Latin or Eastern Liturgy

[serviam]

Please only respond if you have attended both.

[Herr_Mannelig]

TLM, but probably because I was raised with it.

[Melkite]

divine liturgy, to me it has a more masculine feel than the tlm, is more beautiful, and i just feel more at home.  it's a better fit for me.

[Unum Sint]

I am a Latin that is what I am.

[voxpopulisuxx]

Results are skewed by those like myself raised in one or the other.
I dont like the lack of participation in the TLM but  that is only because Im used to the DLiturgy, and the responsoral method it employs, and maybe those used to the TLM dont like all the "action" in the D liturgy (just a guess really)

[maldon]

I love both and I have only been to one Divine Liturgy, a sort of run of the mill one, whereas I attend TLM every weekend. But I voted for the Divine Liturgy, because I was haunted by how very very old it seemed. A very subjective, silly reason perhaps, but this the kind of question we have here.

[spasiisochrani]

Isn't this a meaningless question?  They're both Catholic, and preference is largely going to be a function of familiarity. 

Do you mean the Byzantine Divine Liturgy, or any Eastern one?

[Baskerville]

This is a tough one. Its like comparing apples and bannanas I am used to the TLM now but it took a lot of getting used to. I used to go to a Russian Orthodox Church before becoming Catholic and there is just something indescribably beautiful about the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom but the TLM is nice because of its direct simplicity(compared to the Divine Liturgy). I really dont know I would have to vote Divine Liturgy I think.

[moneil]

I concur with Baskerville - they are very distinct liturgies and it can be hard to make a choice (if one were comparing the Divine Liturgy with a Solumn High Mass).  As he said there is just something indescribably beautiful about the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom .

I basically have a western mindset, and was raised in the Latin Rite, and I can appreciate the direct simplicity of the western approach to things in general.  However, my vote is probable influenced by growing up in the 1950's, with it's slam bam, get 'er done as fast as you can liturgical minimalism, and an almost exclusive use of the Low Mass (the concept of a Low Mass is unheard of in the East, at least among the Greek Orthodox I know).  And now I live with how the Missal of Pope Paul VI is celebrated.  The two opportunities I've taken to attend a TLM were both Low Masses, and the experiences didn't make me hanker for those to come back into parish life in general.

Yes, our faith is about much more than smells and bells, but it's nice to experience a bit of heaven on earth when one worships, and for that the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is supurb.

[rbjmartin]

I prefer the Latin, but I have great love and respect for the Divine Liturgy.  If we had one available to us nearby, I would attend it occasionally.

[Polemos]

Though a Latin Rite Catholic, since my options for assisting at a TLM are few, I have found refuge at a Ukrainian Catholic church where I now assist weekly. Although my love is first for my tradition namely the Latin Rite, I must admit that my most ethereal liturgical experience occurred at a Divine Liturgy near Easter where the Eastern chant truly impressed upon me the august nature of what was occurring at the altar beyond the doors. For that brief moment while my soul believed it saw into heaven, seeing Christ, my bodily senses believed it as well.

[SinfullyLate]

Sounds like the TLM is distinctly inferior to the DL 

[veritatem_dilexisti]

Sounds like the TLM is distinctly inferior to the DL 

Given the reasons provided above by some who have voted, it appears that what is being compared with the Divine Liturgy here is the Low Mass, or the simple Missa cantata (without the congregation even responding or singing, which situation seems to be commonplace in the US), and not, say, the Solemn High Mass with Gregorian and polyphonic chant; such testimonies are therefore to be expected.

[OCLittleFlower]

I've attended both, though I have never attended DL on a regular basis.  I'm pretty incense sensitive, though, so it is difficult for me to be close enough to see/hear.  I can't sit in the front half of the nave at a High Mass, so I end up not even being able to be in the nave  at DL (think, sitting in the crying room).

[Credo]

I dont like the lack of participation in the TLM but  that is only because Im used to the DLiturgy, and the responsoral method it employs, and maybe those used to the TLM dont like all the "action" in the D liturgy (just a guess really)

I do get a chuckle when Latin's, usually of the "traditional" brand, say unintentionally uninformed things like, "The Mass shouldn't have vocal congregational participation."