I am going to my first Latin Mass

[photosynthesis]

Well, I can't go to the Mass on campus tomorrow because I have a job interview in Manhattan on Monday and need to leave home for NJ Sunday night, and our mass on campus is a Sunday evening Mass. So this leaves me to go to Mass at a normal parish. Usually I go to Immaculate Conception, which is the nearest parish, but I am thinking, "hey, I have never been to a Latin Mass before, and this could be my last month living in Baltimore, so why not go to [url="http://www.stalphonsusbalt.org/"]St. Alphonsus Church[/url]?" So I think I will go to Latin Mass tomorrow. I am so excited...I probably glow in the dark! :

St. Alphonsus celebrates the Tridentine Mass with the permission of the Archdiocese, and St. John Neumann was Pastor there! I still can't believe I've gone to school in Baltimore for 4 years and haven't gone to Mass there yet but I have an obligation to make sure we have Mass at Goucher, so that's important.

I have never been to a Latin Mass before, much less a Tridentine mass. What should I expect? Is there anything I should do to be more prepared for it? I want to get the most out of the Liturgy as possible.

[brendan1104]

From what I gather, it's a Latin Novus Ordo, right?

Expect it to be in Latin, there's not much difference in ceremony from the English Novus Ordo.

[photosynthesis]

Well, the website says it's a Tridentine Mass, so I'm guessing they'd be following the Tridentine Rite as opposed to the Latin Novus Ordo.

I was always really wary of going to Latin Mass because I don't want to participate in any schismatic activities.

[Cam42]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 19 2005, 11:13 PM']Well, I can't go to the Mass on campus tomorrow because I have a job interview in Manhattan on Monday and need to leave home for NJ Sunday night, and our mass on campus is a Sunday evening Mass.  So this leaves me to go to Mass at a normal parish.  Usually I go to Immaculate Conception, which is the nearest parish, but I am thinking, "hey, I have never been to a Latin Mass before, and this could be my last month living in Baltimore, so why not go to [url="http://www.stalphonsusbalt.org/"]St. Alphonsus Church[/url]?"  So I think I will go to Latin Mass tomorrow.  I am so excited...I probably glow in the dark! :

St. Alphonsus celebrates the Tridentine Mass with the permission of the Archdiocese, and St. John Neumann was Pastor there!  I still can't believe I've gone to school in Baltimore for 4 years and haven't gone to Mass there yet   but I have an obligation to make sure we have Mass at Goucher, so that's important.

I have never been to a Latin Mass before, much less a Tridentine mass.  What should I expect?  Is there anything I should do to be more prepared for it?  I want to get the most out of the Liturgy as possible.
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It is the indult. It is perfectly acceptable. What to expect? Lot's of Latin, not so much English. The ceremony will be different and you won't participate (participatio activa) as much. However, your active participation (participatio actousa) will be just as vital as in the Novus Ordo.

Let the Mass wash over you. It will be a new experience. Take in all the visusal changes, offer them as prayers. Don't try to keep up with the prayers (that will come, if you like the Mass).

The last thing, don't judge the Novus Ordo against the Tridentine. Take the Tridentine for what it is, Mass. It is no different than the Novus Ordo, just a different ceremony and a different language.

Have fun!!!!!

[photosynthesis]

awesome! I have enjoyed going to Novus Ordo Masses in other languages in the past. It was always really easy to know what was going on because it's the Novus Ordo liturgy, and that's the same no matter what language it's in. If a parish uses the 1962 missal... will they use the same readings? Will it still be the feast of Christ the King?

[brendan1104]

No it will be the last Sunday after Pentecost. The Tridentine feast of Christ the King is always and exclusively the last Sunday of October, and most of the time the readings are different. Good luck.

Edited November 20, 2005 by brendan1104

[photosynthesis]

do you know where I can find the readings?

[the_rev]

They hsould have missals in the back of church.

Look for "Last sunday after pentecost"

In addition There might be a red book from Ecclesia dei, that is a good guide for newbies.

Last but not least the readings will be in latin but usually before the homily it is read in english.

Also you don't say amen when the priest goes to give you communion, he will give you the blessing and you have to receive on teh tongue.

Best of luck, as I head off to the Latin mass right now as well.

