An Update on The Extraordinary Form of the Mass and Jewish Relations

John Allen is the former Rome correspondent for National Catholic Reporter. Even though the NAtional Catholic Reporter is pretty much heretical , I did always enjoy his pieces. He was one of the best American reporters on the Vatican and it is a loss.

Father Z has update on the Jewish controversy over allowing greater access to the Extraordinary form of the latin rite(Often called the Latin Mass- at term we are trying to get away from here)

He interacts with the John Allen piece on this subject that just came out. It is a good article and I think Catholics need to be aware of it. Even if one is not going to make this Form of the Latin rite "you regular liturgy " we need for apologetic reasons to answers those questions.

This piece also illustrates a major point made by our favorite Aussie Catholic blogger that it is important that we pray and use the correct liturgy as to the extraordinary form.

ALLen states:
Third, Catholics who celebrate the pre-Vatican II Mass say that even though it’s sometimes called the "Missal of 1962," in fact many places don’t follow the ‘62 Missal because it was expensive, hard to find, and quickly superseded by the new Mass. What people are actually using is often a Missal from the era of Pius XII or even earlier, because that’s what they have lying around. This may mean they’re still praying for the "perfidious Jews," because that language wasn’t taken out until John XXIII in 1960.

If you are one that is going to be partaking in this form of the Roman rite, Father Z has this great post on how you can tell you have the right Missal.