Yes, fratres, or sisters and brother, this is an Ordinary Form Mass with extraordinary sensibilities!I appreciate what John Nolan writes in a comment on the post below this one:
"Bear in mind what GIRM 42 says about the gestures and posture of the priest: 'Attention should be paid to what is determined by this General Instruction and the traditional practice of the Roman Rite'. That gives you a fair amount of leeway."
This is the votive Mass from the Post Vatican II Roman Missal for the Blessed Virgin Mary. We did not have a large attendance as it is pouring rain outside and in the mid 40's. Oh the inhumanity of it all!:
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I attend Mass in both forms, although usually in its sung version and almost invariably in Latin. I believe that the integrity of both rites needs to be respected. When singing the Credo I don't kneel at the 'Et incarnatus est' in the OF except on the two occasions when it is prescribed. However, I bow at the 'adoratur' and cross myself at 'et vitam venturi' since the OF rubrics do not exclude it and it is in the tradition of the Roman Rite.
Similarly, I sing the whole of the Pater Noster along with the priest as prescribed in the OF, rather than just responding 'sed libera nos a malo' as I would do in the EF.
A lot of the rubrical changes date from Tres Abhinc Annos (1967) which applied to the Mass then in force. To what extent were they carried over into the Novus Ordo which is a distinctive rite? It's a moot point, especially since the rubrics of Paul VI's new Mass are descriptive rather than prescriptive.
And in order to continue familiarity with the traditional Roman Rite we need its continuing presence in our lives as an example to guide the reformed Rite.
Thank you Joseph. As Pope Ratzinger stated, the Traditional Rite was never abrogated, regardless of what we're being told now.
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