Stripping our Mass of the ancient, traditional langauge of worship was a conscious act of cultural genocide. It cut us off from the roots of our culture and burned our bridges to the pre-Catholic ancients; Something not even the darkest of the so-called Dark Ages could do entirely!!
The deformation of the AmChu in the wake of this linguistic Terror followed like the night follows the day. We were always more vulnerable because of certain aspects of American culture. The homosexuality of the clergy is not the worst problem in the AmChu; the rampant mediocrity, anti-intellectualism, sappy feminization and inabilty to appreciate beauty--all of this flows directly from the guillotining of the Latin Mass.
You hit on a really good point. On Wednesday, 9-11-02, I had the day off. I went to Mass that morning. Considering the day the priest gave the most ridiculously bland and insipid sermon delivered from www.sermons.com. He mentioned nothing of 9-11 and didn't try to inspire, comfort, rally, anything. It's like he took random words out of a dictionary, inserted Jesus and love a few times and Voila we have a sermon (oops, I mean homily).
It is rare that I hear a priest speak even moderately well.
My favorite priest ever was an old gentleman who was a Chaplain in WWII. I think he saw a lot of action too, but I cannot remember. His sermons ALWAYS had a point. He would make his point, back it up, and finish. It was wonderful to hear him speak.