Feb 15 2009
Getting Use to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass
One thing I noticed when I was on retreat the first full weekend in February was how accustomed I was to attending the Extraordinary form of the Mass. Actually, I noticed the same thing when I was on a cruise during Christmas and New Year, but the realization did not hit me until the retreat.
The reason I noticed is because the Masses during both those time periods were the Ordinary Form of the Mass. I actually had to think about the responces during those Masses and how varied the Ordinary Form of the Mass can be (it was really apparent with the Masses on the Cruise).
I was actually glad to get back to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass after both period and am now thinking that maybe it might be a good thing to return completely to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass and scrappinig the Ordinary Form of the Mass.
