Comments on: Memories of the Tridentine Mass – 2/2 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2025/12/03/memories-of-the-tridentine-mass-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memories-of-the-tridentine-mass-2 I am Goan, and nothing human is alien to me… Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:58:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: James Dsouza https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2025/12/03/memories-of-the-tridentine-mass-2/#comment-23466 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:58:35 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=84562#comment-23466 The fullness of the Christian faith is found within the Catholic church and the most Holy Sacrifice at the Altar.
The Traditional Latin Mass was celebrated with great piety and reverence by Fr. João Silveira on the feast of St. Francis Xavier. I felt blessed during the Mass and I am looking forward to attend many more Latin Masses in the future.
The sublimity of the Traditional Latin Mass will bring the youth back to the church and will fortify the faith of many Catholics.

]]> By: Alwyn M.D'Sa https://www.oscardenoronha.com/2025/12/03/memories-of-the-tridentine-mass-2/#comment-22686 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:15:56 +0000 https://www.oscardenoronha.com/?p=84562#comment-22686 Every action, posture and delivery of the celebrant has such a meaningful delivery. It may appear gloomy at times having the priest face the Altar but the entire environment including the modesty in clothing of the faithful and gestures takes ones heart closer to where it should be with no distractions as one can notice in the present day informal Mass.

I remember as an Altar boy from age 5 till around 1964 all Masses were in the Latin language. I was very fond of the Mea Culpa said kneeling beside the priest when you needed to move the head closer to the priest at Mea Culpa. I was even singing the long prayers solo before the Masses for the dead when the priest wore black. Looking back I have great nostalgia.

Would I wish Latin Mass would come back? I don’t know. Maybe the special reverence that was present and gestures could be introduced in the modern Mass.

Thank you dear Oscar for narrating your experience and giving the Chronology of events.

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