Unlike Pope Leo, though, I was able, by Pope Francis’ special permission after his godawful Traditionis Custodis, to celebrate the TLM at Savannah’s Sacred Heart Church. I was able to hear and internally participate (actual participation) in the 15 minute chanting by Sacred Heart’s fantastic schola, the more that 1000 year tradition of the Tractus.
The first photo is of some John Paul II High School students from Saint Gregory Church in Bluffton, SC, who attended the TLM for the very first time. They were absolutely blown away.
And the second photo is of a young man who had grown up in a large non-denominational church in Savannah, who, by experiencing the TLM, is now preparing to become a Roman Catholic.
Truly the TLM is a powerful tool in the Church’s really new evangelization! Other pictures of Sunday’s TLM with yours truly follow:
My actual participation in the 15 minute chanting of the First Sunday of Lent Tractus, that has more than a 1,000 year tradition in the Mass, but Bugnini Mass goers never have heard!:
2 comments:
Your article includes the trigger word 'Francis' you can expect word salads from certain quarter.
As a Byzantine Ruthenian, this ordering just looks like Western Christian liturgical perfection. Enough with the other lunacy already. Given all the church closures in 7 short weeks of the new year, the "new" way is obviously not working. As well, the young both recognize and embrace tradition as bedrock. Even better aligning the NO with this model would likely demonstrate the goals of divine worship more clearly. The "biological solution" is taking way too long, some souls are being saved (would be unfair to conclude otherwise) but do RC NO'ers truly understand the mass as Calvary, Resurrection, redemption and eternal life???
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