Ecclesia Dei: Publication of Two DVDs (Updated)

(For the most part a good video except for a few factual irregularities. For example, the Tridentine Mass was not adopted at Trent but was an organic evolution codified at the Council of Trent. And, it is incorrect to say that Pope Benedict XVI made it so that the Older Mass could be said without special permission. As stated from the motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum: "It is, therefore, permissible to celebrate the Sacrifice of the Mass following the typical edition of the Roman Missal promulgated by John XXIII in 1962 and never abrogated, as an extraordinary form of the Liturgy of the Church.")

Thank you to the reader who sent me this article. Very interesting; maybe I should try to go about ordering these. If you remember, the FSSP came out with an Instructional DVD not long ago.

Rome, Italy, Aug 12, 2009 / 04:03 pm (CNA).- The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, which was recently incorporated into the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has announced the publication of two DVDs to help “priests and the community” celebrate Mass according to the extraordinary form of the Latin Rite.

The two DVDs include an entire Mass celebrated by Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos—until recently the president of the Commission—at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in 2003.

The discs also feature segments explaining in detail the “gestures and rubrics, from the preparatio ad missam (preparation before Mass) to the act of thanksgiving in the sacristy.”

The video is available in four languages (Italian, English, Spanish and French) and is intended to be the “first concrete contribution of the Holy See for the implementation of the Pope’s wishes contained in Summorum Pontificum.” The Motu Propio “Summorum Pontificum,” which was released in July of 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI, granted universal permission to the faithful to celebrate the Tridentine Mass adapted by [...] John XXIII in 1962.

The Commission has not yet announced where or how the DVDs can be purchased.