Norrin,
Thank you for your inoffensive, polite candor. I know the Traditional Latin Mass will be unfamiliar to most people who grew up on other religious traditions. Until about 12 years ago, it was new to me, too, because I grew up with the New Mass. I was born in 1961, priests began to say it in 1970.
The Traditional Mass is certainly much more old-covenant-like than any evangelical service you'll ever attend. It should remind us of OT events, too, partly, because Holy Mass is a sacrifice that Christ offers to His Heavenly Father through the priests. No, He doesn't die again. The priest consecrates bread and win separately because Christ's blood left His body when He died. Separate consecrations stand for that separation. The priest wears vestments because he does something like what Aaron did in the Holy of Holies. Here's an excellent explanation of the Mass.
Here's a bunch of photos from the Mass I attended January 2, 2014 at St. Joseph's Church in Troy, New York. The crucifix is standing on the tabernacle.
http://stpeters-troy.tripod.com/id310.html
The Catholic Mass explained by Archbishop Fulton Sheen - YouTube
The tabernacle is a fancy, holy-of-holies-like locked place where transubstantiated Hosts stay during Holy Mass and after it. It's something like a safe. We take Our Lord literally when He says "This is my body" and "This is my blood." We believe that while the priest consecrates the bread and the wine, they become His body, blood, soul, and divinity. The essence of the bread becomes the essence of His living, glorified body. The essence changes into the essence of His blood. That's why I posted the two-part article about the Eucharistic miracle that happened in Lanciano, Italy.
Thank you for your inoffensive, polite candor. I know the Traditional Latin Mass will be unfamiliar to most people who grew up on other religious traditions. Until about 12 years ago, it was new to me, too, because I grew up with the New Mass. I was born in 1961, priests began to say it in 1970.
The Traditional Mass is certainly much more old-covenant-like than any evangelical service you'll ever attend. It should remind us of OT events, too, partly, because Holy Mass is a sacrifice that Christ offers to His Heavenly Father through the priests. No, He doesn't die again. The priest consecrates bread and win separately because Christ's blood left His body when He died. Separate consecrations stand for that separation. The priest wears vestments because he does something like what Aaron did in the Holy of Holies. Here's an excellent explanation of the Mass.
Here's a bunch of photos from the Mass I attended January 2, 2014 at St. Joseph's Church in Troy, New York. The crucifix is standing on the tabernacle.
http://stpeters-troy.tripod.com/id310.html
The Catholic Mass explained by Archbishop Fulton Sheen - YouTube
The tabernacle is a fancy, holy-of-holies-like locked place where transubstantiated Hosts stay during Holy Mass and after it. It's something like a safe. We take Our Lord literally when He says "This is my body" and "This is my blood." We believe that while the priest consecrates the bread and the wine, they become His body, blood, soul, and divinity. The essence of the bread becomes the essence of His living, glorified body. The essence changes into the essence of His blood. That's why I posted the two-part article about the Eucharistic miracle that happened in Lanciano, Italy.
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