What is the Mass of St. John XXIII?

Deacon Bill Ditewig writes “with respect, although with an obvious and unapologetic sense of intellectual frustration” about  ‘tendency of some commentators, to refer to the 1962 editio typica of the Missale Romanum as the Mass of St. John XXIII.

He says while in may be a simple error of fact, it does seem, that this description of the Mass seems to be made most often by critics of the Mass of Paul VI, so perhaps it is their way of suggesting a contrasting hermeneutic of church and liturgical worship.

The Mass this referred to is in fact what has always been know as  Mass of Pope Pius V Read more

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