Comments on: UPDATED! 16-yr-old writes about the TLM

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:53:57 +0000

Thanks for posting a reply. I believe that you meant you could not agree with this post any _more_, not any _less_ – meaning that you do strongly agree with it.

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:27:34 +0000

I’m 15, and can’t agree any less with this post. I used to attend Novus Ordo masses with my family and they were more like attending a concert or a social thereby making no impact on me what-so-ever. When I turned 10, however, my family began to go to Latin Mass. The ‘Old Mass’ truly can not be compared! Just as God does not change, His Mass should not change.

By: michael

michael — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:40:40 +0000

Mr. Milukas’ letter really got me thinking. How often do you witness this depth of thought and faith, and this power of articulation in a 16 year old? Wow! This is one kid I want to know in years to come.
I was in a minor seminary when Vatican II opened. I learned the Mass in Latin, and learned to pray and even think in Latin. I love the old Mass, and still remember it. But I love the new Mass too. I mean when Christ comes down and turns bread and wine into His Body and Blood, how can you not love that? The new Mass does express the Liturgy of the Word more understandably than the TLM. But the precision and mystery of the TLM is truly moving.
There is no need to “entertain” at a Mass, and liturgy that stresses passive entertainment just misses the point of the Mass. However, the parts of the liturgy that are supposed to be the people’s expressions of their faith need to arise from the musical vernacular of the people. I find so much of the hymns at the new masses so emotionally deadening, and theologically unnourishing.

By: Roman Catholic by Choice » Blog Archive » Follow-up: 16-yr-old writes about TLM

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:52:29 +0000

[...] Thanks to the popularity of my post on the Traditional Latin Mass editorial from the Georgia Bulletin, I thought it only fair to include links to the letters to the editor leading up to young Mr. Milukas’s letter. [...]

By: clewis

clewis — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:20:26 +0000

Indeed, well put, Oliver. There should be something “different” about the Mass (i.e., different from everyday life), and it’s insulting to try to make it “like” the rest of your life, the stuff you hear on the radio, whatever. If you don’t make it “different” from the mundane, how do you keep people engaged? And yet they teen Mass folks seek to make it similar to teens’ everyday lives in the name of “relevance.”

By: Oliver McCarthy

Oliver McCarthy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:24:31 +0000

I’m not a Roman Catholic by choice, but I found this post interesting.

Writing as a former 16-year-old, the point surely is that there are various reasons why one MIGHT go to Mass. But going to Mass because you like guitar music is a fairly weak one, whereas going to Mass because you believe in the power of prayer is very strong one. The strength of the Mass comes from its ability to change the soul, not from how much it is or is not like a pop concert.

By: clewis

clewis — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:32:26 +0000

Didn’t hurt that The Curt Jester plugged this post.

By: Lee Anderson

Lee Anderson — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:45:26 +0000

Attention all bloggers: any story about TLM is HOT! This was one of the most popular posts on stblogs.com.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:45:42 +0000

What fostered amd nourished saints of old will do so again in our own day.

By: Dean Whinery B.

Dean Whinery B. — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:01:35 +0000

This young man is saying, in effect, “Don’t talk down to us, please.”