(Originally published on Helium April 18, 2013) There are many criticisms on the internet of the Roman Catholic Mass by both Catholics and non-Catholics alike. This article defends the Mass. The two major criticisms of the Mass by Catholics (also called Eucharist by Catholics) are: 1) that it’s boring and 2) that it is no...
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In defense of the Roman Catholic Mass
(Originally published on Helium April 18, 2013) There are many criticisms on the internet of the Roman Catholic Mass by both Catholics and non-Catholics alike. The two major criticisms of the Mass by Catholics (also called Eucharist by Catholics) are: 1) that it’s boring and 2) that it is no longer in Latin and in...
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Please Stop Bashing the Vernacular Mass and Vatican II
I am so tired of reading tweets by priests on Twitter who persist in bashing the vernacular Mass and stating that only the Latin Mass is valid. I am equally tired of all the Vatican II bashing I read. I have lived long enough to have had experience in both forms of the Mass. I...
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Good Friday Liturgy
Today is Good Friday. Catholics do not celebrate a complete Mass on Good Friday. There is no Mass at all on Holy Saturday. There is a hiatus between Holy Thursday which commemorates the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist and Easter Sunday which commemorates Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. In the Church calendar,...