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Theses Demonstrating Why The Preservation and Practice of the
Traditional Latin Mass is Superior in Every Way to the Novus Ordo Missae
Edited
by the Rev. Msgr. Keith P. Steinhurst, P.A.
The
Novus Ordo Missae is deficient BECAUSE:
1.
The New Mass is not an unequivocal Profession of the Catholic Faith.
Unlike the traditional Latin Mass it is ambiguous and Protestant.
Therefore, since we pray as we believe (lex orandi lex credendi) it
follows that we cannot pray with the New Mass in Protestant Fashion
and still believe as a Catholic.
2.
The changes [in the New Mass] were not just slight ones but actually
"deal with a fundamental renovation ... a total change ... a new
creation." (Msgr. A. Bugnini, co-author of the New Mass)
3.
The New Mass leads us to think "that truths ... can be changed
or ignored without infidelity to that sacred deposit of doctrine to
which the Catholic Faith is bound forever." (Cardinals A.
Ottaviani and A. Bacci to Pope Paul VI A Critical Study of the Novus
Ordo Missae).
4.
The New Mass represents "a striking departure from the Catholic
theology of the Mass as formulated in Session XXII of the Council of
Trent" which, in fixing the "canons," provided an
"insurmountable barrier to any heresy against the integrity of
the Mystery." (Cardinals A. Ottaviani and A. Bacci to Pope Paul
VI A Critical Study of the Novus Ordo Missae).
5.
The difference between the two is not simply one of mere detail or
just modification of ceremony, but "all that is of perennial
value finds only a minor place (in the New Mass), if it subsists at
all." (Cardinals A. Ottaviani and A. Bacci to Pope Paul VI A
Critical Study of the Novus Ordo Missae).
6.
"Recent reforms have amply demonstrated that fresh changes in
the liturgy could lead to nothing but complete bewilderment in the
faithful who already show signs of uneasiness and lessening of
Faith." (Cardinals A. Ottaviani and A. Bacci to Pope Paul VI A
Critical Study of the Novus Ordo Missae).
7.
In times of confusion such as now, we are guided by the words of our
Lord: "By their fruits you shall know them." Fruits of the
New Mass are: 30% decrease in Sunday Mass attendance in U.S. (NY
Times 5/24/75), 43% decrease in France (Cardinal Marty), 50% decrease
in Holland (NY Times 1/5/76).
8.
"Amongst the best of the clergy the practical result (of the
New Mass) is an agonizing crisis of conscience..." (Cardinals A.
Ottaviani and A. Bacci to Pope Paul VI A Critical Study of the Novus
Ordo Missae).
9.
In less than seven years after the introduction of the New Mass,
priests in the world decreased from 413,438 to 243,307 -- almost 50%!
(Holy See Statistics)
10.
"The pastoral reasons adduced to support such a grave break
with tradition ... do not seem to us sufficient." (Cardinals A.
Ottaviani and A. Bacci to Pope Paul VI A Critical Study of the Novus
Ordo Missae).
11.
The New Mass does not manifest Faith in the Real Presence of our
Lord -- the Traditional Mass manifests it unmistakably.
12.
The New Mass confuses the REAL Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
with His MYSTICAL Presence among us (Protestant doctrine).
13.
The New Mass blurs what ought to be a sharp difference between the
HIERARCHIC Priesthood and the common priesthood of the people
(Protestant doctrine).
14.
The New Mass favors the heretical theory that it is THE FAITH of the
people and not THE WORDS OF THE PRIEST that makes Christ present in
the Eucharist.
15.
The insertion of the Lutheran: "Prayer of the Faithful" in
the New Mass follows and puts forth the Protestant error that all the
people are priests.
16.
The New Mass does away with the Confiteor of the priest, makes it
collective with the people, thus promoting Luther's refusal to accept
the Catholic teaching that the priest is judge, witness and
intercessor with God.
17.
The New Mass gives us to understand that the people concelebrate
with the priest -- which is against Catholic theology!
18.
Six Protestant ministers collaborated in making up the New Mass:
George, Jasper, Shepherd, Kunneth, Smith and Thurian.
19.
Just as Luther did away with the Offertory -- since it very clearly
expressed the sacrificial, propitiatory character of the Mass -- so
also the inventors of the New Mass did away with it, reducing it to a
simple Preparation of the Gifts.
20.
Enough Catholic theology has been removed that Protestants can,
while keeping their antipathy for the True Roman Catholic Church, use
the text of the New Mass without difficulty. Protestant Minister
Thurian (co-consulter for the 'New Mass' project) said that a fruit
of the New Mass "will perhaps be that the non-Catholic
communities will be able to celebrate the Lord's Supper using the
same prayers as the Catholic Church." (La Croix 4/30/69)
21.
The narrative manner of the Consecration in the New Mass infers that
it is only a memorial and not a true sacrifice (Protestant doctrine)
22.
By grave omissions, the New Mass leads us to believe that it is only
a meal (Protestant doctrine) and not a sacrifice for the remission of
sins (Catholic Doctrine).
23.
The changes such as: table instead of altar; facing people instead
of tabernacle; Communion in the hand, etc., emphasize Protestant
doctrines (e.g., Mass is only a meal; priest only a president of the
assembly; Eucharist is NOT the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of
Jesus Christ, but merely a piece of bread, etc.)
24.
Protestants themselves have said, "the new Catholic Eucharistic
prayers have abandoned the false (sic) perspective of sacrifice
offered to God." (La Croix 12/10/69)
25.
We are faced with the dilemma: either we become Protestant by
worshipping with the New Mass, or else we preserve our Catholic Faith
by adhering faithfully to the traditional Mass, the "Mass of All Time."
26.
The New Mass was made in accordance with the Protestant definition
of the Mass: "The Lord's Supper or Mass is a sacred assembly of
the people of God which gathers together under the leadership of the
priest to celebrate the memorial of the Lord." (Par. 7 Intro. to
the New Missal, defining the New Mass, 4/6/69)
27.
By means of ambiguity, the New Mass pretends to please Catholics
while pleasing Protestants; thus it is "double-tongued" and
offensive to God who abhors any kind of hypocrisy: "Cursed be
... the double-tongued for they destroy the peace of many."
(Sirach 28:13)
28.
Beautiful, familiar Catholic hymns which have inspired people for
centuries, have been thrown out and replaced with new hymns strongly
Protestant in sentiment, further deepening the already distinct
impression that one is no longer attending a Catholic function.
29.
The New Mass contains ambiguities subtly favoring heresy, which is
more dangerous than if it were clearly heretical since a half-heresy
half resembles the Truth!
30.
Christ has only one Spouse, the Catholic Church, and her worship
service cannot also serve religions that are at enmity with her.
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