>>Sounds like a success to me<<
I think that 100 people in a parish of 900 families is a great success. We will keep our TLM.
However, what I was trying to convey is that a TLM at every parish may not be fruitful because of the priest shortage. If one can drive a couple miles and attend, then see by the amount of attendees if another is needed, the TLM may grow on its own.
Sweeping changes drove Catholics away. Let’s not sweep back. The beauty and reverence of the TLM needs no promotion, just availability.
Agreed 100%. I have recently been involved with a parish trying to re-introduce the TLM. The pastor is all for it, but has been slow to brush up his own skills and to enlist servers from his own parish, so he has been relying on our team for monthly celebrations. I've had to inform him that we can't keep this up, and have advised that the best thing he can do is make the TLM an every-Sunday feature, and then give it time to put down roots. The liturgy itself will do all the rest.