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I recently attended a funeral -- we traditionally say "Requiem Mass" but this was called Mass of Christian Burial.
The music was somewhat traditional, as a lot of it was in Latin, Gregorian Chant. But it was all NovusOrdo. The various parts of the liturgy were in the vernacular.
So effectively, it was more honest than the canonization ceremony was, which was largely in Latin, and what wasn't Latin was mostly Italian (however the "prayers of the faithful" were in many languages which is commonplace in NovusOrdo settings like this these days).
While it might be upsetting to the stomach for many Trads and/or members of CI to pay any attention to what's going on in NovusOrdo parishes nearby and around the world, it seems to me it is good to have some idea of it, for the sake of intellectual awareness. To be entirely ignorant of it could be a shortcoming in due time. If you cannot speak to a NovusOrdo Catholic about what goes on in church, then how can you call him a Catholic?
If you cannot carry on an intelligent conversation because you have no idea what the difference is between your Canonized Latin Mass and this new Hybrid Mass, then how will you be able to see that this new hybrid is any different? Why would you not think it's just fine? Will it be okay with you when the Leonine Prayers after Low Mass are omitted? How about the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar -- are they expendable? Or the second Confiteor, or the three-times repetition of the Domine non sum dignus or the Kyrie, or the Sanctus?
You would be more honest to say that the NovusOrdo parishioner is not Catholic at all, because you will have so little in common with him. And that is one of the rules that Matthew has wisely set up here on CI, that we are not to pass judgment on the Catholicity of entire groups of people, whether it be NovusOrdo Catholics or sedevacantist Catholics or Eastern Rite Catholics or Resistance Catholics or SSPX Catholics or ICK Catholics or whatever.
If anyone is interested I could post some notes of the liturgy and how they conducted the whole thing. There were over 400 people in the church for this funeral, and many of them had traveled from overseas and all over the country to be there. The majority of the congregation sang the opening hymn and the Offertory hymn in 4-part harmony, because they were extended choir family members.
THE NEW HYBRID MASS IS COMING SOON TO A CHAPEL NEAR YOU.
It's coming like a freight train, and you won't be able to stop it.
I'm saying that ignorance can be a shortcoming because we are going to be seeing a new hybrid soon, and the SSPX is probably going to be on board with using it. Are you going to know how to react to that?
Are you going to be all hot and bothered about it?
Are you going to throw in the towel and say that the SSPX is no longer Catholic?
Are you going to say that the SSPX is outside the Church?
Are you going to say that the SSPX sacraments are no longer valid?
Are you ready for the new hybrid Mass that is certainly coming soon to a chapel near you?
Consider these clues previews of coming attractions.
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