Episode 2: The Battle of Opposites (What Vatican II Actually Said—And Didn’t)
Picking up where the story left off, this episode shifts from playful to serious—exploring the divide between the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo. Using humor, sound design, and real quotes from Vatican II, it asks: What did the Council really say? And what happens when we keep Christ at the center?
--Michael Joyce
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Referenced Works:
Hope: The Autobiography
by Pope Francis
Random House, 2025 — pp. 201–202
Related Article:
Traditional Latin Mass Attendance Grows at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Tyler (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Key Passages from Sacrosanctum Concilium (Vatican II)
🔹 Latin Should Be Preserved
§36.1 — “The use of the Latin language is to be preserved in the Latin rites.”
🔹 Vernacular May Be Used
§36.2 — “But since the use of the vernacular... may frequently be of great advantage to the people, a wider use may be made of it.”
🔹 Gregorian Chant Should Be Retained
§116 — “Gregorian chant… should be given pride of place in liturgical services.”
🔹 Changes Must Respect Tradition and Require Approval
§22.1–2 — “Regulation of the sacred liturgy depends solely on the authority of the Church… no other person, not even a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority.”
Full text of Sacrosanctum Concilium
Vatican Website
Letter from Pope Benedict XVI on Summorum Pontificum
Letter to Bishops Regarding the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum
Full Text on Vatican Website
Approved Traditional Latin Mass Communities
🔹 Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP)
🔹 Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP)
