Old-time religion: Latin Mass makes a comeback in Jackson

[@davidhirt9129]

As a catholic from Germany I am eternally thankful for the embrace of the heritage of the catholic church in the US.

[@ML-rd6ci]

Guten tag. Is there any Latin Mass in Deutschland?

[@EHBinTN]

We love TLM. In this busy, noisy world, the TLM reminds us of our Lord’s presence through honor, reverence, and the solemnity. It’s like heaven touching earth.

[@andrewokr16]

I'll give credit to our Eastern Catholic Brethren here. They tend to do a better job at creating the atmosphere that Churches aren't just places to gather and worship, they're supposed to be where Heaven and Earth meet.

[@King-ur7ev]

stupid heretical lefebvrists

[@jamesjacob4002]

Exactly. I honestly feel bad for Roman-Catholics because us Eastern Catholics have our ancient liturgies and the Roman Catholics have a Novus Ordo as their standard liturgical practice. Obviously, I’m not saying the Novus Ordo is not efficacious and good. However, going back to the TLM for Roman Catholics will bring a sense of awe, mystery, beauty, and ancient tradition, like I get every Sunday when I’m in my SyroMalabar-Catholic Church.

[@tcrosslinho5565]

@marynadononeill So you can't hear what is being said, you have an intermediary between you and God, contrary to the new testament, reoffering in your view Jesus own sacfrifice by a Priest, contrary to the new testament that says that Jesus died "once and for all". Medieval nonsense.

[@andrewokr16]

@@tcrosslinho5565 The priest isn't an intermediary, he's an active participant in the worship. It's incumbent on the congregation to understand what's going on, most have a missal with the prayers in them, and to worship alongside the priest.

[@avjb1872]

In a world filled with superficial, passing fads, the Traditional Latin Mass stands uniquely against the chaos and confusion. May it continue to grow far and wide and be once again what it was for millions of souls across the globe.

[@richardpowell1772]

It would, if the current antichrist communist Pope would stop trying to suppress it.

[@hacker4chn841]

The Latin Mass changed my faith. I went from marginally believing (and probably on my way out) and never going to confession, to being fully committed to the Church and developing a personal relationship with Jesus. God is using the Latin Mass to bring my generation back to Him. Glory to God!

[@allenhewerdine3360]

Thank you! This gives me peace and hope. I'm 60 now, and I have seen such a decline in humanity, I believe because of a lack of faith. I hope and pray for my daughter and her fiance to find and come to the Catholic faith and TLM.

[@pamela6197]

The TLM brought me back to my Faith!!!

[@petion2013]

I'm a Protestant investigating the Catholic Church. All new converts I know from the DFW Area are either attending the Latin Mass or leaving their Novos Ordo for the Latin Mass. That's true especially for the young converts

[@marynadononeill]

Not one person who takes the leap to the Catholic faith has ever regretted it. You won't either!

[@CatholicScrolls]

Visit Novus Ordo Watch. The Vatican II sect is not the Catholic Church.

[@smbaran]

You should go to a SSPX Catholic Mass. It IS in good standing. You will experience the very best the Catholic Church has to offer. Totally beautiful.

[@anthonyburke2353]

@petion2013 Holy Mass is the source and summit of the Catholic faith. My advice would be to further look into the Catholic Church, it's claims of authority and attending a RCIA (now OCIA) class, Order of Christian Intiation of Adults. It would help you to connect with more individuals such as yourself and if nothing else, at least you've gotten your answers about the Catholic faith, have met other Christians who are interested in Catholicism, have met Catholics who know their faith and have become more knowledgeable about the Catholic faith in general. God Bless

[@katydidd6321]

I come from a Protestant background and converted, bypassed the Novus Ordo altogether and was cathechized, baptized and conformed in the TLM because I know a good thing when I see it and I take it when its offered. Turns out God was here all along, He was just waiting for me to come to Him. Pax Domini sit semper Vobiscum.

[@Texan1840]

What those who are not Catholic fail to understand is that Mass is not about your experience. Mass is not about you , it is about God and giving thanks and praise to Him alone.

[@grantc9012]

All the more reason to promote the Latin Mass. The traditional form of the mass orients the priest and congregation to the altar and crucifix as opposed to each other.

[@equine2020]

It's the priest interacting with GOD. Not the Parishioners. The parishioners are only there to absorb GOD. To dedicate themselves to CHRIST. No secular music. No interaction with each others. It's not social hour.

[@Texan1840]

@@equine2020 Well I disagree, we are meant to talk / pray with God and receive Him in the Eucharist, so we do interact with God.

[@equine2020]

@@Texan1840 Read my comment. I said parishioners to asbore GOD. Don't misquote me. My comment was the priest directly interact with God. Meaning the priest wasn't interacting with parishioners, only GOD.

[@kstewart3052]

@@equine2020 If you'll read and study the New Testament, you'll find that you cannot defend your view.

[@alejandrawalker5045]

There is something about Latin Mass so sacred that brings my soul to another level of humility

[@MariaHanadi]

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[@Microspectrophotometer]

The actual point of what the Mass is, the sacrifice of Christ made truly present, is the same in the Tridentine Mass, the NO, the Byzantine rites and all valid Masses. It’s all sacred. I also personally prefer the Tridentine rite over the NO, and there is genuine criticism to be made of the EXECUTION of the new form of the Mass in many places, but it’s one and the same Mass.

