...Ad Deum Qui Laetificat Iueventutem Meum !

Many thanks to the good priests of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest. Thanks to their patience and hospitality, I offered Mass in the extraordinary form for the first time last Monday. I also thank my readers (both of you) for your prayers on this occasion! A seminary classmate was in attendance (the first time he had ever attended the extraordinary form of the Mass) and he was duly edified. To offer Mass in the extraordinary form is a very prayerful experience in a way that is different from that of the ordinary form. I am not quite sure how to articulate it, because it is the not the sort of thing that can be spoken of, but must be experienced (this applies regardless of which side of the altar rail one is on). It is my thought that many people will be moved to take advantage of Summorum Pontificum, as they come to experience it. They will share their joy with others and it will catch on, slowly, but sure enough, many more people will come to experience this form of the Mass! My classmate, whom I shall not name, has now expressed an interest in offering the Mass in the extraordinary form, that he may offer it for his parishioners as well.