There is another version of this (8-part series that was uploaded in
2008), uploaded 2012, all in one video instead of 8 segments (with
one, #6, apparently missing):
Parisians Enjoy Simple Majesty of Tridentine Latin Mass
UnaVoceMiami·101 videos
Published on Apr 29, 2012
TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS ATTRACTS, ENERGIZES, AND INSPIRES THE FAITHFUL.
The linked video does show the cross-bearer in the procession. Also,
the last one in the series,
, shows the cross-bearer in the exit
procession.
This is the Sunday Mass of the 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost,
for on video #1 at minute 9:30 the open altar missal can be read in a
closeup shot panning the page as follows:
"Dominica Vigesimaquarta
et ultima post Pentecosten.. Introitus Jerem. 29.. Dicit Dominus: Ego
cogito cogitationes pacis, et non afflictiones: invocabitis me, et ego
exaudiam vos: et reducam captivitatem vestram de cunctis locis. Ps. 84
Benedixisti Domine terram tuam: avertisti captivitatem Jacob. " The
choir sings this in Gregorian Chant.
Isn't it great to be able to understand a Mass celebrated on the other
side of the planet, years ago?
The continuous version (1:13:29 duration) seems to be a connection of
the 8 segments, but there are definitely parts missing (which means the
Mass may have been 1-1/2 hours or even longer). Watch the Gospel
sung by the priest in Latin: it is a long gospel, but doesn't take long
because most of it is edited out, unfortunately, with parts skipped at
seamless camera angle changes. At minute 25:04 the lector finishes
reading the Gospel in French, and the camera position changes to show
the priest already in the pulpit, with chasuble and maniple missing. That
would be about a minute of time gone, during which time perhaps the
choir sang, but perhaps there was nothing going on, and nothing looks
bad on film. If you know French, the sermon is probably very enjoyable.
If anyone wants to transcribe it and post an English version that might
be quite interesting to see. But since the Mass was 4 years ago, what's
the chance of that happening?
Or, does an English transcription already exist somewhere???
I don't know what minute it was because the counter stopped working
on YouTube - lousy Flash player! But the consecration is shown in the
continuous version, linked above. In another thread someone was
complaining that sometimes the priest genuflects and raises the host
literally 5 seconds after the choir stops singing the Sanctus. Not here.
there is an entire minute of absolute silence while a large array of
altar boys kneel. When the priest genuflects, the altar bells (4 in number)
are rung once and the bell tolls in the tower outside, once. As the
priest raises the host, the altar bells ring 3 times, slowly, each time
followed by the sound of the tower bell ringing like a distant echo. Then
the priest genuflects again after lowering the host, and the altar bells
chime once, followed by the tower bell once.
This is utterly astounding. I have heard of this happening but I have never heard it recorded, nor
have I been present to hear it in person. I'm sorry if I am taking so
long to describe this but it is really worth hearing even on YouTube! It
is about minute 45 but I don't really know because the counter stopped
working. The choir does NOT come in after the consecration to sing the
Benedictus as has been done for many years in my area after all the
innovations in the Novus Ordo. I find having the choir sing during the
consecration like that to be rather obtrusive and inappropriate, and it
is a half-step toward the Novus Ordo abuse of the "Memorial Acclamation"
by the congregation right after the consecration, with its interminable
options of various newfangled concoction. I don't want to repeat them
here because I try to forget them...
The duration of the French sermon is only 12 minutes, so perhaps parts
of it are missing as well: there are a lot of camera angle changes after
all! Since I don't know French, I can't tell if it makes sense what he's
saying or not.
There are 8 of these videos in segments, and they're professionally done.
It's quite nice to see the many camera angles changing, especially during
the sermon and during the longer segments like the Gloria, the Credo
and while the Choir sings the Graduale in Gregorian Chant.
There are some irregularities, and I wonder if "this is the way it's done
in France," or has it been going on for a long time like this? Many of the
women in the congregation are wearing veils, but apparently many are
not.
At SSPX sites in the USA in my experience, they have been using no
maniple at all for many years. Here in the video, however, the priest does
remove the maniple during the sermon, but the camera does not show
what he does with it. It is not placed over the altar missal, that much is
certain. The priest delivers his sermon from the high pulpit at the center of
the nave. When Bishop Williamson and Bishop de Mallerais came to my
area for confirmations, at their Masses, they placed their maniple over the
missal on the altar before they went to give their sermon (which, by the
way, is the traditional way to do it, the way that was followed until the
changes in rubrics that accompanied the 1962 missal). And they did not
remove their chasuble for the sermon. Here at St. Nicholas, the priest
gives his sermon with no chasuble on, but what he did with it is not seen.
Apparently, he divested of both the chasuble and the maniple at the same
time, probably at the right side of the sanctuary, where he had changed
vestments after the Asperges me.
