Daily Archives: October 29, 2025

I Was Raised in It and It’s No Different

My friend Andrew Dunn had this great piece up on his substack.

“Years went by and at some point, I became aware that the Catholic Mass was VERY different before the Second Vatican Council which by this point, I was getting a little tired of hearing about its greatness during pretty much every Sunday homily. I am by nature, a very inquisitive person, and when something captures my interest and The Mass did just that, off I was to learn more about the Latin Mass…”

Read the rest here:

https://substack.com/inbox/post/177375299?publication_id=3471620&post_id=177375299&isFreemail=true&r=2gdth5&triedRedirect=true

The difference between the two of us is that I spent the first 40 years of my life in the Novus Ordo. By the time I was born, the new Mass had only been a thing for seven years. Having raised children, I certainly know that seven years is literally the blink of an eye. Amazing how they memory holed the Mass of the ages so quickly. And how quickly some of us “discovered it”. God gives us each the “spark” when He wills to.