Some erroneously attack the Extraordinary Form by claiming that before Vatican II “priests rushed through Low Mass in less than 20 minutes.” Well, during the pandemic, we have had Mass without the reception of Communion by the Faithful—and it makes duration of Mass surprisingly shorter. On feasts with no GLORIA, no CREED, and no HOMILY, where the Faithful do not receive Communion, a 20-minute Mass is not necessarily “irreverent” at all. It all depends on the feast: e.g. Palm Sunday in the Extraordinary Form can take 3 hours…
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