Curiously, while the priest remained standing at the center of the
altar, and immediately after he had apparently sung the Epistle (the
film seems to skip his singing of it past his introduction and goes
directly to the lector speaking French from the lectern), another man in
Lector/Acolyte vesture read the Epistle in French at the lectern on the
left side of the sanctuary. This is shown in video #2.
Curiously, during the choir's singing of the Credo, the priest was
seated well before the "ET HOMO FACTUS EST," when the congregation
spontaneously genuflected, without anyone in the sanctuary genuflecting.
As far as I can remember, the priest has timed his personal reading of
the Credo at the altar such that he can be at the base of the steps
when the choir sings et homo factus est, so that he can genuflect with
everyone present, before he goes to be seated while the choir finishes
singing the Credo, which took another two minutes in this case because
the congregation was singing segments and they sang more slowly than
the choir (as typical).
This is a dialogue Mass, with the congregation singing some responses, such
as the Kyrie sung antiphonally: that is, the choir sings the first Kyrie.., the
congregation sings the second led by the organ (no arm-waving liturgical
"minister" is used or necessary), the choir sings the third, the congregation
sings the first Christe.., the choir sings the second, congregation third,
choir first kyrie.., congregation second, and finally, the choir sings the
third Kyrie (from the third set of 3 segments) up to the point where the
organ enjoins the congregation, "Tutti," to sing the last 9 notes of the
final "eleison" with the choir. This is the Mass of the Angels, VIII - In Festis
Duplicibus (de Angelis), from the Gregorian Kyriale.
The organ signals to the congregation when NOT to sing by reducing its
volume dramatically while the choir sings (the abrupt change in sound
amplitude and quality startles the listeners, who then want to remain
quiet while they hear the beautiful choir!), and then by stepping up the
volume signals the congregation to sing again, while the choir holds back,
at least initially. While the priest speaks the Last Gospel (Jn. i. 1-14) in a
low voice, the choir sings
Salve Regina. Other responses, such as
the second Confiteor (just after the priest's
Communion) are
spoken by the congregation, seemingly led by the choir
speaking it aloud with the congregation following. The video shows one
of the two Acolytes in black cassocks leading the 8 red-cassock servers
(at that point) in the spoken Confiteor. The Acolyte is bowing but not
kneeling. I'm getting the impression this is a mix of Solemn High Mass
rubrics with Missa Canata rubrics. But I'm not sure.
The congregation did NOT stand for the Sanctus, but was kneeling, but
they did stand for the Pater Noster, only the end of which is seen on Video
#7. I cannot seem to find Video #6, which would have the consecration in
it. I am impressed to see everyone bowing their heads for the name of
Jesu Christe, twice in the Gloria, which the congregation sings antiphonally
with the choir. It must be nice for visitors who sing in their home choirs
to be able to sing at such a Mass, when they would like
to sing in this
choir but are not regulars and therefore are limited to the congregation.
The overall effect is impressive. I must admit, while I generally do not
find dialogue Mass something I can appreciate, this one seems to be
okay, mostly because of the intensive choir contribution. If there were
no choir, but dialogue only, spoken by the congregation, I think that
would always be very inimical to my sense of appropriateness. With all
this singing going on, it opens up possibilities for the choir to do certain
things that expand the music even more, as they can sing above the
congregation to lead and instruct and accentuate all at the same time. A
small choir in a small chapel with a small congregation cannot do that so
much; that is, they can somewhat, but the power, movement and effect is
on a much smaller scale.
This large church with its very high ceilings, flowing arches and massive
columns is quite beautiful. It certainly seems to be the highest
development of church architecture, as it contrasts so obviously with
the "new" designs that get so much hype in the MSM.
This is a Missa Cantata, not a Solemn High Mass. It is probably billed as
a "High Mass." There is only one altar server (curioulsly) even while there
is a crowd of about 20-24 small boys dressed in red cassocks and white lace
surplice. The video #5 has this written below:
Uploaded on Oct 10, 2008
Missa Tridentina em Paris - França
Igreja de São Nicolas du Chardonnet
Messe Tridentine Catholique Saint Pie V Gregorien - Grand Messe En Latin Holy Mass In Gregorian Paris part 5
Junno Evren·8 videos
The top comment below the first segment video (#1) got 21 thumbs up
and no thumbs down:
GasconyKid 3 years ago
This is a what a REAL Mass is, not the phony Novus Ordo MESS, with its invalid cookie. Comparing the true Mass, as handed down from time immemorial, to that accursed spawn of the "Vatican II" Robber Council, is like comparing filet mignon to hog slop (which, unlike the Novus Ordo, does have value). Only a heretic "pope" and those of his ilk could prefer the ugliness of the Novus Ordo Mess to the incomparable and timeless beauty of the true Mass, as depicted here.
Thanks for sharing with us. :roll-laugh2:
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