It is truly a very sad situation. I think it is not correct. Firstly, according to the true spirit of the law of the Church, the Canon Law, the Church always guarantees that every priest should have the freedom to celebrate the Holy Mass individually; it is the right of the priest that the Church endows to the priest. It is also a law of the Church that no one can be forced to concelebrate. Therefore, to outlaw Holy Mass on the side altars in the Basilica of St. Peter’s is a complete undermining of the Law of the Church.
This sets a bad example from the Holy See that will be witnessed by the entire world, and this will pave the way for others to imitate it and end up going against the Law of the Church. This is a new kind of implicit persecution against the individual celebration of the Holy Mass by the priest. We have to ask with the utmost humility of the Holy See that this new norm will change according to the Law of the Church.
The other is the Traditional Form of the Holy Mass is impossible to celebrate in the Basilica for the reason that in the Traditional Form, there is no concelebration. But, in some way or another, we still give our gratitude to our Lord that it is still tolerated in the Basilica of St. Peter; however, it is only permitted in the grottos, below in the catacombs.
The Traditional Mass and the individual Mass are now becoming some kind of clandestine mass or "Mass of the catacombs" in Rome, or at least in the Basilica of St. Peter. We fully know and understand that the circumstances of the time of the clandestine church brought plenty of fruit. This situation of being persecuted and forced to go to the catacombs will undoubtedly yield abundant fruits for the Church, as it has done in the past, and will do so again, I am confident. As a result, even in these trying times, we must maintain a supernatural spirit. God will use this for a greater spiritual benefit in ways we cannot fully understand, and God will ultimately bring abundant fruits for the Church even during this difficult situation.
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