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KNOXVILLE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY
NEWSLETTER MASS THIS SUNDAY (August 20, 2017) 11th Sunday after Pentecost 12:00 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville St.
Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal page numbers: Order of Mass (567) Proper Prayers and Readings (356) –
online here,
leaflet here Kyrie,
Gloria, Credo III, Sanctus, Agnus Dei: Mass XI Orbis factor (740) Preface of the Holy Trinity: Missalette or Campion
Missal (598) Closing Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (961) 12:00
noon, Holy Ghost
Church, Knoxville 3 pm, St. Therese of Lisieux Church,
Cleveland 3 pm, St. Mary Church, Johnson City MASS NEXT SUNDAY (August 27, 2017) 12th Sunday after Pentecost 12:00 noon, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville 3 pm, St. Joseph the Worker Church, Madisonville 5 pm, Basilica of Sts. Peter &
Paul, Chattanooga “The
Latin Mass Has Made Me a Better Priest.”
(With a tip of the hat to
the Liturgy
Guy) Since Pope Benedict XVI with his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum
ten years ago restored the traditional Latin Mass to the regular liturgy of
the Church, a constant theme has emerged in comments of priests who’ve
learned to celebrate Mass in its ancient Latin form. Invariably they claim a
deeper understanding of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and of their own
identity and role as priests ordained to offer sacrifice in propitiation for
our sins, through exposure to the older Roman rite.
Fr. Timothy Reid offering a Rorate Mass at St. Ann Church in Charlotte (photo credit:
John Cosmas) Typical is the testimony of Fr. Timothy
Reid—a priest and pastor in the Diocese of Charlotte (NC)--on how offering
the ancient rite has affected him as a priest: “After 9 years of offering the Latin Mass,
I can say that it’s made me a better priest. I’ve loved being steeped in
its tradition and being formed by its rubrics and prayers. Most importantly,
offering the Latin Mass has improved the way I offer the Novus Ordo Mass. The
discipline that the Latin Mass requires in offering it has certainly carried
over into the way I offer the Novus Ordo Mass. I’ve certainly experienced the mutual enrichment that Pope Benedict
XVI hoped would happen when the Latin Mass and Novus Ordo are offered side by
side, and I believe our parish has, too. I definitely have a renewed and
greater appreciation for the awesome dignity of the Mass.”
Archbishop Sample further recommended: “The bishop should also encourage his
seminarians to familiarize themselves with that usus antiquior, not just for the possibility that they may . . .
be called upon to celebrate this form of the Mass for the benefit of the
faithful, but indeed for the future priest’s own appreciation of the deep and
rich liturgical tradition from which the reformed rites flow.”
Ab. Sample celebrating Holy
Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome; Fr. John Zuhlsdorf at right
Church law now gives priests equal rights
to celebrate two different forms of the Roman rite—the Ordinary Form (the
Mass introduced in 1970), and the Extraordinary Form (the ancient Latin
liturgy which dates back to the earliest centuries, essentially unchanged for
a thousand years and more). As the Liturgy Guy asks (here):
Isn’t it time for the Church to listen to men who offer both forms of the
Roman Rite, like Archbishop Alexander Sample and Fr. Timothy Reid? Hasn’t the time come for all priests in
the Roman Rite, and particularly for seminarians, to deepen their understanding
of the Sacrifice of the Altar by learning the Traditional Latin Mass? ONLINE WEEKLY LATIN MASS NEWSLETTER |
