It is of utmost joy that our organisation Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph – Philippines, a lay organisation of faithful predilecting the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite has now initiated the erection of a personal parish dedicated solely to celebrating the Tridentine Latin Mass according to the Missal of Bl. John XXIII. Our EDSSJ founding chairman, Bro Dennis Maturan has posted this recently through our ygroups :

The Bishop of the Diocese of Cubao, his excellency Bishop Honesto F.Ongtioco, D.D., has permitted the erection of a personal parish for those who are attached to the Extra Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite. The church building will be dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and will under the auspices of Fr. Michell Joe Zerrudo and the Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph to consolidate efforts aong various groups advocating the return of the form of Mass popularly known as the Tridentine Mass. The parish will also be available for other Sacraments to be administered according to the liturgical books of 1962 or prior to 1970. It will also be a venue of training for priests who would like to learn the ancient usage of the Roman Rite and others who would like to learn the rubrics of serving at the traditional rites, including schola and choir training. The Diocese is now looking for a venue for the said personal parish and funds are solicited in order to commence such as august aposolate. Funds may be channeled through Fr. Michell Joe B. Zerrudo, Parish of Our Lord of Divine Mercy, Diocese of Cubao, Maamo cor. Madasalins Sts., Sikatuna, Quezon City, Philippines or may call his parish at 029213337. We therefore appeal to traditonal Catholic communities to help us in such endeavor.

To help us in propagating further the spirituality of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, I enjoin  myself in this endeavour being a member of the Society itself. We appeal for prayers such that this aspiration may be accomplished in God’s time.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam! Sancti Ioannes Marie Vianney, ora pronobis

My sources have usually been NLM and WDTPRS, although I visit the latter more often than I do the former. Liturgy and the correct celebration of such (including those that tackle the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite) have been my usual subjects nowadays inspite of this blog’s former intentions of becoming my own hub for Catholic apologetics articles. Nevertheless, I do not mind.

Today I had the chance to check out anew Fr. Z’s blog (WDTPRS of course) and these caught my eye:

USCCB Newsletter from Committee on Divine Worship

and

TLMs are not hard for the young… on the contrary

For the first item, I could not help agreeing with Fr Z and his insights. Nuff said. Why indeed must we be so obtuse as not to comprehend the real issues at hand? Latin is necessary, Latin has been with the Church for years, Gregorian chant is in Latin, one of the most prestigious–and highly reliable–translations of the Bible is in Latin. We should open ourselves into the big picture here. (<< addenda on these remarks shall follow when I get home from the bank today, or after I attend TLM in Alabang tomorrow morning.)

On the other hand, the second citation I pointed above on certain young people not finding a hard time learning the rubrics of the Extraordinary Form is just remarkable... and realistic. There's nothing better than to espouse even a tad bit of mettle here. Nothing is ever difficult if we try.