Mass of Pope Paul VI

The Mass of Paul VI is the most commonly used form of the Mass in use today within the Catholic Church, first promulgated by Pope Paul VI in the 1969 edition of the Roman Missal after the Second Vatican Council (1962–65). It is considered the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite Mass, as it is intended for use in most contexts. It is the successor to the Tridentine Mass used since 1570.

In its official documents, the Church identifies the forms of the Roman Rite Mass by the editions of the Roman Missal used in celebrating them. Thus, in his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum of 7 July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI referred to this form of the Roman Rite Mass by linking it with "the Roman Missal promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1970". The names Mass of Paul VI and Pauline Mass are equivalent to this. The term "Novus Ordo" (New Order) is often used to describe the Pauline Mass. To some, this has pejorative connotations, as it is most often used in traditionalist circles critiquing the Pauline liturgical reform. However, there is precedent in Paul VI himself. In his General Audience of November 19, 1969, Pope Paul VI spoke four times of "the new rite" of Mass, as well as "new directions for celebrating" and "new rules." A week later, in the General Audience on November 26, he was more explicit: "the liturgical innovation of the new rite of the Mass," "a new rite of the Mass: a change in a venerable tradition that has gone on for centuries." He stated: "This novelty is no small thing." In a General Audience all the way back on March 17, 1965, when liturgical reform was well under way, Paul VI stated: "now everything is new, startling, and changed"; "explanation and preparation and a certain degree of attentive assistance will speedily remove the uncertainties and soon give rise to an appreciation and enthusiasm for the new order [novus ordo]". "No, the new scheme of things must be different." "It is to be hoped that the religious enthusiasm stirred up by the new form of a worship will not lessen." "But you will have understood, dear sons and daughters, that this liturgical innovation, this spiritual renewal, cannot take place without cooperation." One can see in all of these texts a repeated insistence on the newness or novelty of the new liturgy in regard to both form and content, and even the literal expression "novus ordo." Hence it is perfectly legitimate to speak of a "novus ordo missae," that is, a new order of the Mass.

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