1962 MISSALE ROMANUM
Papal MassLatin Mass at Our Lady of Grace
The Tridentine Mass takes its name from the Council of Trent (1545-63), which had called for a modest revision of the Roman rite. It was seven years after the Council Fathers had disbanded that Pope St. Pius V authoritatively issued the missal that would reflect their concerns. Informally known as the Tridentine, the missal does not so much as initiate any new practices as codify a tradition of worship which had been developing organically in Rome and other parts of Europe since the 300's. The "Tridentine rite" is therefore more properly called the old or traditional Roman rite. The last edition of its missal was published in 1962. Read on here
• The Tridentine Mass is in Latin,
• The priest leads the community and all face east
• The Tridentine Mass is always the same
• Everything takes place according to the rubrics
• The Tridentine Mass is solemn
• The Tridentine Mass has extraordinary power
• The Tridentine Mass has a sense of mystery
• The Tridentine Mass has a clear sense of the sacred
• The Tridentine Mass is clearly sacrificial (insistently articulated)
• The Tridentine Mass is part of a centuries old tradition
• The Tridentine Mass is the same in every country
• The Tridentine Mass produced a community of Catholics worldwide
Tutorial on the Latin Mass by Sancta Missa
Instructions for the Tridentine Mass
• Eucharistic Fast is a minimum three (3) hours
• Keep reverential silence before and after Mass;
• Do NOT say "Amen" in response to "Corpus Dominie nostri...."
• The priest alone recites the "Pater Noster" ("Our Father")
• The congregation responds only at the end with "Sed libera nos a malo"
• Dress to be in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament
• Only baptized Catholics in a state of grace are to receive Holy Communion
• Go to Communion Rail after the "Domine non sum dignus...."
• Communion is received on the tongue and kneeling at the Communion rail
• The faithful must not pick up the consecrated host
KNEEL: Beginning of Holy Mass
at the SANCTUS
at the Agnus Dei
at the Final Blessing
when the Bishop passes
SIT: at the readings of the Epistle
at the Sermon
STAND: when the priest enters/leaves the church
at the Gospel
at the Creed
at the Pater Noster
and at the Last Gospel
Latin-English Mass books contain the full text of the Mass with side-by-side translation from Latin to English so that you may follow the priest's words and actions at the Altar. The books include directions about when to stand, kneel and sit during the Mass.
Answers to "Frequently asked questions"
Sacred Then and Sacred Now: The Return of the Old Latin Mass by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. BUY IT
Pope Benedict XVI: "What earlier generations held as sacred remains sacred and great for us too."
•why did the Pope restore the old Mass when we can have the new Mass in Latin?
•does Benedict XVI regret Vatican II?
•which Mass is the real Latin rite?
•why is the Holy Father so sympathetic to traditionalists?
•is his new ruling just for older Catholics?
•what are the differences between the old and new forms?
•why is there no Communion in the hand at the old Mass?
•are standing for Communion,
........female altar servers,
........Eucharistic "Ministers" signs of progress in faith?
•can the above be part of the old Mass?
•why does it make sense to have Mass in Latin if no one understands it?
•did people really follow the Mass in "the old days"?
•isn't the new form of Mass better for "participation"?
•isn't it exactly what Vatican II called for?
•isn't the old Latin Mass only about 500 years old?