[@NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi]

It’s just like the same mass Jesus use to give to his disciples

[@Microspectrophotometer]

@ Every valid Mass is the same Mass that Lord Jesus celebrated at the Last Supper. What do you mean by this?

[@igorlopes7589]

​@Microspectrophotometer There is a criticism to be made about the texts of the Novus Ordo itself. The prayers were delibertaly impoverished because they were deemed too "complex" for the laity to understand. And then you have the new offertory, that was done just because they incorrectly thought the old one was inadequate

[@brittalbach416]

During the pandemic in 2020 they locked the churches in Gemany for a while. Only the Pius brothers kept open. So I went there. And it blew me away, I started to cry, this was the real church, the real mass, at the end the prayer to Blessed Mother Mary and to St Michael, the beautiful robes, the priest praying between the Tabernacle and the faithul, direction to the Lord, the 3 times Lord I am not worthy... no giving hands to the faithful right before going to receive our Lord, no communion in the hand and the wonderful music

[@cn4492]

We have the right to have this option at all churches! Bring it back!

[@Microspectrophotometer]

What exactly gives you that right? You have no inherent right to one specific rite or form of a rite. The Novus Ordo is perfectly valid. I also personally prefer the Tridentine Mass, but there is no such “right”.

[@equine2020]

​@Microspectrophotometer Parishioners do have to right to have the Latin Mass is held. It's the foundation of the religion.

[@Seraphim33AD]

Checking out my first Latin Mass on Sunday at St. Clements in ND. Pretty excited.

[@gillesblanchard1699]

@Seraphim33AD -What is so intriguing about this distorted Catholic mass? There are none more ignorant and useless than those who seek answers on knees with their eyes closed. Many American critics have confined themselves to a narrow selection of music, considering ignorance as their fundamental knowledge. I understand that comprehending the situation requires intelligence.

[@Seraphim33AD]

@ yikes 😬 who hurt you

[@xavierp8269]

@@gillesblanchard1699the only thing distorted here is you and your comment

[@patricVivaChristoRey6050]

have a look for the sspx! i convert some years ago to the latin mass ,it is heaven on earth!😍

[@goodfriend3]

​@gillesblanchard1699 Satan's little helper?? Lol

[@marcym2259]

Preserve the Traditional Latin Mass🙏🙏🙏

[@equine2020]

Parishioners must demand the Latin Mass be in every church. At least 1 Mass is Latin.

[@EasrterRising1fan]

It is what the younger people are desiring and many want this beauty back in Our Faith.

[@MariaHanadi]

I grew up with Latin Mass - missed it after Vatican Consili II - but I understood that in a country like ours(many islands, many tribes), we need Mass with local language/s so ppl understand more. But personally I miss it a lot! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MaryC-co8fm]

​@@MariaHanadi no we don't. Latin is the universal language of the Church. Separate Masses with different languages separate us

[@pamela6197]

Our TLM parish is full of young, large families!

[@VintageLPs]

@@MariaHanadiI used to attend the Latin Mass in Germany, the same Mass the world over. After Vatican II, I couldn’t understand a word of German at the church near my son in Frankfurt so I carried the monthly Magnificat with the English prayers and readings.

[@kingofcelts]

I'm from Ireland and I'm blown away by the sheer interest, dedication and growth of the Traditional Latin mass and congregations.. We were like that at one time, but now are possibly one of the most "woke"countries in the world ..pray for us..please

[@nonzeroplot5430]

@kingofcelts, I attend the TLM at St. Mary's. I pray every day for Ireland, the Irish people, and the Church in Ireland. My ancestors came to America from County Donegal a long time ago, but I still love and feel a deep connection with Ireland. May God bless you, your country, and the Church in Ireland. (P.S. An interesting fact about St. Mary's: Until 1968, it had its own high school. The school's mascot was the Gaels... kind of like the Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame.)☘

[@jinniroe5002]

You are and I do.

[@lasfloresdicen]

Níl tú "woke", scíth a ligean.

[@CushmanDavis-z4b]

We use to pray for the conversion of Russia during the Cold War, now we have pray for the conversions of our own countries in the West.

[@JoeArn1]

@@lasfloresdicenhahaha, the country is having a lot of trouble maintaining an identity. Maybe something was lost in translation, but Ireland does need prayers. All of Europe is being taken over my Muslims

[@ahums16]

I am 28, born in 1996. My Mother raised me Catholic, actually Catholic. I never was away from the Church or stopped going to Mass, but I finally came home to the TLM some three years ago now. There is nothing of its like. This is the actual Faith, there is no nonsense, no irreverence, no heresy no blasphemy. It's Church. I cannot tell you what a bastion of light the Latin Mass is in this cold, dark world. Of course it is, it is a part of Sacred Tradition, which is inspired by the Holy Spirit. When they take it away entirely I will absolutely join our priests in the catacombs. As it was in the beginning of our Church. Have heart, little children, your God loves you more than you can imagine. Come to Him.

[@marynadononeill]

They won't take it away. I really don't think so. We need the Latin Mass and we need to stay in the Church. Have hope and pray it won't be removed! It is dangerous to break away. Christ's Church is The Roman Catholic Church.

[@marnatz5]

Well said!!

