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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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Here, there is only one Latin Mass. At least that I know of. Those who do not care for the Old Rite are generally speaking theater people. That could be part of it. That just happens to be the circle where I hear the complaints. This city happens to be very performance oriented and the people want to be entertained, I think. But at the same time, we're very conservative and have it good in comparison.

Then there are the ones who don't believe in putting any effort into ANYTHING and that's part of their motivation, since it would mean translating Latin.

There is one church, St. Raymond's (where the current mayor is a parishoner) which is Lebonese, and they're thriving. It's a different rite. I'm not sure if there is an Anglican Rite here or not.