The advertisements after Prayers and intercessions was really the icing on the cake.

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From now on, I'm referring to it as the "LA Wreck".

I'm not interested in piling on. We're not the target audience of this Mass. They do not care whether we like it or not.

But if I were them, I would look at this Mass (and I'm only as far as the homily) and suggest they be honest with themselves: is it accomplishing what they want it to accomplish? I think there are a lot of signs that it's not.

One might almost says bishops and priests are the “jailers of tradition.”
Or is it “guardians of tradition?…”
Or is it “guardians of the galaxy?…”

One does get so confused

Are any of you certain that there were no liturgical abuses when the Tridentine Mass was the norm?

I’ve been to TLMs where the quality left a lot to be desired. But you surely cannot be serious with this line.

We have been asked to sing the Gregorian propers and a Latin ordinary for a special Mass that is not even under ordinary diocesan auspices (shoot, even if it were, the bishop is happy to accommodate us; he’s got very good sense and is just a nice person all-around) but figuring out how to do this is a bit of a nightmare, and there’s always a surprise particularly with rotating priests and one-off things — how much ritual, will the celebrant sing, will he even allow chanted readings (never mind if you have qualified ministers), and that’s in the best case. But for the most part, there is always (mutual?) distrust and the possibility of it all coming down based on the whims of the cleric.

Deacon Bauerschmidt, I’d argue that the music is completely inappropriate for Lent even if we might be OK with it in other contexts, and there are moments where it descended to pure performance. The real frustration is that this has the seal of the archbishop. Never mind the TLM or Traditiones custodes. The Latin NO which I described above is dead on arrival in that diocese (though ironically not necessarily in Orange, since the Norbertines are there).

There’s also something to be said for the manner of celebrating; maybe it doesn’t break a single rubric, but the organizers don’t even ask the question of what animates the rubrics. This is worse than hokey, as they choose to pick the worst options whenever they have one. The most excessive way of doing things, and in fairness to them, they don’t even seem to be aware that they could do differently. But the sobriety is completely lacking, and I’m not even talking about the “old” or “traditional way”.
This is over the top compared to the average Mass where the music isn’t the best (in quality or in execution), where there is a lot of lay involvement disproportional to the congregation’s size, and so on.

I often reflect on how, when pressed to do a Latin Mass with chant, Fr Ruff made a bunch of decisions which wouldn’t have been the ones that I’d make, particularly for a small group, but the REC style is out of place even for people who are not in my camp.

Also, this is a small point, but it is a good example of sloppy and inattentive formation and preparation: the introduction to the Penitential Act and the sign of peace are in the book. Why do people memorize something else? This is the same problem with the form of confession, where the American bishops recently got approval for a new translation — but only the old is valid and licit in other countries. (Seminaries need to investigate Anki for those in formation.)

BTW, I’m happy to see the new altar situation in your cathedral. Hopefully one day it can be used as installed…

It was an outright abomination. I wouldn’t be surprised if God sent nuclear fallout to New York for the abomination that just occurred in the cathedral. Make reparation and console your God.

It’s time to call a spade, a spade, and stop pussyfooting around with the Faith.

“The more a piece approaches the Gregorian form in its style and savor, the more worthy it is of the temple, and the less in uniformity it is with this model, the less worthy it is of the temple…”

Duly noted!

La Wreck has been la même wreck for years. Why do y'all destroy your serenity by watching? Why pick that scab?

That's not my church. Yes, it shares physical and juridical space with my church. Just like
Christus der König in Ruhstorf an der Rott does. (I used to play Der Ententanz 6 times a night for a street full of drunken Cincinnatians; trust me when I say it's inappropriate for Communion.) If I pay undue attention to that church, I'll be tempted to think it's mine, and to run from that Church faster than the Apostles split Gethsemane when the Romans showed up. May God save me from that.