[Diva]

I understand what you are saying and would agree with you that many in the traditionalist movement need to take care they don't fall into the trap of pride. However, now that Detroit offers an Indult I have been able to attend the past two Sundays, I am just stunned at what happened to the Church (I didn't become Catholic until the 1970s). The Tridentine Mass is so rich and so powerful in its insistance on the sacred. It makes the Novus Ordo, even when it is said in Latin with wonderful Gregorian Chant and good polyphany, look like Mass-lite. I do believe the Novus Ordo is valid, but what a bowl of potage the Church has accepted for its birthright.

[Claud]

I understand what you are saying and would agree with you that many in the traditionalist movement need to take care they don't fall into the trap of pride. However, now that Detroit offers an Indult I have been able to attend the past two Sundays, I am just stunned at what happened to the Church (I didn't become Catholic until the 1970s). The Tridentine Mass is so rich and so powerful in its insistance on the sacred. It makes the Novus Ordo, even when it is said in Latin with wonderful Gregorian Chant and good polyphany, look like Mass-lite. I do believe the Novus Ordo is valid, but what a bowl of potage the Church has accepted for its birthright.

Game. Set. Match. :)

Brilliant and succinct summary of the situation, Diva--you're 100% right. I dunno if you caught my comment earlier, but I go to a wonderful indult parish, and only attend the N.O. when I have to.