Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

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Shawn Tribe of the New Liturgical Movement has a beautiful story complete with some astonishing photos . Here is a snippet of his post which is a must see : An important event has occurred in the life of the Roman Church. More significant even than the Pope's re-orientation of the liturgy by means of the arrangement of the versus populum altar -- though going hand in hand with that important development -- the Pope has now given an important public witness and example of the acceptability of the celebration of the sacred liturgy "ad orientem" -- that is, with the priest, in this case the Pope himself, and the faithful directed together in a common sacred direction, turned towards the Lord, towards the symbolic "East" of the liturgy. This is the first such public manifestation (as compared to this practice in the Pope's private chapel) for quite some time and that it has occurred within the Vatican itself is also significant. The liturgy celebrated is tha