Historical Recreation of a 15th Century Catholic Latin Mass

This video is an historical reconstruction of a Roman Rite mass as it would have been done October 4, 1450, 18th Sunday after Pentecost.

[@fabrizio483]

As a Catholic, I feel cheated by the fact that the Church has taken this away from me.

[@rob7800]

it's ashame the majority of Catholics will never experience the majesty, reverance, respectfulness​, and beauty of the Latin Mass. A beautiful way to worship Our Lord.

[@johnobeid67]

This can’t be a Mass, surely? I mean, people are actually praying before and after Mass (not having a loud chat to everyone), the priest didn’t tell any jokes, there were no pop songs or guitars, people received Holy Communion in a pious way, the Host wasn’t dropped on trodden on, there was no clapping, people stayed around and prayed after Mass etc etc.

[@barbararickman8543]

Even though this production was done in Swedish, I understand the mass, thus, proving that we need to return to the Latin so that all may attend anywhere they go on the face of the earth.

[@ElizaDolittle]

This is the way it was meant to be. The priest was supposed to lead us all into prayer to God - that's why he faced the altar, not the parishioners. By facing the parishioners the focus of the congregation was on the priest, not on God. When the priest faced the altar we were ALL experiencing God together. The focus was on God. The priest only faced the congregation during the homily and when he administered the eucharist. This is so beautiful.

[@JosephCapelli]

I would leave the Anglican Communion for Rome if Roman Catholic churches still widely practiced this Mass. My Anglo-Catholic church has more traditional Catholic worship & liturgy than my local RC churches!

[@w6pxt]

Pope Francis should resign

[@eduardoschiavon5652]

This is wonderful. I attend the Latin Mass in 2021, and I would be able to attend the Mass with people from 500 years ago. This shows the Catholicity of the Rite, its Universality, not only in space, but also in time.

[@avenger822]

I can't, for the love of God, understand how anyone would abolish this.

[@panpiter]

This video was made together with the Parrish, Kristi Lekamens Katolska församling i Visby, and sung in one of the medival churches of the Island of Gotland. Anders Piltz, the Priest is a proffesor of latin in Lunds University and also a Catholic Priest. The Cantor is Mattias Östborn also Cantor at the Catholic church of Visby. Al this happend some years ago.

[@jakepimentel]

Am I seriously going to drop everything I'm doing and sink 1 hour of my life into an impulse decision to watch this?

[@RobbySuits]

As a regular Latin Mass goer, I feel totally at home with this video and understand everything about it...and that is so beautiful and so Catholic! Imagine how many Saints can say the same!

[@elenagallie7003]

As a music specialist, it would be criminal of me not to inform the blog here that in my humble opinion all the chants are from the Missale Romanum or the local breviary which would have had many Roman chants in it. What is haunting is the silence and the richness of the meagre resources. It is a simple but incredible achievement.

[@mr.blister4856]

I am a roman catholic, and I attend the traditional latin mass every week. I knew all of these hymns and prayers.

[@martin-458]

My translation of fr Piltz words for those interested:

[@Zhar555]

OMG, I'm actually understanding the latin speech based on what I hear every sunday at Mass! (no, I haven't studied latin)

[@lehuynguyen1175]

I pray that one day, the Traditional Latin Mass will be restored!

[@latinmasschoir5581]

We sing the same introit NOW as was sung then. This eternal liturgy shows the power, efficacy and legitimacy of the old Mass. May it return everywhere throughout Christendom

[@vivianpinto1811]

I Remember n my childhood, Latin mass,The way we respect to the holy sacrament,Ladies are covering their head,etc etc,Now everything is changed,I wish that days should come back

[@aquariuskiwilog]

This is a Swedish production, had no idea it existed thanks for digging it up!