The TLM and the Four Last Things
By Robert Royal I recently attended the funeral of a young man who died tragically. It happened to be a solemn high Traditional Latin Mass, entirely licit and even affirmed by the presence of our local bishop, his retired predecessor, and a couple dozen priests. That liturgy, however, was – all extraneous considerations aside – definitely not something to be reduced to the controversies surrounding the recent SSPX consecrations, the back and forth about Traditionis custodes (Pope Francis' sharp curtailing of the TLM), or the short- and long-term fallout of Sacrosanctum Concilium (the Vatican…
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