[@doverbeachcomber]

The Novus Ordo Mass invented in the late 1960’s by a handful of radical bishops and cardinals was NOT what the bishops of Vatican II authorized. The latter never asked for the whole Mass to be rendered into vernacular languages; Latin was to be kept. They never asked for a wholesale rewriting of the Mass to make it a conversation between priest and people instead of an awe-inspiring act of communication with God. They never asked for the priest to turn around to face the people even as he was clearly addressing God. They never asked for the glorious heritage of Gregorian Chant to be replaced with banal faux folk-music tunes that were laughably out of fashion even before they were published. Thank God that young Catholics now are flocking to the Traditional Latin Mass!

[@Eric-kn4yn]

🤮🪳👹💩🤣🇮🇱.

[@marynadononeill]

THIS is the truth! This has been suppressed. Enemies of the Church are responsible.

[@javierfrias2423]

With this church what seems to be going back to the TLM I’m assuming was NO what do you think of the possibility?

[@dariaschooler]

The Mass of the Ages IS the sacrifice to God and the coming into the Holy Eucharist of the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of the Crucified and Resurrected Body of Christ, that we may take Him physically into us when we achieve the state of Grace from fasting, confession, prayer and penance. God is truly among us during and after the Traditional <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="164">2:44</a> Latin Mass. Know that the incense and ringing of the bells are part of the prayers, and not “smells and bells”. Please learn the true catechism. Viva Cristo Rey!

[@shout6892]

While I too prefer the 1962 Missal Mass, the Mass of Paul VI. is still the Mass. The Novus Ordo Missae certainly has problems, but it is valid and licit.

[@RickW-HGWT]

​@@shout6892 But is it reverent ? Look at a mass from 1965 and one from 1975 the loss of reverence is obvious. I'm often told find a reverent NO, why are they not all reverent ?, no one can or will explain who or what caused all this destruction to the mass. At mass your supposed to be at the foot of the cross, have not found that at a loot on no's.

[@FiatVoluntasTuaAmen]

​@RickW-HGWT Reverence is subjective. Being the universal and worldwide church has the consequence of including many cultures and preferences. The Solemn Latin Mass would not be considered reverent to Catholics in Nigeria for example...they want to sing and dance and be joyful during their liturgy. That is the way they want to best worship the Lord. There are many rooms in God's house, brother.

[@RickW-HGWT]

@FiatVoluntasTuaAmen So they are not at the foot of the cross then, reverence is not subjective, in a courtroom there is a secular reverence that is enforced, the mass is about the worship of God, not an entertainment.

[@גבריאל1994]

@@shout6892But it brings people to heresy. Because it comes from the Freemasons.

[@carolynstumpf8327]

My son and I attended midnight Christmas Mass in Hanceville, Al what a blessing ❤️

[@purpleflurp6601]

I love TLM! My parish is full of young families. People are hungry for authentic, traditional worship!

[@markc.mckennydds4783]

"What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely forbidden or even considered harmful. It behooves all of us to preserve the riches which have developed in the Church’s faith and prayer, and to give them their proper place." -Pope Benedict XVI

[@winall9]

My beloved Pope Benedict the 16th

[@sandie157]

This is wonderful

[@luisgerardoluevanosmedina433]

Traditional Catholic Faith Forever and Ever ! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !

[@Eric-kn4yn]

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[@Eric-kn4yn]

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[@Eric-kn4yn]

​​​@@luisgerardoluevanosmedina433 🤮💩👹🪳🤣 🇮🇱👍

[@seraphheart5801]

I remember the first time I attended a Traditional Latin Mass, I was surprised that I did not feel left out by the priest having his back to us. Instead, I sort of felt like the congregation was like the people of Israel standing behind the priest who was like Moses talking to God. It sort of put the tabernacle holding God back into the center of things and shifted my perspective on how this is about the love of God and God's understanding, not limited human understanding. I understand what Vatican II was trying to do and that they had good intentions, but the TLM felt like more love, not less, and I felt like 'this is the real, true Catholic Church'. And I realized, all this beauty in the TLM comes from love.

[@mathewkerr3870]

In reality, the Church did not call for huge reforms of the Mass. The reforms went too far, mostly because of corruption within the hierarchy. The Second Vatican Council, and the document Sacrosanctum Concillium proves that the reforms that the Church was calling for was modest compared to what happened!

[@shout6892]

we did have a Mass according to Vatican 2: It's the 1965 Missal. Prayers at the foot of the altar are a bit changed (Psalm 42/41 "Iudica me Deus" is removed), Prayers of the faithful were introduced and the last Gospel was made optional. Vernacular was permitted, but the prayers stayed the same.

[@mathewkerr3870]

⁠Very interesting! I didn’t know that. It would be interesting to see the Mass celebrated according to the 1965 Missal.

[@JohnFDonovan-by1nt]

@@shout6892 No we do not. take both missals and read them side by side. 85% of the original prayers disappeared. what was left was modified. The Mass of the council was the traditional Latin mass. the reforms called for were to modify this form of the Mass. what Paul VI did was to allow a committee to create a New Mass the Novus ordo in Latin (At least Paul was honest on that point) and impose it on the whole church., which was an abuse of papa authority and sometingh that had never been done in the history of the church. Paul did NOT do what the council asked for.

[@cfban]

The most radical interpretation of the Vatican II call for reform would be for the lectures to be sung in the vernacular as an option (not mandatory), and perhaps for the people to join for the whole Pater Noster instead of only in the last verse. That's it.

