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Sep 23

To Father Mark Lander:

On behalf of our relatively small, yet active membership of Una Voce San Bernardino, we would like to thank you for your humble service to the Latin Mass Community there in Adelanto. We were not aware that it was already the one year anniversary of its existence, and were pleasantly surprised to find this out when two of us came down, or should we say, up to Christ the Good Shepherd on Sept 13. I was certainly edified by the Sacred Ceremonies that day, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form, as well as the excellent sermon which you gave us on the state of modern “scholarship” which seeks to make a distinction between the “Christ of Faith” and the “Christ of History”, as if they were not in fact one in the same person. Perhaps one day, we may have the pleasure of assisting at a Missa Cantata there, sung by you.

May God continue to bless your Ministry of the Sacred Rites in both forms of Holy Mass.
Laurence Gonzaga
President
Una Voce San Bernardino

Sep 23

Active Participation in the Mass: A Statistical Study – Part 1 of 4

Tridentine Community News (August 16, 2009):
 
One of the most frequently debated topics about the Extraordinary Form of Holy Mass relative to the Ordinary Form is the level of “active participation” in the Mass. As envisioned by theologians up to and including Pope Benedict XVI, “active participation” means much more than just vocally responding at Mass. It means a level of involvement in prayer and focus on the Holy Mysteries taking place at the altar, following the Ordinary and Propers of the Mass, uniting one’s intentions with the priest’s, recollecting oneself before Holy Communion and making thanksgiving afterwards, and so on. Many advocates of the Tridentine Mass would say that the structure and rubrics of the Extraordinary Form fosters such interior participation to a greater degree than the Ordinary Form.
 
Conversely, Novus Ordo supporters often place a greater emphasis on exterior forms of participation. They maintain that the congregation has a greater role in the Ordinary Form, primarily with making responses. The Tridentine is a more quiet Mass, they say, with the congregation left to do their own thing. How can one really be involved in the Mass if the priest is facing the wall, mumbling in Latin?
 
Not surprisingly, the editorial position of this column sides with our Holy Father on this issue: Active participation is all-encompassing, and not just vocal. Nevertheless, let’s consider the opposing view: If “active participation” does mean making responses at Mass, then just how many responses are made in the Ordinary Form versus the Extraordinary?
The Numbers Tell the Story
Below, we present a numbered listing of the responses in the Extraordinary Form and the Ordinary Form. Both sides are presented in English. Longer responses are abbreviated to save space, as the idea is to count the responses, not to write them out in entirety. If you wish to see a complete comparison of the texts of both forms of the Mass, please see the series of columns we presented in early 2008, available at the web site below.
The typical sung Sunday Mass is presented, including the Aspérges. In some churches, the congregation makes the responses to the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar silently, and not out loud. We thus show two counts: The first number includes these responses, while the second, bracketed number does not. It must be stated that the notion of silent responses may be a new concept to those unfamiliar with the Extraordinary Form. We maintain that those are responses nonetheless, just as the priest’s silent Canon is indeed a prayer.
ORDINARY FORM/NOVUS ORDO MASS
INTRODUCTORY RITE
1. Amen.
GREETING
2. And also with you.

ACT OF CONFESSION
[Option 2 and 3 are available, Option 1 proceeds thus:]
3. I confess to almighty God …

EXTRAORDINARY FORM/TRIDENTINE MASS

RITE OF SPRINKLING WITH HOLY WATER
1. [1.] (sung) Thou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop …
2. [2.] As it was in the beginning …
3. [3.] Thou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop …
4. [4.] And grant us Thy salvation.
5. [5.] And let my cry come unto Thee.
6. [6.] And with Thy spirit.
7. [7.] Amen. 

PRAYERS AT THE FOOT OF THE ALTAR
8. [7.] To God, Who giveth joy to my youth.

PSALM 42
9. [7.] For Thou art, God, my strength …
10. [7.] And I will go in to the altar of God …
11. [7.] Hope in God, for I will still give praise to Him …
12. [7.] As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be…
13. [7.] To God, Who giveth joy to my youth.
14. [7.] Who made heaven and earth.

ACT OF CONFESSION
15. [7.] May almighty God have mercy on thee …
16. [7.] I confess to almighty God, to blessed Mary ever virgin, …

[Comments? Please e-mail tridnews@stjosaphatchurch.org. Previous columns are available at www.stjosaphatchurch.org. This edition of Tridentine Community News, with minor editions, is from the St. Josaphat bulletin insert for August 16, 2009. Hat tip to A.B.]

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Sep 17

Una Voce Northern Alabama holds successful diocese-wide workshop on the Extraordinary Form Mass. Please visit their site’s links below.

  1. Workshop Schedule
  2. Photos of the workshop’s success (150-200 people)
  3. Audios of the workshop
  4. Wrap-up, Audio, Video, and Write-up in diocesan paper

Thank you, Una Voce N. Alabama.

Laurence Gonzaga
UVSB

Sep 13

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/01/benedict-xvi-on-liturgical-orientation.html

Sep 12
Expel the Inner Pharisee
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Dear Una Voce SB Readers:

This issue which Father brings up in the linked sermon below has been brewing in my mind and heart for some time now. There are times where I have been able to catch myself in this error. Unfortunately, there are times when I was not able to catch myself in the error, and ideas were shared, which neither gave glory to God, nor benefited the Latin Mass Apostolate, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. We must all learn to be able to keep our public opinions objective, and firmly focused only on our goal, the restoration of the Mass of All Ages, to its rightful place in the liturgical life of the Church. We should not get side-tracked or distracted with things peripheral to this cause, and detrimental to the visible unity of the Church of Christ.

Something which has been found wanting in too many traditionalist circles is the old principle: prima caritas –charity first. If we want our mission to be accomplished, we must be prudent, discerning, and charitable. The other day on the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, I went on a short walking pilgrimage from Holy Name of Jesus Parish (Redlands) to El Carmelo Retreat House, during which, I listened to this sermon below. It changed my perspective on many things. This post, is the first fruit of what I learned from this powerful sermon from a well-respected traditionalist priest.

Pax Christi in regno Christi.
Laurence Gonzaga
Una Voce San Bernardino

Conquer Your Inner Pharisee With Humility and Meekness

Sep 7

Taken from: http://www.latin-mass-society.org/

Articles Introducing the Latin Mass

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