tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post5444718294291814150..comments2024-03-28T05:17:04.006-04:00Comments on southern orders: THE COEXISTENCE OF THE TWO FORMS OF THE ONE LATIN RITE AND THE EF MASS AS THE TEMPLATE TO JUDGE HOW WELL OR HOW POORLY WE CELEBRATE THE ORDINARY FORM OF THE MASSFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-10491624793200588022014-03-09T11:51:07.858-04:002014-03-09T11:51:07.858-04:00"And I encourage my priests and my seminarian..."And I encourage my priests and my seminarians to learn and to know this rite. Even if you never have a chance to celebrate it, knowing it, experiencing it – I guarantee you – will affect the way you celebrate the Ordinary Form. It will do so.”<br /><br />Indeed, it will! Among the numerous priests I know who have learned the celebrate the EF, I've never seen an exception to the rule that attending an OF Mass celebrated by an EF-knowledgeable priest is a sure guarantee of a properly celebrated Mass. So, as a devotee of both forms, I'm grateful that my own bishop is encouraging seminarians to learn the EF. <br /><br />I've always thought it likely that Pope Benedict restored the EF non only to preserve the Church's greatest liturgical treasure, but perhaps even primarily to serve as a model for the reform of the OF. Perhaps a good variant of Fr. Z's dictum (especially for bishops) would be<br /><br /><b>"Support the EF, Save the OF."</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com