[@orobmarl]

"By their fruits, you shall know them."

[@DrModestMom]

This is such a blessing! It gives me hope for the new year!

[@MMC-jp1gl]

When I first saw a TLM I thought "that is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen." Finding the Traditional Faith has been the greatest gift God has given me. It is the pearl of great price I hope ALL find:+) God bless~

[@hawksfan1623]

Same, even coming to it as a Lutheran I felt like I'd been robbed, it's beyond beautiful

[@katdunn7934]

They cut the priest off as he was explaining why his back was toward the people. Yes, he is praying to God, but he is also representing the people behind him who are praying to God. Traditionally, the priest faces the East. So all parishioners would face East as well, praying to God.

[@marysisak2359]

FYI: Traditionally all Catholic Churches were built so that the priest and parishioners would be facing East in anticipation of the return of Christ since the Bible states that is the direction from which He will return.

[@elofamily7241]

Not-so-secret: Latin Mass is making a comeback everywhere! :D It's beautiful.

[@joshflinchbaugh5866]

I attended the Novus Ordo for several months after my conversion to Catholicism and what I loved the most was that brief moment of sacred silence after the liturgy of The Word and after Holy Communion in a prayer of thanksgiving. I wanted more of that. The TLM has made my love for the Holy Mass and belief in the Real Presence more elevated, real, and serious. It's also made me more attentive and prayerful during the Holy Mass knowing beforehand what actually happens on the alter from various KZbin videos.

[@marccrotty8447]

Josh. Welcome to the family of God. You are on the high road.

[@Eric-kn4yn]

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[@Eric-kn4yn]

🤮.

[@kansihorozoynkyodutosorin4922]

To be honest, I also wanna see a TLM irl but no one does that here except some authorized parishes.

[@marccrotty8447]

@@Eric-kn4yn Good that you are viewing orthodox Catholic material. Study our doctrine and Mass. Join our Holy Society.

[@samwiseg7380]

Beautiful! We've been attending for 12 years now. My kids got to grow up with it which I'm so thankful for. A 20 altar boy procession for Christmas was an amazing sight to behold!

[@mr.e8432]

I’m lucky enough to have an FSSP parish only 20 minutes from my house. The TLM masses I attend are always packed. Don’t understand why any diocese would want to restrict them.

[@paxchristi2248]

Because the Vatican is replete with modernists, Liberation Theologists and deviants whose desire is to construct a "new" religion.

[@catherinechiara3914]

Beautiful. The parishioner was absolutely correct: the awe, the majesty and the reverence are amazing when hearing and celebrating the Latin Mass. Interesting that more young people are attending Latin Masses. When you deny the young the beauty, the truth and the reverence, they will seek it out. Merry Christmas to all 🙏 Praying that your New Year is full of God's grace

[@doverbeachcomber]

We have a TLM parish here in my large California city - but they stuck it in a tiny church in a very run-down part of town. Looks like they hoped it would fail. But it’s packed and overflowing for six Masses every Sunday. Mostly students and young families.Meanwhile, the larger, charming parish church near me can’t even fill the pews for its one kumbaya Novus Ordo Mass. Go figure.

[@blankblank8292]

“ but they stuck it in a tiny church in a very run-down part of town.” Tiny & run down; just like the stable where Jesus was born 😇

[@TonyPivetta]

I am a member of St. Joseph Shrine parish in Detroit. The Traditional Latin Mass rocks!

[@christinereich6050]

The silence is beautiful, and it allows you to worship God.

[@gregorycurry2173]

Write on YT.....Post-conciliar Latin Mass......and you will see what such a Mass looks like in Poland

[@Eric-kn4yn]

​​​@@gregorycurry2173 🤮💩🤣

[@Eric-kn4yn]

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[@eamonanthony6767]

I'm an old man l grew up with (THE Mass) for 27 years and l missed it terribly l was never comfortable taking the Blessed Eucharist in my hand l only took it four times under duress and will never do so again, and l was never at ease at the Novus Mundus Ordo with banjo's guitars, piano's cheering clapping et al, l was very fortunate to have been turned away from my parish Church on Christmas day Mass five years ago for not wearing a mask and l remembered l had seen a former protestant church now a Catholic Church a mile away from my home and rushed there l was a little late but have been going there ever since at that time l didn't know it was a Latin Mass Church , God has his way of working and l thank him, before the Novus Mass the Latin Mass was just known as the Mass and it is the Mass happy new year and Deus benedicat omnibus.

[@marynadononeill]

Thank you for this comment. For anyone reading this comment: The official way to take communion is still on the tongue and kneeling in the Roman Catholic Church. I was surprised to learn this! Almost no one is doing this in the main Church but every priest knows this and will administer on the tongue. Keep your hands in prayer position and reverently present your tongue to receive Our Lord. It has become the custom to use the hand almost exclusively (and is permitted to take it in the hand) but you don't have to. Start the change in the 'new' mass. It's amazing to be able to receive reverently. Never have to take in the hand again.

