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The
Case for the Latin Mass
DIETRICH VON HILDEBRAND
Reprinted from the
October 1966 issue of Triumph
Excerpt: THE ARGUMENTS for
the New Liturgy have been neatly packaged, and may now be learned by
rote. The new form of the Mass is designed to engage the celebrant
and the faithful in a communal activity. In the past the faithful
attended mass in personal isolation, each worshipper making his
private devotions, or at best following the proceedings in his
missal. Today the faithful can grasp the social character of the
celebration; they are learning to appreciate it as a community meal.
Formerly, the priest mumbled in a dead language, which created a
barrier between priest and people. Now everyone speaks in English,
which tends to unite priest and people with one another. In the past
the priest said mass with his back to the people, which created the
mood of an esoteric rite. Today, because the priest faces the
people, the mass is a more fraternal occasion. In the past the
priest intoned strange medieval chants. Today the entire assembly
sings songs with easy tunes and familiar lyrics, and is even
experimenting with folk music. The case for the new mass, then,
comes down to this: it is making the faithful more at home in the
house of God.
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Novus ordo Missae: The record after thirty years
Excerpt: Mass attendance of U.S. Catholics fell
precipitously in the
decade following the liturgical changes and has continued
to decline ever since. This decline moreover is not an
isolated phenomenon, confined solely to the Church in
America. In England and Wales, the time pattern of Mass
attendance has been just as bad, perhaps even worse.
Church attendance of Protestants, in contrast, has followed
a much different path.
External Links:
Motu Proprio: Summorum Pontificum (USCCB
Link) (Latin,
Vatican Link) (Father
Z)
Training in the Extraordinary Form (FSSP)
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