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Monday, July 1, 2019

JUNE 30TH'S EXTERNAL CELEBRATION OF THE TLM AT THE CATHEDRAL IN SAVANNAH WITH YOURS TRULY









10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who takes the pictures? Whoever he or she is does a good job. Also, why gold instead of green for the liturgical color of the day?

Fr. Allan J. McDonald said...

Various people with cameras. Gold can substitute for any liturgical color to add solemnity. White though for Sacred Heart as a substitute external feast which was celebrated on Friday.

TJM said...

Father McDonald,

I just wish there were more priests of your generation who had matured in the Faith since ordination and were as generous as you are in offering the EF. Unfortunately, so many are invested in the post Vatican II failure and are unwilling to acknowledge there is a problem with the standard OF. If one is looking for a transcendent religous experience and "noble simplicity" then the EF is your Liturgy of choice.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous from 30327 thanks for the explanation on pictures and the chasuble---speaking of which, what type is that---Gothic? Roman? And about how many people come to that Mass and how long does it typically last?

Don't often see gold in a Mass but agree it adds to the solemnity.

Fr. Michael J. Kavanaugh said...

It's called a Roman chasuble, or "fiddleback."

The "fiddleback" was not always popular... "St. Charles Borromeo, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, seeking to curtail the cutting back of the vestments laid down legislation on matters such as the minimum dimensions of the chasuble which declared that it should be at least 54 inches in width, from side to side, and should reach nearly to the heels of the priest. Likewise, the apparels on the alb and amice were also insisted upon, at least for solemn occasions. Further resistance to this development of the narrower, fiddleback style of chasuble can be seen in the words of the 17th century Bishop of Toul (which also gives us some clues as to the variances in form): “So cut down is the chasuble... that at the sides it hardly covers the shoulders, much less reaches to the elbows; and this cutting-down has been effected without any sort of warrant of the Holy See or ecclesiastical law, but entirely through the private judgement of individuals ... Not only have they deformed the priestly garment itself until it bears no further resemblance whatever to its ancient shape, but they have also deprived it of its mystical reason for being the topmost vestment...” (New Liturgical Movement)

The Gothic style has a very full cut so that the arms of the alb are not very visible.

There is also a "conical" style that was, I think, favored in monasteries in cold environs. I've tried one on once and thought it would be very difficult to wear when celebrating mass.

Mark Thomas said...

Father McDonald, again I say...

Thank you for having demonstrated that a "Novus Ordo priest" may also serve God's holy Catholic Church as a "TLM priest."

You and priests of your ilk — who offer the OF, as well as the EF — will end the Latin Church's liturgical war.

Your way — a priest who offers the OF and EF — is the way that will lead to liturgical peace within the Latin Church.

May God bless Father McDonald.

May Father's example of offering the OF, as well as EF, inspire Latin Church priests to do the same.

Pax.

Mark Thomas

Paul McCarthy said...

Father who’s celebrating the Latin Mass this Sunday? And I love those alter boys as they do a much harder job in the Latin mass.

Anonymous said...

Father, sorry to have missed you by one week. We will be in Savannah at the 1:00 Mass this Sunday.

Also, I agree with Mark Thomas' comment at 7:07, the diocesan priest is the way forward. I pray that we will have a tradition friendly archbishop come to Atlanta!

Mallen

John Nolan said...

Mark Thomas

You've got it the wrong way round. It's not a question of offering the OF in addition to the EF, it's a question of offering the EF in addition to the OF. The vast majority of 'Latin Church' priests only offer the OF, and then only in the vernacular.

I suspect you are having a swipe at members of those Societies which offer the traditional Mass exclusively, and who are relatively few in numbers, but whom you seem to have taken a dislike to.

Anonymous said...

"I pray that we will have a tradition-friendly archbishop come to Atlanta!"

Like who? And what is exactly meant by "tradition-friendly?" More Latin Masses in the Archdiocese? No women on the altar as servers or eucharistic ministers? A bishop who wears more formal vestments than did Gregory? Well, whoever it is or will be comes into an area that is trending Democratic---think Obama and Stacey Abrams---so lots of luck and prayer whatever their background!