I am certainly excited, and so should you! This is not widely publicised outside the Oratory's newletter, so here's a reminder:
In this joyous time of Christmastide the Birmingham Oratory has changed the time and venue of the weekly Sunday Tridentine Mass to:9:30 am
in the Main Church
at the High Altar
in the Main Church
at the High Altar
Please give this 'experimental' change your support if you happen to be spending the weekend in Brum (which I'd recommend; the lovely cosmopolitan city it is)! You can also stick around afterwards in thanksgiving, with the grand High Mass which is sung by the wonderful Oratory Choir in the ordinary form.
God bless you all and Happy Christmas!
Awesome! Thanks for telling us, non-oratorians. I think this is an excellent idea. It's a great way of expressing the fact that TLM should have never been suppressed, that no longer a special indult is required and that this Form of the Roman Rite is still as relevant today as it has been in the past.
ReplyDeleteI remember that when I attended the TLM in the cloistered chapel it just felt like it's a way of separating "the trads" from the real people. (I know that this was NOT the case!) This should change this as well.
I think now, that the old mass is in the main church, even more people might get attracted to it. I remember that last time I attended the mass there was just enough space for me to sit. Did more people start attending after the Motu Proprio?
I'm definitely going to show my support after I get back to Brum.
God bless!
Tom
PS: In case you guys decide to start offering Missa Cantata, tell me, haha! ;-)
Thanks Tomas. There is usually about 30 people attending the cloister chapel 'indult' mass. The capacity of the chapel is about 40 I'd guess, so the main church is a real improvement. Speaking of missa cantatas, the regular 'trad-only' attendees faithfully attempt one every now and again. About once a month I think. Sadly it is not likely to be possible at the new time, since it causes things to run over a bit. We'll have to see. But in a way there is less need to with the High Mass afterwards. It depends how exclusive you want to be. Personally, I think 2 Latin Masses on a sunday, one high, one low, one extraordinary, one ordinary, is more anyone could ask! Plus there will be the 2 high masses for corpus christi and ascension in the old rite. This year Epiphany falls on the Sunday so things will be as normal.
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome. I agree, it's more than you could ever ask for. I wasn't truly serious with the missa cantata, thought it never hurts asking, haha. :-)
ReplyDeleteI personally can't wait for Corpus Christi though. I've never been fortunate enaugh to experience High Mass in the extrodinary form. I've watched it on my laptop (EWTN) and the liturgy is just beatiful. But watching it and praying it are two different things.
Could you please tell me what time the Masses for Corpus Christi and The Ascension will be?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Jack
Jack: If it's the same as last year, the Ascension and Corpus Christi Extraordinary High Masses will be at 8pm in the evening.
ReplyDeleteThis is the standard time for a high mass at the Oratory when the solemnity is a weekday / working day. If holy days fall on a saturday, then the high mass is at 11am. Sunday high mass is at 10.30am. Hope this helps.
This is a good move in principle but won't thirty people be swamped in this large church? In the summer last year I went to the High Mass and was surprised by the relative thinness of the congregation. There were plenty of free seats among a scattered congregation.
ReplyDeleteWho would want to spend a week-end in Birmingham, self-proclaimed city of the future?