“I don’t dislike the Latin Mass”

Columnist-priest backtracks on criticism of Mass of the old rite

A Catholic News Service columnist who wrote an opinion piece critical of the Tridentine Mass published in the weekly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has said, “I’m sorry.”

The August article was published in the Tidings under the byline of Rev. Peter Daly, a priest in Maryland. Daly wrote that those who attend the old rite like it because it is “quiet and short” and “reminds them of the old days.” According to Daly, the attitude of those who want a return of the Tridentine Mass says, “‘I want no commitment and I want no communication.’ Hardly the ‘full and active participation’ that Vatican II called for.”

Referring to a celebration of the Tridentine Mass at a parish near his own, Daly said few people attend, most of them are elderly, and the priest who celebrates the Mass “is a bit exasperated with the whole thing. It means a lot of work for him.”

Daly concluded that the Church can offer the Tridentine Mass, “but almost nobody will come.” Read the full article here: California Catholic Daily