CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG ABOUT TRIDENTINE MASS

I had been wondering why the long distance bills were up and when I came home unexpectantly, I found out. The parish cat, Miss Nottingham was on the phone talking with Siegfried and Anton, actually flirting was more like it. That is not so bad, but these cats are the Pope’s kitties, hidden away at the old apartment outside the Vatican. She was quite contrite, about the phone bills, and sought to make reparation with juicy gossip.

The cats are saying that on April 5th, the Holy Father is going to release his long-awaited motu proprio allowing universal use of the old Tridentine rite Mass. There is still a chance a few French mutts, as the cats call them, might throw a monkey-wrench into the whole business, but the cats think that this time it is for real!

Anton, the darker of the papal felines, says that the Pope has grown quite irritated about the whole matter and is including a strong explanatory epistle with the universal indult. Evidently, the Holy Father intended to release the old Mass from bondage last year about this time but he was surprised by the amount of resistance and gave everyone a year to discuss it. A year later his opponents are still unmoved but the Pope has had enough. Siegfried says that Pope Benedict XVII never thought the old Mass should be banned anyway.

Siegfried said he actually sat on the papal document and noted that it was completed and signed before the gentle Pope pushed him off the desk. Both cats rolled around on copies to be sent to the French bishops after hearing that most of them are allergic to cat dander. However, the Holy Father is unaware of their antics.

If cats are to be trusted, and in my experience that is a big “IF” then the issue of the old Mass has been decided.

SEE ALSO:

http://fatherjoe.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/a-catty-interview-about-tridentine-mass-indult/

Papal cat, Anton, added that Una Voce America and the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter has been given a heads up on the universal indult and that they are scheduling training classes to assist priests in celebrating the traditional Latin Mass. Classes will begin in June 2007 at Our Lady of Guadalupe seminary located in Denton, Nebraska. The three week-long workshops will cover the same pertinent information each week. Una Voce America will insure the funding and promotion of the workshops while the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter will offer the instruction.

The form of the traditional Latin Mass will be according to the 1962 Roman Missal. Fr. Calvin Goodwin, FSSP, is the contact for interested clergy. He says:

“Priests will learn not only how far to raise their hands and how to pronounce the Latin, for example, but how the various gestures and prayers fit into the liturgical prayer of the Church, and reflect the Faith itself. No prior experience with the traditional Mass is needed, and the course is open to all priests regardless of their level of Latin proficiency. In fact, our instructors are eager to work even with those priests who have no previous Latin training at all. It’s often difficult for priests to learn these things from a video or book in their spare time — they’re pulled in a thousand different directions in their parishes. Here at the seminary, without distractions, they will be able to ask questions and get the answers and encouragement they need.”

Interested priests should contact:

Fr. Goodwin
PHONE: (402) 797-7700
EMAIL: seminary@fsspolgs.org
WRITE: Mass Workshops, O.L.G. Seminary, P.O. Box 147, Denton, NE. 68339.

IS KITTY PLAYING AN APRIL FOOL JOKE ON US?

I SURE HOPE NOT!