{"id":3188,"date":"2007-11-27T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aomoi.net\/blog\/arkiv\/988"},"modified":"2012-02-13T11:04:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T10:04:14","slug":"en-prest-forteller-om-sin-f%c3%b8rste-tradisjonelle-latinske-messe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aomoi.net\/blogg\/2007\/11\/en-prest-forteller-om-sin-f%c3%b8rste-tradisjonelle-latinske-messe\/","title":{"rendered":"En prest forteller om sin f\u00f8rste tradisjonelle latinske messe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeg har ikke skrevet s\u00e5 mye p\u00e5 bloggen om den tradisjonelle latinske messen (TLM) i det siste, men det er kanskje mest fordi det n\u00e5 begynner \u00e5 n\u00e6rme seg min egen f\u00f8rste TLM. Jeg leste i dag <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/images\/pdfs\/636.pdf\">en artikkel p\u00e5 det (sv\u00e6rt liberale) America tidsskriftet<\/a>, om en prest som hadde feira sin f\u00f8rste TLM-messe i september, over 20 \u00e5r etter sin prestevielse. Han var i utgangspunktet ganske negativ til den gamle messen (og en ganske liberal prest p\u00e5 mange m\u00e5ter), men oppdaga at han i den messen ble mye mer en anonym tjener for mysteriet (og for folket), enn en som skulle prestere noe for andre. <a href=\"http:\/\/wdtprs.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/from-another-entry-during-the-roman-canon-i-felt-intense-loneliness\/\">Father Z. tar opp denne artikkelen p\u00e5 sin blog<\/a>, og skriver egne kommentarer og har \u00e5pna for en interessant diskusjon.<\/p>\n<p><i><font color=\"#333399\"><strong>My Second First Mass <\/strong>&#8211; On presiding at a Latin liturgy<br \/>\nBY MICHAEL KERPER<\/p>\n<p>On September 23 I walked down the center aisle of our parish church, genuflected and made the sign of the cross while saying, In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Thus began my first Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962 more than 22 years after my first experience of celebrating the Eucharist. When Pope Benedict XVI issued his letter of July 7 eliminating most restrictions on the use of the so-called Tridentine Mass, my reaction oscillated between mild irritation (Will this ignite conflict? How will we ever provide such Masses?) and vague interest (Is there perhaps some hidden treasure in the old Mass?). Within a week, letters trickled in. Some demanded a Latin Mass every Sunday, insisting that the pope had \u201cmandated\u201d its regular celebration. Others were more reasonable. In August, I met with a dozen parishioners who wanted the Mass. The meeting became steamy as I explained that I had never said the \u201cold\u201d Mass as a priest and had served such Masses as an altar boy for only two years before everything changed. Some thought I was just feigning ignorance to avoid doing it.<\/p>\n<p>A few days after the meeting, I obtained a 1962 missal, looked through it, and concluded, reluctantly, that I knew more Latin than I had thought. My original cranky demurral crumbled &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Having decided to offer the Tridentine Mass, I began the arduous project of recovering\u2014and reinforcing\u2014my Latin grammar and vocabulary so that I could celebrate the liturgy in a prayerful, intelligible way. As I studied the Latin texts and intricate rituals I had never noticed as a boy, I discovered that the old rite\u2019s priestly spirituality and theology were exactly the opposite of what I had expected. <\/font><\/i><!--more--><i><font color=\"#333399\">Whereas I had looked for the \u201chigh priest\/king of the parish\u201d spirituality, I instrument for the sake of the people.\u201d  The old Missal\u2019s rubrical micromanagement made me feel like a mere machine, devoid of personality; but, I wondered, is that really so bad? I actually felt liberated from a persistent need to perform, to engage, to be forever a friendly celebrant. When I saw a photo of the old Latin Mass in our local newspaper, I suddenly recognized the rite\u2019s ingenious ability to shrink the priest. Shot from the choir loft, I was a mere speck of green, dwarfed by the high altar. The focal point was not the priest but the gathering of the people. And isn\u2019t that a valid image of the church, the people of God?<\/p>\n<p>The act of praying the Roman Canon slowly and in low voice accented my own smallness and mere instrumentality more than anything else. Plodding through the first 50 or so words of the Canon, I felt intense loneliness. As I moved along, however, I also heard the absolute silence behind me, 450 people of all ages praying, all bound mysteriously to the words I uttered and to the ritual actions I haltingly and clumsily performed. Following the consecration, I fell into a paradoxical experience of intense solitude as I gazed at the Sacrament and an inexplicable feeling of solidarity with the multitude behind me. Even as I cherish this experience, I must confess that I felt awkward, stiff and not myself. Some of the rubrical requirements, like not using one\u2019s thumbs and index fingers after the consecration except to touch the host, paralyzed me. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My reluctant engagement with the Latin Mass has not undermined my  own priestly spirituality, born of Vatican II. Rather, it has complemented and reinforced the council\u2019s teaching that the priest is an instrument of Christ called to serve everyone, regardless of theological or liturgical style. &#8230;<br \/>\n<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeg har ikke skrevet s\u00e5 mye p\u00e5 bloggen om den tradisjonelle latinske messen (TLM) i det siste, men det er kanskje mest fordi det n\u00e5 begynner \u00e5 n\u00e6rme seg min egen f\u00f8rste TLM. 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