During Mass: FSSP Priest Incenses His Mobile Phone

On Good Shepherd Sunday, during a pilgrimage to St. Nicholas of Flüe in Flüeli-Ranft, Switzerland, a priest of the Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) read the Gospel in German from a mobile phone during the Old Mass.

Apparently, he did not want to comply with the liturgical order, which requires the Gospel to be read in Latin. A German lectionary was - oddly enough - not available in the Novus Ordo Church.

To add the finishing touch to the spectacle, the priest incensed his smartphone before the astonished audience before singing the Gospel.

The solution: He could simply have presided over a German Novus Ordo service, then he would not have needed a mobile phone, and his faithful would have "understood" not only the Gospel, but the whole Mass.

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alfred dunn

Apr 20, 2021

The person who wrote this does not know the Latin Mass.

Ultraviolet

Apr 19, 2021

Zero citations for this article and a claim like "after he had sung the Gospel." further undermines its credibility since the Gospel is read, not "sung". It's common for TLM priests to give the readings in Latin -and then- give them in the vernacular along with the sermon or homily.

On hearing the Gospel read in the vernacualr, someone who wasn't familiar with the traditional Latin Mass might wrongly assume it hadn't already been read in Latin.

Incensing the lectionary is traditional. If the priest was using his mobile phone as a lectionary then it was both licit and required for him to incense it.

rhemes1582

Apr 19, 2021

At a high Mass the Gospel is 1st Sung(chanted) in Latin then often Read at pulpit before homily. The article is oddly written.

Ultraviolet

Apr 19, 2021

Do you see the words "High Mass" in the article? No? Neither do I. ;-)

rhemes1582

Apr 19, 2021

@Ultraviolet Incense is used at a High Mass not at a low Mass.
Your ignorance is showing

Ultraviolet

Apr 19, 2021

Not always. Clearly this is going to end up in Citation Land.... "Low Mass in the traditional rite is celebrated by one priest, and usually only one or two altar servers. The words of Mass are read instead of chanted, there is incense...
The reverse is also true, which is why at least one Altar Server's Handbook includes the chapter In the Case of more than Three Servers at a High Mass without …More

Not always. Clearly this is going to end up in Citation Land.... "Low Mass in the traditional rite is celebrated by one priest, and usually only one or two altar servers. The words of Mass are read instead of chanted, there is incense...

The reverse is also true, which is why at least one Altar Server's Handbook includes the chapter In the Case of more than Three Servers at a High Mass without Incense.

The only thing that's showing is your presumption, dear heart. ;-)

@Georgia59 There is no place for the profane in the sacred.
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@rhemes1582 There was a traditional missal. But no German readings. He was not willing to read in Latin.

rhemes1582

Apr 20, 2021

@Eva that seems very much in contradiction for an FSSP priest.
Something is not right here.