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Article: Rite of tradition: FOR Catholics who celebrate the centuries-old Tridentine Rite, Mass is a sacrifice they offer to God.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2007
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Byline: Virginia De Leon
Aug. 25--IN AN ELABORATE CHAPEL -- illuminated by stained-glass windows and adorned with statues of Jesus, Mary, angels and saints -- a congregation worships in silence.
Heads bowed, hands clasped together in prayer, the people in the pews don't say a word during Mass at Mount St. Michael. They simply fall to their knees in reverence, meditating on an ancient liturgy offered by the priest before the candlelit altar.
"In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti," the Rev. Casimir Puskorius says quietly in Latin while organ music fills the sanctuary.
"Amen," reply the two altar boys dressed in black, ...