[k omalley]

"The RC forum now consists of the far right: schismatics, integrists, ultra-traditionalists, and even the odd sedevacantist."

I have attended nothing but the N.O. since the Church changed the Mass. That being said, if I still lived in the diocese of Richmond I doubt that I would still be Catholic. You would probably find me at the athletic club on Sunday mornings. I have no real problem with the N.O when the rubrics are followed, but when unspeakable abuses are introduced(and I don't mean altar girls and EEMs) so that you wonder if the Mass and the Sacraments are even valid that is when I have to wonder what happened to the Church that I loved. If all I had now were invalid sacraments offered and there were an SSPX chapel nearby, then yes, I would go. If a Tridentine Mass came to town I would certainly check it out, perhaps attend regularly.

I like this forum because there are knowledgeable Catholics here who don't accept everything at face value unlike my previous fellow parishoners who thought that everything Father did was just wonderful, even when he had the gall to change Holy Thursday footwashing to handwashing. Sheesh!

I am not nearly well versed in Catholicism as many of the posters here. I have an M.A. in Religious Studies but most of my studies were in deconstruction. What little knowledge I do have comes from Catholic periodicals so I really like reading everyone's opinion here as long as they don't get nasty.

[NYer]

I am not nearly well versed in Catholicism as many of the posters here.

Here's an opportunity to catch up, along with the rest of us.

Catechism CC - PART ONE THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

Catechism CC - CHAPTER TWO - GOD COMES TO MEET MAN

Catechism CC - MAN'S RESPONSE TO GOD

Catechism CC - Section 2 - THE PROFESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
This is where you will find the Nicene and Apostle creeds.