[Desdemona]

They have coexisted for 20 years now ... Indult (FSSP) Tridentine Rite and Indult Novus Ordo Rite - both sanctioned by the pope.

They coexist, but are not treated equally. The Latin Masses are not promoted at all and are disdained quite a bit. At least here. I know many people who have gone down to St. Agatha to Latin Mass for the first time and have not cared for it at all, and those who refuse to go down there because they remember pre-Vat II.

Eventually, the more pious rites are going to survive. The entertainment aspect of the Mass will go away, simply because those who want that at Mass are having far fewer kids than those who want piety. And those of us who were raised by the guitar devotees and grew up, are pulling no punnches about getting out of that rut.

The changes aren't going to happen overnight, like the first time. It will be gradual, but it will happen.

[sitetest]

Dear Desdemona,

"The Latin Masses are not promoted at all and are disdained quite a bit. At least here. I know many people who have gone down to St. Agatha to Latin Mass for the first time and have not cared for it at all, and those who refuse to go down there because they remember pre-Vat II."

If I understand your comment correctly, it is telling. You are saying that many people go to the old rite Mass at this church, St. Agatha, and they don't like it. Others, remembering the old rite from before Vatican II, have no desire to go down to the old rite Mass even once.

What you are saying is that many people that you know prefer the Mass of Pope Paul VI. That means that, at least for many people, it is not that the old rite has not been given the opportunity to attract others, but rather that it has had the opportunity, and has failed.

That's very interesting.

I would prefer that the indult be more generally available, but your post supports my own opinion, which is that most folks will prefer the Mass of Pope Paul VI.


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