tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post5317551688779674043..comments2024-03-27T11:27:31.790-05:00Comments on A Catholic Life: Tridentine Latin Mass Sponsored by the Thomas More Society of Boston CollegeMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-17468943466840057442011-01-28T13:30:28.114-06:002011-01-28T13:30:28.114-06:00I worked at a Catholic church in San Antonio years...I worked at a Catholic church in San Antonio years ago. Original high altar items and lovely old vestments were piled up in a room off the sacristy, half thrown into closets. The relic-bearing altar stone was kept in a cupboard with rags and bottles of brass polish. How did a centuries old sense of the sacred fall from grace in so short a period of time? After the usual "Hi! How are ya?" morning Mass one day, a visiting priest from Mexico said Mass at a side altar. He did so ad orientem, and -surprisingly to me - used Latin. All was said in a hushed voice and related reverence was palpable. Many people flocked to that side of the church instead of leaving. They were obviously starved for something - a sense of reverence and mystery which, after all, should be hallmarks of what is and always will be, a MYSTERY RELIGION.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com