Under his mercy,

Eddy Joannes

[photosynthesis]

the Tridentine Mass was amazing!!! There was so much reverence, so much beauty, so much incense!!! Smells and bells rock my world.

They did give out the red Ecclesia Dei missals, which helped me understand what was going on. Having sung Latin Masses in chorus, I understood most of the major parts of the Mass. Even though I didn't participate as much, I felt like I participated in a way that can't be seen or expressed.

Every week, I go to Mass at Goucher, where I do EVERYTHING... I set up the altar, lector, cantor, make the announcements, clean up, bake cookies to eat after Mass.... it's tiring and I often dread going to Mass every week because it's so much work and I feel like it inhibits me from focusing on the Eucharist. So the Tridentine rite Mass was a welcomed break from my "ministry fatigue." I am graduating in less than a month and at some point, people at Goucher will have to figure out how to function without me.

The choir was so beautiful, it moved me to tears. I talked to the choir director, and he said they needed altos. If I end up living in Baltimore when I graduate, I am definitely joining!

I don't know if I could do Latin Mass every week. It would take a lot of getting used to, and it's definitely NOT for everyone. But today, it was perfect.

[missionseeker]

I am so glad it was so good.

[scardella]

Yeah, it is good to go to one every once in a while. I like to think of it like a treat. I'm not sure if I'd want to go to it every day/every week. It is awesome, though, when you do go.

[son_of_angels]

Well, I would argue that in order to really understand the uniquely Tridentine spirituality (a growing phenomenon among indult Mass attendees) one needs to attend at least one pure Low Mass (no Hymns, no dialogue)... But that is probably just me.

Daily Trad Mass is food for the soul. (short break into poetry)

Low Mass (at Midnight)
It is the song which whistles in the cold stillness,
Breath of God, beyond what music can express,
A whisper in the dark folds of the Sacred Heart,
A beating drum within the lonely mind's wailing.

Here, the sacrifice be spilt, unbloody blood,
Body broken, with perfect resurrection joy.
O but that this perfect contemplation learned
Might never cease its groaning's swift and slow caress.

For as the Serpent learns his tools of cruel hate,
How much greater has the hermit learned the song
Which casts him off. The Meal of Sacrifice transformed
Into the perfect tool of sweet celestial music!

[the_rev]

I was going to post before that you'd come back wanting to go again. It like addictive. I went to a daily low mass in August becuase my grandma had surgery. I then went back the following sunday, and most sundays since. Except for one when I had a meeting and pnemounia.

Yesterday was the first time i was at the tridentine mass this month and let me tell you it felt good to be back!

In Him,

Eddie

[Totus Tuus]

I go to the Tridentine every Sunday, but the first few times it was very confusing for me. It took me at least a month or two to be at ease and know where I was in my missal. Sometimes priests will say things very quickly or sliently so you can get lost if you're trying to follow, but don't worry, you can normally find your place again later.

How did you like it?

Lauren

[Extra ecclesiam nulla salus]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 21 2005, 12:11 AM']the Tridentine Mass was amazing!!!  There was so much reverence, so much beauty, so much incense!!!  Smells and bells rock my world.

They did give out the red Ecclesia Dei missals, which helped me understand what was going on.  Having sung Latin Masses in chorus, I understood most of the major parts of the Mass.  Even though I didn't participate as much, I felt like I participated in a way that can't be seen or expressed.

Every week, I go to Mass at Goucher, where I do EVERYTHING...  I set up the altar, lector, cantor, make the announcements, clean up, bake cookies to eat after Mass....  it's tiring and I often dread going to Mass every week because it's so much work and I feel like it inhibits me from focusing on the Eucharist.  So the Tridentine rite Mass was a welcomed break from my "ministry fatigue."  I am graduating in less than a month and at some point, people at Goucher will have to figure out how to function without me.

The choir was so beautiful, it moved me to tears.  I talked to the choir director, and he said they needed altos.  If I end up living in Baltimore when I graduate, I am definitely joining!

I don't know if I could do Latin Mass every week.  It would take a lot of getting used to, and it's definitely NOT for everyone.  But today, it was perfect.
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do you know who the celebrant was? was it the very short priest or was the priest average looking?

sam