The Ambrosian Rite

Being Catholic-Italian raised; we certainly felt compelled to attend church with Carla. In the middle of the piazza, just a few feet from her apartment is the church where we know our great grandparents attended.

Those years of going to church, had created that learned second nature behavior we had counted on as the mass was in Italian. We were surprised when the order of the liturgy was different. We looked at each other as if the DVD made a skip. The liturgy is slightly different from what we knew. It was subtle changes.
Carla explained it later and I have since researched the Ambrosian Rite. It is also called the Milanese Rite, a Catholic liturgical. The rite is named after Saint Ambrose, a bishop of Milan in the fourth century. The Ambrosian Rite, differs from the Roman Rite. It is based on the ancient Ambrosian liturgical tradition, and contains in particular, a special rite of light ("lucernarium") and proclamation of the resurrection of Jesus, for use before the Saturday-evening celebration of the Mass of the Sunday, seen as the weekly Easter.
Still confused, us too. Obviously we are not theologians.

We did visit the church, saw the baptismal font where probably my grandfather was baptised. We lit some realcandles (no fake battery operated like some churches). Tina lit at least 10, a true shopaholic!!!