The Sarum Rite

This is an example of the old 'use' of the Roman Rite that is native to England. I won't get into the details, but there is an excellent explanation in the links below. This use is still legitimate and should be more widely celebrated. When I am rich I will found an order or something that only celebrates the Sarum Use.

Of course, all the pre-reformation English saints (well most of them, there was a 'use' of Lincoln and York, among others) including St Thomas More, would have been to this mass, NOT the Traditional Latin Mass. Pugin designed his churches on the presumption that Catholics in England would just use the Sarum Use of the Roman Rite again. Unfortunatley that never happened- yet anyway.



great explanatory links:

LINKS:
History Article on Sarum Use

Images and Dicussion

A recent pontifical celebration

Sarum Divine Office

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