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Oh, I realize I don’t have to leave the Roman Catholic Church to attend or join an Eastern Rite parish; by “switch” I just meant attending an Eastern Rite Mass regularly rather than a Roman Rite Mass.

The Eastern Rite Mass I sometimes attend is at a Byzantine Catholic Church. Including the prayers (chants) prior to the formal Mass, it takes about two hours.

Our Archdiocese also “offers” a Latin Mass each Sunday, although the Archbishop clearly doesn’t want too many people to know about it. It is not advertised (I only learned of it from a friend who attends a relatively orthodox parish) and it is held in a small chapel located in a flop-house section of downtown where parking is almost impossible, even on a Sunday morning. I think that our pro-abortion, pro-homosexuality Archbishop simply wants to be able to report to Rome that he offers the Latin Mass.

BTW, I was in SE Asia recently and it was hot, hot, hot. When we went to Mass, I was going to wear shorts. I thought nothing about it as many in my old parish wore shorts to Mass during the warmer weather. The people I was with had a conniption! There was no way in the world that I was going to Mass in shorts! Sure enough, no adult at any Mass I attended there wore shorts.

I just had to ensure that I got a seat in front of a fan!