The Gregorian Rite is back!
Yesterday I served at the Altar in the Gregorian Rite / Traditional Latin Mass for the first time! It was also the first time my parish priest celebrated this Mass, so we are not yet “fluent,” but it went pretty well and Father has at least become idoneus, which is the requirement of Summorum Pontificum. We’re going to celebrate in private again today, and tomorrow Father will say Nuptial Mass, probably the first public Traditional Mass celebrated in this parish since the reform (there may have been some single occurences but I haven’t heard of any). The Mass yesterday (and probably today) took place in a chapel nearby instead of the parish church, partly because it’s almost unaltered - they’ve placed another wooden, freestanding Altar in front of the Sanctuary, and removed the altar rails, but the High Altar, side Altars etc. are still there. It’s also a good place for private Masses, as it’s usually closed except for scheduled Masses. The Nuptial Mass tomorrow will take place in the parish church however, which was heavily altered (I try not to say “devastated”…) in the 70′ies, so we’ll have to rearrange the Sanctuary and use the new Altar, but it’ll work. At any rate I’m glad to see the Traditional Mass returning, though slowly - I doubt we’ll see scheduled Masses in the Gregorian Rite for a while, but at least things have started happening. May the fruits of our Holy Father’s pontificate be manyfold through our Blessed Mother’s intercession and the Grace of Our Lord.