[@eamonanthony6767]

Never let a crisis go to waste@@marynadononeill up until the Gates and cohorts manufactured pandemic, in my country 100% of people took the blessed host on the tongue but no kneeling allowed then, then (they) told silly people its more hygienic to take it in the hand yes from the hands of Priests and (non) priests into the hands of the receivers so instead of the Euchatist being handled just once it's now handled twice everything (they've) done since Novus Ordo 1969 has seen a diminishion of our respect of the Sacred Eucharist, Holy Family and our Lord Jesus in particular, Deus benedicat Mary.

[@gailadams9294]

It’s not “old time religion.” It’s what the Mass should be…

[@brianbacon5149]

+JMJ The Traditional Latin Mass is a treasure linking us to heaven. Vivat Christus Rex.

[@Eric-kn4yn]

💩🤮🤣.

[@peterdownie3901]

Jesus would have hardly spoken a word of Latin! Why pray in a foreign language? It might be entertainment, but you can go see "Back to the Future" for that. Do supporters of the Latin Mass also believe in indulgences and canonizations??

[@jblackacre2325]

I found the Latin Mass 3 years ago in San Diego. The moment I stepped inside, I felt I had arrived where I was supposed to be, home. I am profoundly thankful for the TLM and the priests who fight to maintain tradition, guide us towards God, and administer the sacraments. This would be a bleak world without their help.

[@Pax6368]

@jblackacre2325, which TLM do you attend? I've only heard of one in Pala, St. Anne's and of course the SSPX.

[@jblackacre2325]

@Pax6368 Those are the only TLM in the near area that I am familiar with. St. Anne's is my church. Needless to say, we're incredibly fortunate to have daily mass and such easy access to confession. I have attended mass at the SSPX in Kearny Mesa but haven't been to the Pala location yet. For anyone new to St. Anne's, when you enter through the main doors, the confessionals are on the right. If you need a missal for translating the Latin, they are red and can be found at the back of the church. There is a small prayer card holder on the back wall where you can get a copy of the final prayer we normally do after the St. Michael. Welcome to St. Anne's!

[@EarlyMusicDiva]

I've never thought of it as "with his back to the people" - I've always seen it as facing "with the people" toward God. Also, regarding the inaudible prayers - they are indeed spoken, but one must remember that this liturgy predates by many centuries the invention of the microphone, so no one would have expected to hear every word. Silence is a profound reverence (think of "a minute of silence" at solemn events) and intimacy (think of a couple in love, gazing wordlessly into each other's eyes). At the Latin Mass, we're given that opportunity to fall in love with God and experience that intimacy with Him. There's so little silence and intimacy in today's noisy world, it's no wonder that this attracts people of all ages.

[@jcb3393]

My favorite response to "I can't hear what the priest is saying" is: "because he isn't talking to you!"

[@Eric-kn4yn]

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[@katydidd6321]

@@jcb3393 Bingo.

[@Ari-ih2nl]

Agreed ! The people aren’t merely ‘watching the back of the priest “ but rather, in a spirit of honor & appreciation for his leadership ~ entering right along with him in Honor & Worship of the Almighty GOD of the Whole Universe 🔆🕊⚜️💠⚜️🕊🔆

[@Ari-ih2nl]

Also Agreed ! Having access to the Priest’s prayers in printed form would enable the people to more clearly ‘enter in’ to their worship of the Almighty Holy One AND to magnify the effect of their worship by being able to cognitively AGREE in prayer as prescribed in the New Testament. !’

[@hanswolfgangmercer]

I went to a TLM on Christmas and I was amazed at how peaceful and reverential it was. I've never understood the hostility to it.

[@doverbeachcomber]

The Enemy and his servants hate anything peaceful and reverent, that’s why.

[@cherylwaclawczyk9098]

​@@doverbeachcomberand they recognize its power. Most Novus Ordo Masses are watered down at best, even if still reverent.

[@katydidd6321]

People are brainwashed. They literally watch a video featuring someone saying something bad about it and they believe it without doing any surface-level research on it themselves, and then they spread the negativity for no other reason than they are told to. Thats it. Thats how the vast majority of the roughly 8 billion people on this rock operate every day. Its quite humbling when you think about it.

[@jackieforestieri3010]

TLM is the future of Catholicism, period. It doesn’t matter that Francis hates it.

[@MariaHanadi]

Francis who?? Hate what?!

[@mauricem6359]

@jackieforestieri3010 Pope Francis speaks Latin, do you?

[@veredictum4503]

"Pope" Francis and his cohorts obviously missed the part of the bible whereby the Pharisees sought to silence the apostles' preaching (Acts 5). Only one said - paraphrasing - if it is from man, it will fail. But if this is from God, you will find yourself fighting God! And so Francis and cabal try to stop this. The more vicious they get, the more proverbial rope.

[@katydidd6321]

@@mauricem6359

[@Microspectrophotometer]

jackieforestieri3010 has spoken, guys. Everyone listen to his brilliant worthwhile opinions. I think he meant to say “the Holy Father Francis”. Anyway…

[@zsaniccarle5690]

Bring it back! Please!

[@MariaHanadi]

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[@equine2020]

Parishioners must demand the Latin Mass is brought back. At least 1 Mass in the local church is Latin.

[@prioritymarketing892]

Beautiful! Great to see more movement toward the Traditional Mass in communion with their bishop! Deo Gratias!

[@marybowen8670]

Oremus. Love the Latin Mass!

[@MariaHanadi]

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[@cfban]

Thank God for the Latin Mass. And if your bishop is a generous pastor who allows your diocese to celebrate the Mass freely, thank him as well.

