A note from the Pontifical Mass at the Basilica

For those that want to witness the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, but cant make it to a church that  celebrates it, or if you would like to LEARN about it via a "play by play" - the Pontifical Mass at the Basilica of the National Cathedral is on EWTN right now.

As I am watching, the priests giving commentary said something vital to our understanding of the Mass. They were explaining how viewers not familiar with the Mass in the usus antiquior might be confused about all the extravagant and complex rituals that occur in the older Mass. The striking and important comment that they made about it was:

We have to remember that none of this [the rituals at Mass] is about us, but the Mass is all about God.