I did not catch Sunday's mass as I was with my new grandson and it was his father's birthday.
I watched a Mass (up to the Gospel) from the Basilica in Washington. I just get the feeling I am attending an operetta with all the singing and the chorus center stage. What ever happended to peace and quiet?
You just put your finger on what niggles at me when I watch a Mass broadcast from the Basilica in DC. All the right things are there for a holy and reverential Mass but too much emphasis seems to be placed on the very large and very visible choir and reader - who is always very pc. OTOH I did see a great Mass (same distractions though) at the basilica broadcast Monday on EWTN - it was said by Bishop? Cardinal? Edwin O'Brien who is head of the military chaplains and about as masculine a guy as you'll see behind the altar.