Of course this has become another TLM vs. NO thread, with all namecalling. To me, it isint the missal as much as the reverence in how the mass is celbrated, and fidelity to church teachings.
Case in point, let me give two examples of parishes that only celebrate the NO mass. One is SS Cyrill & Methodius in the Detroit suburbs and the other is St. Agnes in St. Paul MN. They both only have altar boys, they both have no EMHCs, and they have kneel for communion, and both are known for strict fidelity to church teachings.
The result.............. St. Agnes has 11 of its young men in the seminary, SS. Cyrill & Methodius has 6 of its young men in the seminary.
One has to ask what works, and what doesnt.
Precisely as it should be!!When they replaced the altar boys with girls, when they paraded the women as communion servers, many, many cringed in their pews, the truly faithful had no say-so in the matter.......Sad to say, we are beginning to be more protestant than a true protestant.