THE TRADITIONAL HOLY MASS, THE MASS THAT SANCTIFIED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR MANY CENTURIES

For centuries before 1970, this was how Mass was celebrated throughout the world, the same Mass that nourished the souls of saints and sinners for centuries. The priest stood before the altar with the people, offering a sacrifice to God, present in the Blessed Sacrament reserved in the tabernacle. With the exception of the homily, the Mass was sung, chanted, or spoken entirely in Latin.

⚜️This is the Mass where St. Joseph of Cupertino was seen levitating.

⚜️This is the Mass that St. Gregory the Great inherited, developed, and solidified.

⚜️This is the Mass that Saint Thomas Aquinas celebrated, lovingly wrote about, and to which he contributed (composing the Proper Mass and the Office for the Feast of Corpus Christi).

⚜️This is the Mass that Saint Louis IX, King of France, attended three times a day.

⚜️This is the Mass that Saint Philip Neri had to withdraw from before celebrating, because it easily led him into an ecstasy that lasted for hours.

⚜️This is the Mass that was first celebrated on the shores of America by Spanish and French missionaries, such as the North American Martyrs.

⚜️This is the Mass that priests secretly said in England and Ireland during the dark days of persecution, and this is the Mass that Blessed Miguel Pro Juárez risked his life to celebrate before being captured and martyred by the Mexican government.

⚜️This is the Mass that Blessed John Henry Newman said he would celebrate every waking moment of his life if he could.

⚜️This is the Mass that Father Frederick Faber called "the most beautiful thing this side of heaven."

⚜️This is the Mass that great artists such as Evelyn Waugh, David Jones, and Graham Greene loved so much, and whose loss they mourned with sorrow and alarm.

⚜️This is the Mass so revered that even non-Catholics like Agatha Christie and Iris Murdoch came to its defense in the 1970s.