FILIPINO TRADITIONAL ROMAN CATHOLIC: VOTIVE MASS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Friday, September 26, 2008

VOTIVE MASS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

On September 26, 2008 as part of the culminating activities in the observance of the National Peace Consciousness Month, the Students and Faculty members of the Department of Peace Studies of Bicol University sponsored a votive mass for peace and justice, celebrated in the Ordinary Form. The Celebrant was Fr. Steve Loria, SOLT Novice Master of the Society of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) of the SOLT Regionalate in Putiao, Pilar, Sorsogon, in the Philippines. The mass was celebrated with all simplicity and dignity. In the Philippines almost all social events are preceded by the Celebration of a Holy Mass. Not only in private but in cultural, civic and even in government activities. Although the constitution of the Philippines mandates the separation of Church and State, yet the church is very much and present in almost Levey aspect of the social life of the Filipinos. The display of religious symbols such as the crucifix, icons, images and Bibles is an omnipresent reality. Government offices are always decorated with religious images. And Masses and prayers meetings can be held even during working hours. In the Philippines separation of Church and State is interpreted not in the same way as is interpreted in some western country but as a means to support the free practice of religion.

"For this is my Body..."

The makeshift altar we prepared. Notice the simplicity but dignified altar furnishings and vestments. Indeed we are poor in terms of material things but we bring out the best that we can. God loves a cheerful giver and the Lord will see our hearts.

"For this is my Blood...."

The Novus Ordo Mass is here to stay. I would surmise that the congregation of students here will not be prepared for Latin Mass. They belong to the new generation born in the early 90s. But we celebrate it according to the norms of the books. We accept the validity and licitness of the Novus Ordo and we celebrate it according to the norms and rules prescribed the Holy Mother Church.

The Congregation of Students and Faculty Members

The Celebrant and Homilist, Rev. Fr. Steve Loria, SOLT

The Choir of Students who sang for the Mass

Offertory Procession

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A 13 years old boy............. in 1983, but now I am a golden boy, gaining weight and wiser, but younger at heart. I consider myself as a “novus ordo baby” because I was born in the late 60s after the 2nd Vatican Council introduced the novus ordo missae and grew up confronted by the confusions as a result. Like my generation I never saw what the church was like prior to Vatican II, but I am a living witness to the gradual disappearance of religious traditions we hold dear. Young as I was then I could not understand what was going on. But I suffered the sense of loss as I saw how the modernizing influence in the church disfigured the liturgy and clouded the way we believe and practice our faith. But then being a child, powerless, not knowing what it was, and why it happened, I simply drifted into the sea of confusion, too young to understand. With a glimmer of faith in my heart, planted by baptism and confirmation, strengthened by the sound teachings of my parents and grandparents, I sailed into the sea of life, day after day, seeing the changes happen, feeling the sense of abandonment, yet God was merciful to me. In 2005 I discovered the Traditional Latin Mass or commonly known in the post-conciliar period as the Tridentine Mass. I began to love the rite of mass that has nourished my ancestors, the saints and the martyrs. I am eternally grateful to His Holiness Pope John Paul II for recognizing the rightful aspirations of Catholics attached to the ancient forms of the Roman Rite through his apostolic letter ECCLESIA DEI DI AFFLICTA. I am also eternally grateful to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for liberating the Traditional Latin Mass through his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum. I fully agree with the program of his pontificate regarding the Hermeneutics of Continuity and disdain the hermeneutics of rupture. Today I consider myself a Traditional Roman Catholic attached to the liturgical discipline of 1962 as outlined in the Motu Proprio SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM of his Holiness. I believe that there is only one Roman Rite, the Ordinary and the Extraordinary and that the Mass in whatever form should be celebrated with dignity. My voyage is on. Join me in this quest.

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Friday, September 26, 2008

VOTIVE MASS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

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