[@konchkonchkonch6540]

The Bishop has to give you permission? Wow how sad to see that your local Bishop has to give you permission to practice Catholicism. I'm so glad I discovered the SSPX.

[@cfban]

@konchkonchkonch6540 I think that the restrictions of the Mass are illegal and invalid. But many priests choose to prudently wait for Easter during this Holy Saturday of the Church. The SSPX (God bless them), has one strategy, and they pay a price for it. Other fraternities, orders and parishes have different strategies, and they pay a different price for them.

[@katydidd6321]

@@konchkonchkonch6540 Yes, thank you for your charity. Some of us live in far-flung regions that don't have an SSPX chapel or church for at least 80 miles, and the snow starts flying in October through April. We are VERY thankful we have a kind bishop!

[@cfban]

@@konchkonchkonch6540 not everyone has an SSPX chapel available. And not everyone thinks that being in a canonically irregular situation is ideal. I have nothing against SSPX; I've been to Mass there. But your attitude is not helping.

[@olafsvenson1561]

Glory & praise to God! May God awaken His clegies all around the world to resume Latin Masses.

[@luiscalderon7251]

I’m so happy for the people of Jackson!!

[@codewalters]

Absolutely wonderful! Bring back old timey values and traditions. Bring back Latin !

[@CrankyGrandma]

The priest’s back is not to the congregation, it’s that the priest and people are facing the same direction, because all are praying to God, Who we symbolically are facing together.

[@doverbeachcomber]

And when there are already-consecrated hosts in the tabernacle, as there often are, God’s right there. Why would anyone turn their back to Him?

[@whatasdf]

All glory, adoration, and praise to our unfathomably merciful Lord and God Jesus Christ!

[@daniel8181]

"not just nostalgia" Is a terrible way to put it, the mass was inaccessible for two generations, yet the largest population is of millenials, who were only able to attend for the first time when they were teens. The Father choked up for a second when he said the prayers were for God, because he has lived most of his priesthood forcibly oriented away from the Lord by these devious alterations to the church that occurred in the 1960s.

[@happylittletrees5668]

I was born in 1961 and hardly remember anything of the TLM since I was very young. Certainly not old enough to appreciate the TLM's beauty. By 1970 it was gone. I feel blessed that I got baptized in the pre-conciliar rite.

[@daniel8181]

@@happylittletrees5668 Thats cool, I was born far too late for that and grew up in the N.O. Eventually I found a TLM and have since attended exclusively. I went from being miserable about the church to frequent confession and multiple masses a week.

[@keedee3104]

This is what young people crave. In Canada in the province that we are in, there is only one Latin mass a year and that’s if we are lucky. But every single time it is packed full of young families and babies. The new form of the mass which we have no choice to attend has very little young people. And the young people that we do see are traditional! When will the Church realize that this is the way worship should be done.

[@upstatelynchmob]

Thank you for this report! We also attend the Latin Mass. The Mass of the ages!

[@jherna9960]

I hope this discovery strikes the hearts of many faithful across our country and around the world. Unfortunately our present contemporary liturgy at mass has been tainted with too much secularistic elements, irreverence, confusion, Protestantism and worst of all a decline in belief in the real presence!

[@paulfaigl8329]

That is the way. No more nonsense 😭. Beautiful ❤️

[@Richard-oo6pc]

The LM is the Mass celebrated for 90% of Church history and yet it's like something new to these parishioners. So much so it made the news. I wish I could tell them all, it's what YOU have been experiencing your whole life that's new. The "new" Mass was created in the 60's with the help of Protestants. I implore every Catholic to look into what happened to form the new liturgy. You'll be surprised. When I took my wife, a cradle Catholic, to the LM she cried. She said she felt like she had been robbed and in a sense, she was.

[@Microspectrophotometer]

It was not created with the help of protestants. There were protestant OBSERVERS at the Council, who in no way influenced it. People from heretical and schismatic sects were invited to the Council of Trent, too. I don’t recall if they actually came, or if they were just invited, but one of those is true.

[@beckywates1819]

OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL. Western Australia GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH, LATIN MASS

[@castaway123100]

All Catholic churches should do at least one Latin Mass a month.

[@marytygett4189]

Grew up with the Latin Mass . I still love attending when I can ❤️‍🔥🙏🥰🕊️

[@Deus_Vult76]

Deo gratias!

[@jannguerrero]

It's going to either be the old Latin Mass or the Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Considering everything that's going wrong nowadays, even within the Catholic Church, of course people would want to walk back a bit from all the novelty.

[@smitrotti]

The Holy Spirit is working extra. Liturgical abuses have only fostered a longing for the real sacrifice.

[@UncleFester-zz5jj]

The priest is facing in the same direction as the people - just like a bus driver. Gotta keep your eyes on the road ahead!

[@janetplonka8110]

Praise God! It’s the true 💯 the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with nothing missing!

[@antoinettedavid2826]

There's nothing like 'Old time religion'! Religion will always be the same. I used to attend Latin mass once a month some years ago. Keep praying for nothing is impossible with prayers!

[@charlottekastelic8432]

In the Traditional Latin Mass the priest does not turn his back on the congregation -- he and everyone faces toward the tabernacle wherein is the center and heart of all Catholic worship: Christ Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament.

