Friday, May 16, 2025

Video debate with Fr Joseph Fessio

The Mass of the Ages team set up this debate between me and Fr Joseph Fessio, the well-known proponent of the 'Reform of the Reform'. This is the beginning section of the debate, when we each read  short pre-prepared talks. Mine starts at 3 minutes 12 seconds, which is where this video will start -- scroll back to Fr Fessio's (it doens't matter which you hear first as they don't respond to each other).

The full version is available to subscribers on the Mass of the Ages 'vault', along with a lot of other material.

In this opening statement I make the point that the Traditional Mass sacrifices intelligibility (audibility, visibility, etc.) for what will increase the devotion of the worshipper. Later in the discussion we go into the place of Latin in the Mass (Fr Fessio likes Latin), the authority of Vatican II, the interpretation of Sacrosantum Concilium, and other matters.



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