Mass in the Ordinary Form
The Ordinary Form of the Mass is what most Catholics today are used to experiencing each Sunday. As part of the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council, the Ordinary Form of the Mass was promulgated in 1969 by St. Paul VI and published for the first time in the 1970 Roman Missal. It was subsequently revised in 1975, and 2002.
The Ordinary Form of the Mass allows for more options than the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (the Traditional Latin Mass). While the Ordinary Form of the Mass can be celebrated in Latin, it is most commonly celebrated in the vernacular. It does not mandate, but allows for options such as the priest celebrating Mass facing the people. It contains more readings from Scripture, more Eucharistic prayers than the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, and allows Holy Communion to be received either kneeling or standing, on the tongue or in the hand.
Here at St. Mary of Redford, we seek to celebrate the Ordinary Form of the Mass in continuity with the Church's Tradition. It is important to preserve the organic developments of the Church's liturgy and offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in a reverent and prayerful manner.