[@ericmadsen7470]

TLM is making a comeback. Good news. The next Pope and all the Bishops of the world must work to restore the TLM as it was during the Roman era.

[@leom5671]

Rumor has it it’ll be a Borgorglio 2.0

[@constitutionman9026]

Well, all well and good, but the Tridentine Mass goes back only to 1570, to the Council of Trent. Before then, you had a variety of liturgies, however, they were usually similar to each other, and incorporated the basics--ad orientam, Latin, Communion on the tongue, etc.

[@doverbeachcomber]

Sadly, Francis has so stacked the ranks of the Cardinals with his lackeys that we’ll probably get more of what we’ve had to endure since 2013.

[@cherylwaclawczyk9098]

​@@constitutionman9026not true. The Tridentine Mass was already basically in place at the time of Pope Saint Gregory, growing organically from the Apostolic age. Trent merely codified and standardized what already existed, in reaction to the heresies of the Protestants. Liturgies older than two centuries were allowed, but novelty Masses were not. It's a myth that the TLM is merely five centuries old.

[@katydidd6321]

@@constitutionman9026 Almost as if the Council of Trent just legitimized an already well-established and widespread practice in the face of tremendous social upheavel, isn't it? Huh...

[@Oudeis000]

In the DFW area, the Lord has blessed us with 2 FSSP and 2 SSPX parishes. Even with so many Latin-Mass-only parishes, the people seem to be thirsting for the Tridentine mass that connects us to the liturgy that sustained centuries of the faithful across the globe; at my parish, we have 8 masses on Sunday (including 2 sung or high masses) plus daily mass the rest of the week, and confession is available at least 5x a week. I moved here specifically for availability of the TLM, and I fervently pray that it will be readily available to all Catholics everywhere.

[@irishcottage]

Absolutely magnificent. I will pray that this Mass in Jackson remains in place. May God bless all the dead people who find solace there.

[@ronalddissanayake3614]

We have just one Church giving us the Latin Mass - Our Lady of Guadeloupe - in Kurana, Negombo. I attended the Mass after more than fifty years and it brought back memories when I was an Alter Boy in the 1960s. My granddaughter came with me for this Mass and she liked it so much. Latin Mass and Tradition is the future of our beloved Church. Greetings from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.

[@Sirach_5_11]

Tridentine liturgy is beautiful. Peace of Christ to all catholics from all rites.

[@gregorycurry2173]

Write on YT.....Post-conciliar Latin Mass......and you will see what such a Mass looks like in Poland

[@annemarieelizabethrosevolo4366]

Happy New Year 🕛🎊🕛🎊 2025 and God Bless.

[@michellemcdermott2026]

I love the TLM!

[@gregorycurry2173]

Write on YT.....Post-conciliar Latin Mass......and you will see what such a Mass looks like in Poland

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

trying to change religion to suit a "modern audience" is so foolish. if it was the truth 1000 years ago then it should still remain as unchanged as possible.

[@patrickhouston2610]

Once I could go any place in the world and join in a mass which was as familiar to me as the back of my hand is. Any country in the world we once had the universal mass, was a shame to us all to lose it.

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Beautiful, sadly no TLM near me

[@nickperreault3485]

Send a letter to your Bishop!

[@jmjaquinas7298]

That’s tough, but I encourage you to offer this suffering up in reparation for sins which wound the Sacred Heart. Staying faithful and attending Mass, even with subpar liturgies, will bear great spiritual fruit

[@barry.anderberg]

Old-time religion? I think you meant "timeless religion"

[@rafaeljonathanmonterrosoca8400]

I would love to participate in the Latin Mass!! Greetings from Guatemala country. Viva Cristo Rey del Universo

[@danielsmith6831]

My experiences 100%! I’ll drive two hours both ways to attend a TLM on Sundays. Having a Roman missal helps with active participation and following along but it isn’t necessary. The silence really is awe inspiring!

[@johnwoa]

"This" is the way the Mass was in all Roman Catholic churches worldwide basically from the 4th century up until around 1970. The Second Vatican Council with its new "Novus Ordo" mass unintentionally caused people to become too "familiar" with God. And when you bring God down to the level of man, you often forget to look up to Him.

[@doverbeachcomber]

Well put.

[@Microspectrophotometer]

Unsubstantiated claims. Christ promised that the gates of Hell would not prevail and they have not, and will not. The Council of Trent anathemizes the opinion that “the ceremonies, vestments, and outward signs, which the Catholic Church makes use of in the celebration of masses, are incentives to impiety, rather than offices of piety”. Whatever the Church gives us is valid and good. I also personally prefer the Tridentine form of the Mass, and any abuses in either form are certainly reprehensible, but there is nothing wrong with the NO as such, it is valid and licit. Yes, there could be discussions about certain changes and whether or not they were beneficial, but we ought to leave that to the Church.

[@mutahmarriagecounselor2272]

If God did not want us to be "familiar" with him, why did he become a man and live among us?

[@johnwoa]

@Microspectrophotometer Thanks for your reply! I remember that from the Trent documents as I read the "Catechism of the Council of Trent for Parish Priests" from cover-to cover decades ago along with the related documents. I endured the liturgical craziness of post-Vatican 2. Did you personally attend Novus Ordo masses back in the early to mid-1970's? If so, do you remember when the wine Consecration formulae said "...for all men..."? The Feminist Movement/Women's Libbers threw a fit and the Church in North America was forced to change the wording to "... for all..." and it remained that way until Pope Benedict XVI came along and corrected the Consecration formula once and for all to conform with Sacred Scripture along with other errors that were contained in the Novus Ordo mass. Yes, the Novus Ordo is valid, but I have had many priests tell me that the (old) Latin Mass "is a better way to God". -- John L.

