Pride?

I have heard of a priest who is going around saying that the Latin Mass is from the devil and that those who assist at it do so out of pride. What?! I am hoping that his original words were perhaps misconstrued. I cannot imagine any intelligent and informed Catholic, much less a priest faithful to the magisterium, saying such things. How could the Latin Mass, which has the full approval of the Pope, be from the evil one? Latin is still the official language of the Church. Anything, of course, can be a source of pride, even the vernacular Mass, which actually has more opportunities for people to creatively express their unique personalities. Indulging the ego, although it can and does feel good, is highly likely to be connected with pride. At the Latin Mass, one assists quietly and in prayer...what is prideful about that?

There are some, of course, who say the same thing about head-coverings for women, that it is all pride and vanity. So following traditions and immemorial customs of the Church are prideful? Yet this same philosophy does not seem to apply to those who introduce rituals and customs which are not part of the Roman rite, such as liturgical dance, the people praying the Pater Noster with arms extended, and many other late innovations. So it is not prideful to be creative and use the liturgy to express one's own personality? But it is prideful to follow tradition? Such reasoning is hard to follow.

UPDATE: The Ten Most Common Liturgical Abuses (Via Spirit Daily) Share