Today’s Catholic Mass in the stock-in-trade neighborhood parish is banal, drained of its richness, sacred music, and rituals. The bishops and cardinals must fully shoulder the blame for this. Tens of thousands (myself included) now find it hard to attend Mass and experience the Divine.
How in God’s name was Mahony allowed to build the kind of Catholic Cathedral he did? The devolution of authority to local bishops post Vatican II was an error of incalculable consequences.
Look for an Eastern Rite parish. "As Catholic as the Pope," but the liturgy is reverent, worshipful, traditional, and ceremonial. Besides that, it's very beautiful.