90 Year old Man's Family Denied Indult Mass for Funeral

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As much as do not share most of the opinions of M. Matt's The Remnant, this is a fine article is about a Catholic who's last wish was to have a Indult TLM for his funeral. Something well within his rights as a Catholic.

The bishop of New Ulm said that to allow the man's last wish to be buried using the Funeral Mass of 1962 would constitute an act of personal devotion, which is opposed to the spirit of Vatican II, or we should say, post Vatican II reform of the liturgy.

On the face of it this does not make sense. The man himself is dead, so it isn't for his private devotion. Second, it is a funeral mass like others, does this mean all funeral masses are private devotion. What is the difference between a Novus Ordo and Tridentine Funeral Mass. Using this logic all funeral masses should be abolished and only done when there is a pre-scheduled daily or weekend mass. Then all masses will be funeral masses.

I don't want to criticize the good bishop, but only his questionable arguments that were probably the work of one of his people, not himself.

This 90 year old man should have had the grace of a TLM for his funeral if his pastor said it was ok and there were priests to do it. The Bishop of New Ulm should think better of his flock, with all due respect.

But being from Minnesota, I can remember New Ulm being somewhat of an outlayer theologically and practically.