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In other Oratorian news (sort of), Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the Archbishop of Boston, who now has a blog, was recently in the Chiesa Nuova at Rome, saying Mass with his assistant. Having spent a little time in the church myself, and especially before the tomb of St. Philip, this great picture from the Cardinal’s blog caught my eye:
I wonder how many hits his blog is getting?
St. Louis-Marie de Montfort,
Pope St. Pius X,
St. Joseph,
St. Ambrose of Milan,
St. Thomas Aquinas,
St. Francis (and St. Clare),
St. Catherine of Siena,
St. Alphonsus Ligouri,
St. John Chrysostom,
So glad to see His Eminence is “Turning Towards the Lord”
I wonder when the last time an American Bishop celebrated the TLM and didn’t try to hide it was (Bishop Bruskewitz excepted, of course). It’s certainly a heartening sight. Let us pray that His Lordship will be more generous with Catholic Tradition within his own Archdiocese. Perhaps it would be enlightening to other priests and or Bishops to see Cardinal O’Malley celebrating the Missal of St. Pius V.
In addition to Bishop Bruskewitz, there are Bishop Doran of Rockford, IL, and Archbishop Burke of St. Louis, formerly of La Crosse, WI.
Tridentine Mass? Not likely, Tim. I mean, I guess I don’t know for sure, but look at that joker standing on his feet next to him: that’s hardly condign with Tridentine rubrics. I’m almost certain that this Mass was the Novus Ordo. My only question is whether it was in English or Latin.
Quite right, Iosephus, don’t know how I missed that. The traditional Roman vestments threw me off. I retract my previous comment on His Lordship celebrating the Missal of St. Pius V.
initially I gagged at the “Cardinal Sean”, but the blog seems decent actually.
It reminds me a Novus Ordo confirmation I attended, where the hundred or so young adults to be confirmed shouted, “Hello, Archbishop Jim!” on cue. Gag.
Novus Ordo, vernacular etc. Saying mass at unreordered side altars is very common in Italy, even where the liturgical culture is ‘progressive’.
Perhaps more significant is the fact that the picture has been posted on the cardinal’s blog…
Yes, that is the thing of it, that it went up onto this blog. People in America don’t often see such a sight - not to mention that high elevation!
I was on pilgrimage, when a seminarian, and we went to St. Paul outside the walls, where we were assigned the chapel of St. Benedict. I remember how uncomfortable the priest was with offering the Sacrifice ad orientem - in fact, he never fully faced the altar, the closest he would come would be a half-turn where the altar was to his left and the faithful to his right! It was bizarre.