WobLog

We worship using the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (also known as the Traditional Mass, or the Latin Mass) at St. Margaret Mary in Oakland. We are blessed enough to have a High Mass every Sunday, so this is the form we're most familiar with. Sometimes when we go to Mass during the week, we'll attend a Low Mass. The most obvious difference is the lack of a choir for the Low Mass, or, if you're our children, you might say the most obvious difference is that the Low Mass is shorter.

We very rarely attend the Ordinatry Form of the Roman Rite (also know as the Novus Ordo Mass.) In fact, we pretty much only attend when we travel, so the kids aren't very used to this form of the liturgy.

This past Sunday, while traveling, we attended a Novus Ordo Mass. Only someone who has been to both Masses can appreciate how different they can be, depending upon the manner in which they are celebrated. This particular Mass was celebrated in a very modern way.

This was not the first time we've gone to Mass in this particular church, and in the middle of this Mass, my five year old son, Alex leaned over to his grandmother and said, "Do they always have Low Mass here?" Grandma managed to stifle her laughter and replied, "Yes."