tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post7138510009156789093..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: ST. JOSEPH CHURCH: EMBRACING OUR STANDARD LANGUAGE FOR THE LATIN RITE: "LATIN!"Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-43697456500445355212010-02-06T19:21:05.997-05:002010-02-06T19:21:05.997-05:00Excellent, I wish some New York parishes would do ...Excellent, I wish some New York parishes would do the same !! Father, I have to say I find it hard to believe this is actually happening somewhere. What has been the response so far and do your fellow Priests find what you are doing in a positive light? Are any considering the same? So many of us feel deprived of the language of the Church, hearing it, praying it, feeling its' unifying force. Attending and EF Mass once in NYC my most memorable moment was when the whole parish sang the Credo in Latin, a few hundred people, robust and confident. The woman in front of me had a Latin /Spanish Missal, mine Latin/ English and we were both singing in unity the Creed in Latin. That is true, active participation. I was moved so much by the experience I wish to hear it this way in every Mass. Unforgettable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-86551079897476533702010-01-27T18:53:06.867-05:002010-01-27T18:53:06.867-05:00Dan: "I have never seen this practiced in any...Dan: "I have never seen this practiced in any parish."<br /><br />At Holy Ghost Church in Knoxville (TN), where on Sunday we have 5 OF Masses in English, one TLM, and one Byzantine divine liturgy--in addition to a Saturday evening vigil Mass in Spanish, Fr. John Arthur Orr (our TLM celebrant) leads sung Lauds at 6 am and Vespers at 5:30 pm (OF in English) daily Monday through Friday. With cope and incense at during the Magnificat at Vespers on solemnities and feasts.Henry Edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-10463478633054682552010-01-27T18:43:04.957-05:002010-01-27T18:43:04.957-05:00Fr. McDonald, what you're doing deserves wider...Fr. McDonald, what you're doing deserves wider attention. I have just pointed to it in the comments at<br /><br />http://wdtprs.com/blog/2010/01/start-teaching-gregorian-chant-to-parishes-before-the-new-translation-starts/Henry Edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25026119970694013122010-01-27T18:36:13.081-05:002010-01-27T18:36:13.081-05:00To Dan, from Fr. McDonald, that's a tough one....To Dan, from Fr. McDonald, that's a tough one. If we only had one major Mass on Sunday, in the morning--then it might be possible to do this. I believe many parishes in the past did so, especially when evening Masses on Sunday were not possible. We do solemn sung Vespers about twice a year within Benediction. We have spoken vespers and Benediction every Wednesday at 5:30 PM--in fact just completed it. So we are striving to follow this, just can't do it on Sunday.Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-70491372141040528452010-01-27T17:08:59.529-05:002010-01-27T17:08:59.529-05:00Very interesting! However, the document seems to ...Very interesting! However, the document seems to allow for ALL the parts of the Mass to be in the mother tongue so long as approved by ecclesiastical authorities.<br /><br />Also, what do you think of this quote from the document:<br /><br />100. Pastors of souls should see to it that the chief hours, especially Vespers, are celebrated in common in church on Sundays and the more solemn feasts. And the laity, too, are encouraged to recite the divine office, either with the priests, or among themselves, or even individually.<br /><br />I have never seen this practiced in any parish.Danhttp://livingwaterinanemptydesert.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com