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Ofc. Eric Talley, May He Rest In Peace
On March 29, the funeral Mass for Officer Eric Talley, of the Boulder, CO, Police Department took place in the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Ofc. Talley lost his life in the mass shooting at a supermarket.
May all those who lost their lives that day rest in peace.
The Mass was celebrated in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite by Father Daniel Nolan, FSSP of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Littleton, Colorado.
The Tridentine Mass had been celebrated from 1570 to 1962.
The Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite is the liturgy of the Catholic Church in use before the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. This includes the Mass, the Sacraments, various rites of blessing and more.
On July 7th 2007, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI issued an apostolic letter called Summorum Pontificum. In this letter he declared that older form of the Roman rite was never abrogated, and that it “must be given due honor for its venerable and ancient usage.” (SP Art. 1)
His Holiness termed the traditional Latin Mass – the older form – the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. This older form has been in use for many centuries. During this time it was at the heart of the Church and Western culture, nourishing countless generations.
Eric Talley and his family belonged to a parish that celebrates the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
You can click on the link for the Solemn High Requiem Mass for Ofc. Talley. The homily begins at 28:49, and if you’re interested you can scroll through the video to take a look at a centuries-old traditional Mass: Funeral Mass for Officer Eric Talley on Livestream
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Thank you.
Here’s the Mass as well. Just beautiful. May his service as a police officer lead others to serve, and may his funeral Mass lead others to faith.
Thanks for sharing. Not to make this about me, but Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is my father’s parish. I didn’t know officer Talley’s family went there as well.
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen.
This is such a lovely post.
They used the Latin Mass? That’s surprising. May he Rest In Peace.
There are traditional parishes out there. I call them fortresses, rather than lonely outposts of the Catholic Church. The Tridentine Rite, so named because it was formalized by the Council of Trent held in three sessions between the years 1545 and 1563.
There are older rites that are still celebrated today. The Dominican Rite dates back to the 1200’s, and is celebrated in Dominican parishes.
I’m aware there Latin Masses. I’ve been to one and would go again if convenient. But I have never heard of a funeral Mass in Latin. It can’t be very common.