The Recovering Choir Director

According to research done by Bishop Emeritus Rene Henry Gracida of Corpus Christi, TX, it is not only entirely possible, but entirely legitimate. See his letter: The Legitimacy of the Use of the Vernacular (English) Language in the Celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass According to the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI

The blogger at The Catholic Knight adds (my emphasis in bold):

If His Excellency is right, and priests began to capitalize on this around the world, it would be THE END of the Ordinary (Novus Ordo) form of the mass we currently celebrate. Once today’s Catholics get a taste of the reverence and beauty of the old mass in a language they can easily understand, they won’t ever want to go back.

The real question here is if His Excellency is reading Summorum Pontificum correctly. If he is, the transformation of the modern Church will be striking and profound once it catches on. Whether His Excellency is right or not, I think this is a topic that is worthy of serious consideration. One question for consideration is this. Exactly what was the purpose of reordering the mass the way it currently is in the Ordinary (Novus Ordo) form? In other words, what good does it accomplish?

I will be adding my own reactions (primarily to the role of sacred music within the proposed context) in a future post; I’m closing the comments so that others may formulate a measured response when that post arrives.