: In Seward, Kansas
The Necessaries
This week Jim Spencer is back and has gathered more great insight into the subject of Latin (or more specifically, why Latin in the liturgy). Mr. Spencer was the original writer for Venite Missa Est! and has always been a supporter of this blog. Thanks Jim!
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One of my personal original intents was to highlight the parishioners of St. Anthony which I have done on occasion but I need your help. Is there someone that you might speak with and have highlighted here? I have found that EVERYONE has some fascinating tale to tell...whether they think their own lives are mundane and ordinary or not....I think we should all share our wonderful lives that God has given.
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Note that posts are a bit short as of late...so much to do in school and other activities! I will be back to full speed soon!
Please note: St. Anthony Catholic Church is the only local church celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass (EFLR) in the Wichita area. Though this blog is loosely centered around this parish and it's members, Venite Missa Est! is by no means, in any way an official voice of, or for, St. Anthony Parish or the Diocese of Wichita. Venite Missa Est is strictly a private layman's endeavor.
Why Latin?
Fr. Thomas Kinkaid, in Baltimore Catechism #4:“Wherever it is possible for civilized people to go, there you will find a priest saying Mass in just the same way you see him saying it here. It is a great consolation for one in a strange country to enter a church and hear Mass, perceiving no difference in the vestments, the ceremonies, or language of the priest. A little altar boy from the United States could serve Mass in any other part of the world. See therefore, the great advantage the Church has in using the Latin language instead of the vernacular or ordinary language of the people.”
Fr. Michael Muller, C.Ss.R., in The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:“Mass is said in Latin because a universal Church requires a universal language . . . . Variety of languages is a punishment, a consequence of sin; it was inflicted by God that the human race might be dispersed over the face of the earth. The holy Church, the immaculate Spouse of Jesus Christ, has been established for the express purpose of destroying sin and uniting all mankind; consequently she must everywhere speak the same language.
Msgr. George J. Moorman, in The Latin Mass Explained:“. . . But the Mass is not a prayer, it is an action. The priest is not only praying at the altar, but he is doing a work which is greater than prayer. The people join with him not in the words he is saying but in the work he is doing. This work is the offering up of sacrifice to God. What does it matter that you cannot follow the words that the priest is saying? You know what he is doing. You can, of course, if you like, get a prayerbook and follow him word for word all through the service, but this is not necessary.”
Kansas Catholic reports that the Extraordinary Form of the Holy Mass takes place each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church located at 504 Main in Seward, Kansas in the Diocese of Dodge City.
Thats pretty spectacular for a parish that lists 23 households and a town that is comprised of mostly dirt roads.MASS SCHEDULE
Sunday
8:30 am11:00 am Tridentine Mass
Daily Mass
8:00 am
Holy Days
Vigil: 7:00 pmDay: 8:30 am
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