original post Vatican II Mass, i.e., the source document, is in Latin. Any vernacular versions are translations of the official Latin; thus, the recent re-translation is an attempt to be more faithful to the Latin of the original Novus Ordo Mass, e.g.,”...and with your spirit...” as opposed to “... and also with you ...”
Interestingly, when you read the rubrics (such as they are) of the original post Vatican II Mass, it is clear that those who wrote the Mass expected the priest to continue to celebrate the Mass with his back to the people (this is deduced from the “stage directions” instructing the priest to turn to the people to give a blessing, for example).
It is also fairly easy to convert the altars used for the Novus Ordo Mass to the “ad orientem” configuration with priest and people facing the same direction. This is done routinely in my area, in a very modern “theater in the round” abomination of a church.
If you haven’t been able to find a real Traditional Latin Mass in your area, please email me backchannel, and I will try to help you find one. There is even a “TLM Finder” app that I have on my iPhone that I use when I am travelling.
It is my hope that Mr. Scalia’s funeral mass is a proper Tridentine Requiem Mass.