The Only
Mass Padre Pio Ever Offered
(1) The venerable
and immemorial Roman Mass, including in its exquisite
ritual detail, is theocentric—centered on and
directed to Almighty God. It gives constant glory to
the Triune God: a sacrifice of adoration, thanksgiving,
propitiation, and impetration, directed to God,
both theologically and ritually.
(2) The venerable
Roman Mass (Traditional Latin Mass) is the “Mass of the
Ages,” it is the Mass which has always been
offered by the one, holy, Catholic Church. Thus, it is
the true and proper Catholic Mass. This is the Mass
which has been handed down by the tradition of Rome,
the city consecrated by the blood of two princes, the
holy apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul. It is the
masterpiece of two-thousand years of Catholic
Tradition, life, and worship.
(3) By means of the
Traditional Latin Mass we are able to be supremely
faithful to our Catholic religion, i.e. faithful to
the (exact same) law of belief (lex credendi) and
the (exact same) law of prayer (lex orandi) which
have been professed by all our ancestors in the Faith,
stretching back to the Apostles themselves.
(4) The venerable
Roman Mass, including in its exquisite ritual detail,
professes, manifests and honors the ineffable Mystery
which takes place: Jesus Christ, the one High Priest,
offers the sacrifice of His life, through the ministry
of His priests, in an unbloody manner. Our Redeemer
returns mystically to die for us.
(5) The venerable
Roman Mass, including in its exquisite ritual detail,
professes, manifests, reverences, and adores the
ineffable Mystery which takes place: the Body
and Blood of Jesus Christ, together with His Soul and
His Divinity, are made present and real through the
Miracle of Transubstantiation at the time of the
Consecration.
(6) It is a Dogma of
the Catholic Faith that the worship of Adoration (latria)
must be given to Christ present in the Eucharist. The
venerable Roman Mass, including in its exquisite ritual
detail, carries this out to perfection.
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(7) The venerable
Roman Mass highlights the fact that Holy Mass is
Christ’s own sacrifice, holy, perfect, and in every
point complete, through and with which each one of the
faithful nobly honors God, confessing at one and the
same time one’s own nothingness and the supreme dominion
which God has over one.
(8) The classical
Roman Mass is unchanging. It is characterized by
a holy permanence and stability. This is extremely
important because it is a reflection of the lex
credendi (the Faith) which does not change. God is
immutable, the holy truths of the Catholic Faith are
immutable, Holy Scripture is immutable . . .
Holy Mass is immutable.
(9) The classical
Roman Mass is universal. It unites us not only
with all the Catholics of the world (space) but also
with all our Catholic ancestors across the centuries
(time), especially the throngs of saints whose souls
were nourished and strengthened by this very same
heavenly Liturgy.
(10) Our Ancient
Rite expresses the Roman Catholic Faith clearly, fully,
and with sublime beauty and noble precision, e.g. the
mysteries of the Blessed Trinity and the Incarnation,
the holiness and grandeur of Almighty God, the mystery
of grace and reality of sin, the veneration of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, the angels and the saints, the Mass
as the Sacrifice of Christ offered to the Eternal Father
for our salvation, the priesthood as a perpetuation of
Christ’s own Priesthood, the hierarchical nature of the
Church, death, judgment, heaven, and hell.
(11) The venerable
Roman Mass professes, manifests, and extols the
following effects of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:
the most Blessed Trinity is adored, honored, and
glorified, Jesus Christ renews His Death on the Cross,
Jesus Christ intercedes for the Church, the Virgin Mary
and the saints are honored, the Church is aided in its
battle against the devil and in its effort to reach
heaven, the holy souls in purgatory are freed.
(12) The orations
(prayers) of the Traditional Latin Mass express,
transmit, and extol Catholic doctrine, e.g. Catholic
teaching on hell, divine judgment, God’s wrath,
punishment for sin, the wickedness of sin as the
greatest evil, detachment from the world, purgatory, the
souls of the departed, Christ’s kingship on earth, the
Church Militant, the triumph of the Catholic Faith, the
evils of heresy, schism and error, the conversion of
non-Catholics, the merits of the saints and miracles. |