Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Fr. Z. informs us that today is Sexagesima Sunday , the "sixtieth" day before Easter (in a broad and not absolutely numerical sense). In the traditional Roman calendar this Sunday is called Sexagesima, Latin for the “Sixtieth” day before Easter. This number is more symbolic than arithmetical. Last week was the first of these pre-Lenten Sundays, Septuagesima or “Seventieth. The pre-Lenten Sundays prepare us for the discipline of Lent, which once was far stricter. Purple is worn rather than the green of the season after Epiphany and there is a Tract instead of an Alleluia. The prayers and readings for the pre-Lenten Sundays were compiled by St. Gregory the Great (+604). In the Novus Ordo of Paul VI there is no more pre-Lent, which was a real loss. COLLECT : Deus, qui conspicis, quia ex nulla nostra actione confidimus: concede propitius; ut, contra adversa omnia, Doctoris gentium protectione muniamur. I don’t think this prayer in any form survived to live in the Novus O...

Fr. Zuhlsdorf has posted a note to either seminarians or to seminary faculty asking for feedback on the status of the Traditional Roman Missal in their training. I would like some news from seminarians or seminary instructors . What is happening in your seminary with the "Traditional Latin Mass"? Are there celebrations of the older Mass now? Are there plans? Is there instruction for men now to learn to celebrate Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum ? Are there plans? What about the Rituale Romanum ? Any training for how to marry, bury and baptize? Let’s avoid rumors . Let’s get facts . The comments so far are illuminating and quite hopeful, I think. JUST A REMINDER: The Rorate Mass is scheduled tomorrow on EWTN . It should be something quite beautiful to see!