[american colleen]

I don't know if I would like to attend a Tridentine Mass each week, either. But I do understand that sometimes it is all but impossible to find a reverent NO Mass and some people find they have no choice but to go from one extreme to another.

And the bulk of the laity are satisfied in their NO parish and with their parish priest.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

And the bulk of the laity are satisfied in their NO parish and with their parish priest.

With 20-30% Mass attendance levels and an apostasy of over 10 million from the parish registers, the bulk of the laity no longer go to Church or practice what was their faith. That doesn't show much satisfaction to me.

[sockmonkey]

**But you can understand, sometimes, what drives some to embrace the Traditional Mass. **

I just got back from the Post Office where I talked to someone who got tired of the liberation theology homilies, and funny muffins they bake up and call the Eucharist locally. She moved to San Antonio so she could attend the Tridentine Mass. I do believe the only Tridentine Mass that has the indult in this Archdiocese is at a Nursing Home in San Antonio-not exactly a real Parish. She attended it for about six months.
Now, she's gone SSPX. My Priest used to do the Tridentine, but the Archbishop pulled the indult. I know several people who have gone SSPX. It is curious to me (hey, I'm a convert) how the Church is a really big tent with room for all kinds of diversity. I mean in my Archdiocese there are Dignity Masses where the Archbishop has presided. Don't forget the Mariachi and Flamenco Masses, or the Neo-Pagan liturgies at the Cathedral...Oh, then there's the men who dance in loinclothes on the altar at one of the missions because of "inculturation"-oh, yes, there are so many Aztecs here we need an inculturation Mass for them. There are dancing girls in purple body stockings. There are a zillion Charismatics around here who like to mimic the actions of the Priest, wave their hands around, and get slain in the spirit.

But for those who had the rug pulled out from under them in the 60's with the NO, or for those who prefer kneeling at an altar rail, and some semblance of order, unless you attend the Anglican Use Parish, I think it's pretty much a wasteland.

If I want to get upset about something, the SSPX and who does or does not choose to attend one of their Masses is the least of my concerns.