Ave Maria!

We celebrated our first Traditional Latin Mass here at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Griswold, CT on Friday, Sept 14, feast of the Triumph of the Holy Cross 2007. The next morning Fr. Peter Fehlner gave an interview with the Roving Reporter on the subject. Okay, the Roving Reporter did not have to rove very far because it was filmed right on the front porch of the friary, but after the busy week we had even he needed a break. Listen as Fr. Peter explains that there are not two rites but only one which can be celebrated with some adaptations and that if the Novus Order is celebrated by the book then it is not much different from the traditional Latin Mass.

The evening of the same day of this interview we had our second Latin Mass and this we broadcast, live. You can view the comments here.

Ave Maria!

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I was at the midnight Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica last night with the Holy Father.  I noticed during Communion a priest was giving Communion only on the tongue, then I saw another priest doing the same.  Fra Jerome, who has been to other Papal ceremonies in the past 2yrs. said this is something new.  Also new is that each priest carrying a ciborium was accompanied by a man dressed in a suit carrying a candle, very nice.

There are rumors going around that a new document is coming out in January that will establish ad orientem as the norm for the Novus Ordo, as well as Communion on the tongue.  I stress “rumor” but last night’s Communion procedure has me thinking maybe it’s true.

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