[@mckenzie2260]

God be praised!

[@shmunski101]

I used to be an infrequent flyer to Mass and halfheartedly attended as a cradle catholic thru my 20's until I went to my first traditional Latin Mass about a decade ago... ...I haven't willfully missed a holy Mass since...

[@stevecatlin5609]

I remember when I was in the seminary, I asked for the Novus Ordo to be celebrated in Latin- the official language of the Church. The Rector looked at me with disdain and that was pretty much the end of my vocation. I did not ask for the Tridentine rite, but the Mass celebrated all over the planet in every human language spoken- but Latin was the problem. When you go to the Vatican, even the ATMs are in Latin.

[@RobertoHernandez-rq5bf]

This is the true Mass, not just beautiful but theologically meaningful. The reporter is openly hostile, which speaks volumes in favor of the Latin Mass.

[@JohnParks-zc1pn]

I see his description as accurate, not hostile. The Traditional Latin Mass is significantly different than the Novus Ordo, and it can be a startling experience for someone who is not familiar with it. The Traditional Latin Mass has not been regularly used since the 1960s. Anyone familiar with it at that time would be in his 60s or older now.

[@RobertoHernandez-rq5bf]

@JohnParks-zc1pn you are wrong. The Lati Mass has been used from centuries to date. It has only been restricted by Bergoglio. Even if you were right, what's wrong with old people?

[@andreac6663]

I could not agree more with the statement that this is the true Mass and absolutely more meaningful theologically. It is not just about the beauty of the Mass, but the true doctrine and teachings of the Church. I pray more people who are attracted to the beauty of the Mass will find their way to learning what was lost with Vatican II.

[@JohnParks-zc1pn]

@RobertoHernandez-rq5bf Prior to Benedict's motu propio, it was restricted after Vatican 2. The TLM dates from 1570. The Ambrosian Rite used in Milan and the Eastern Catholic Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom are older.

[@RobertoHernandez-rq5bf]

@JohnParks-zc1pn In fact, it was in 1570 that Pope Pious V, in his Bull Quo Primum, gave the Latin Mass its final form as an evolution of various previous rites, which makes the Mass as old as those rites it's rooted in. By the way, in that same Bull, he stated that his missal could never be abrogated or modified, which is exactly what Vatican II, and more recently, "pope" Francis did.

[@admiraltodd413]

Beautiful church,God I love st.marys,the Christmas mass was gorgeous this year as always! Merry Christmas everyone,ave maria!

[@CurrabegOb]

Wonderful..thank you from the uk..dearest reporter..we’re all looking the same way..in less than 10 years we will all be attending the universal holy Latin mass..and receiving holy communion on the tongue xx

[@patriciadiaz8679]

Thank God ❤❤❤

[@chriss4950]

He said attended the Latin Mass “during this holiday season”. Specifically, what holiday was that? It’s ok to report on a visit to a Catholic church in December as long as you don’t mention Christmas?

[@paulminihan8396]

It is an entirely different experience, and the only Mass I attend - if I can manage it.

[@deutscheseele]

Glory be to God!! 3 years after Traditionis Custodes, still very good news ! they won't stop it !

[@C.Zacarias-Main]

I encourage all people to attend the Traditional Latin Mass. Oremus. 🙏🏻✝️

[@clivejames5058]

Whilst most of us don't speak Latin fluently, as a language, we are more than capable of understanding enough Latin to know what is being said during a Latin Mass. I learnt the Lord's prayer in Latin so I could pray it at home and it's a beautiful language.

[@jeanneelias6732]

Facing the people puts the priest and the congregation in a very uncomfortable position.

[@daynight4902]

AMEN, FOR THE LATIN MASS ALL THE WAY

[@edwardkornuszko4083]

Archbishop Lefebvre pray for us!

[@NovemberEcho-9er1]

The priest is NOT "standing with his back turned to the congregation" he is "standing facing the same direction as the congregation as the leader in our collective sacrifice". Simple as that.

[@samaravelasquez3193]

This is so beautiful 🙏🙏🙏

[@lajazz1]

❤❤❤ This is wonderful. Love to see the return to tradition.

[@juaneeobonilla9811]

Hey Mr reporter ... please leave it alone and don't be asking the diocese for comment on the TLM . You don't understand what's going on in our church and we like to keep our treasures. Peace be to you

[@BrianBenson-rc9mu]

Ya bergoglio hates anything catholic and will close it down!

[@anap847]

Thank you 😭🙏

[@annemarieelizabethrosevolo4366]

Thank-you And God Bless! ✋✝️🕊️💯

[@BrianBenson-rc9mu]

@@juaneeobonilla9811 Why would the diocese want to shut down such a beautiful catholic mass? It makes me wonder if they including Francis are catholic? Seems odd to me

[@Furball2k]

Love it! Vat II was terrible.

[@albertthill8825]

This is fantastic, as the :New English Mass" has lost so much meaning to so many people.

[@metro41412]

Now, this is newsworthy. God bless.