Solemn High Mass Recap
Salve!
The Solemn High Mass celebrated by Rev. Fr. Rommel Tolentino as priest, Rev. Fr. Nathan Long as deacon, and Deacon Scott Connor as subdeacon was excellent. Seminarian Bryan Thompson did an impeccable job as the emcee.
His Excellency Bishop Glen John Provost gave a superb homily on the Catholic Church, the Papacy, and the Apostle to the Gentiles Saint Paul for the illustrious Feast of SS. Peter and Paul.
Around 400 faithful souls assisted at Holy Mass, which is a record indeed for the regular Latin Mass at the Cathedral! Many new faces were seen, and hopefully will continue to attend in order to strengthen their spiritual life.
The Altar servers ought to be thanked and congratulated for a job well done.
The choir sang beautifully, especially with the Te Deum chant sung at the end of Mass.
Lastly, those who do things behind the scenes, such as the women who prepare the snacks and drinks after Mass, the sacristans, and all who help out in any way are thanked as well.
I do have one request from anyone who reads this thing, and that is that you pray for the choir member who fell down the steps up to the choir loft and hurt himself. He was taken to the hospital before Mass began. And apparently he’s okay now, so that’s great!
The Mass was videoed since it was indeed the first Solemn High Mass celebrated in Lake Charles in probably 40 years. A photographer was present, so hopefully those pictures will become available sometime soon. There was also a short bulletin that I’ve uploaded onto the bulletin page. And remember, everything we do in this life, spiritually as well as physically, affects us in the next. Therefore we should worship God, not for ourselves, but rather ad majorem Dei gloriam!!