New Mass for UK Ordinariate

Image retrieved from the Ordinariate’s website

The Anglican Ordinariate in the U.K., in full communion with the Pope, revealed their new mass yesterday. One of the best things about the new mass is that it includes elements of the Tridentine Mass, as a new article on the Ordinariate’s website notes “[t]raditional elements of the Roman Rite such as the Last Gospel and the preparatory Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, options within the Ordinariate Use, were also included.”  This great news to anyone who is a lover of liturgical tradition and wishes to see more of a continuity between the masses celebrated today and masses celebrated prior to the Second Vatican Council.  Perhaps the new mass of the Ordinariate will slowly influence the Novus Ordo masses toward a hermeneutic of continuity.  See here for the original article by the Ordinariate!

Monsignor Steenson’s Installation Homily: The Chair of St. Peter and Christian Unity

The grandiose Cathedral is nearly full, a faint smell of incense is in the air and in almost complete silence a handful of Catholic Bishops make their way down the aisle followed by two Cardinals of the Catholic Church.  As the music begins, droves of acolytes, seminarians, deacons and priests flood the aisle in procession, followed by Fr. Steenson, soon to be officially installed as Monsignor Steenson, Ordinary to the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

It was truly an amazing experience to be present for the installation of the Ordinary at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston Texas.  The liturgy was phenomenal, the Cathedral was breathtaking and Fr. Steenson’s homily was truly astounding.  Below is a video of the homily.  Enjoy!