{"id":145516,"date":"2024-08-27T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/ask-a-priest-is-the-novus-ordo-mass-a-threat-to-the-faith\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T15:29:14","slug":"ask-a-priest-is-the-novus-ordo-mass-a-threat-to-the-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/ask-a-priest-is-the-novus-ordo-mass-a-threat-to-the-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ask a Priest: Is the Novus Ordo Mass a Threat to the Faith?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<address>Q: I&#8217;m a cradle Catholic who has attended primarily Novus Ordo Mass most of my life. Can you please explain how is my faith under threat by attending this valid form of Mass? I&#8217;m not sure how this can be and would like clarification. I&#8217;m terribly confused by this because my faith is everything to me. I attend daily Mass, go to confession every two weeks, and receive Communion. My fianc\u00e9 was newly initiated into the Church. He watched a talk on social media from an exorcist priest who called the Novus Ordo &#8220;a threat to faith.&#8221; My fianc\u00e9, quoting the exorcist, said something about Novus Ordo having extraordinary ministers giving Communion. But I don&#8217;t see the connection between this and my faith being under threat. Am I missing something? \u2013 R.P.<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0No, you aren\u2019t missing anything.<\/p>\n<p>The Novus Ordo Mass was promulgated by Pope St. Paul VI in 1969 and is perfectly valid. Popes St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis had or have no problem celebrating the Novus Ordo.<\/p>\n<p>The Novus Ordo has been attacked by some people because of some abuses and sloppiness that have gone on and continue to go on.<\/p>\n<p>This includes priests who improvise prayers, allow non-ordained people to give homilies, and resort to theatrics in the sanctuary. While these kinds of abuses can weaken a person\u2019s faith, they aren\u2019t allowed by the Novus Ordo rubrics.<\/p>\n<p>My short advice is for you and your fianc\u00e9 to study the faith together, relying on solid authors and theologians.<\/p>\n<p>For something readily accessible, you might want to view Father Mike Schmitz\u2019s yearlong series on the Bible or on the Catechism.<\/p>\n<p>For particular questions, check out the Catholic Answers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholic.com\/\">site<\/a>. And for worthwhile reading, check out Trent Horn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholic.com\/magazine\/online-edition\/the-ultimate-apologists-reading-list\">list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Make some of this part of your ongoing formation in the faith, and you and your fianc\u00e9 will be on the right road. Count on my prayers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I&#8217;m a cradle Catholic who has attended primarily Novus Ordo Mass most of my life. 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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith &amp; Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. His contributions to RCSpirituality include responding to\u00a0Ask A Priest\u00a0questions and sharing his insights in our\u00a0Weekly Newsletter.","url":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/author\/emcilmail\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145516"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=145516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}