[As you well know...]

As to the noise before Mass, frequently our church is so noisy the the assembly cannot hear the reader when she asks them to "stand and greet each other."

Well, it is not as though a Catholic Church is Sanctified and dedicated to the Worship of the one living and true God and so one can't reasonably expect it to be as quiet as, say, a library.

And "stand and greet each other" really says it all about where we are expected to direct our focus.

Go to a Chapel/Church where the 1962 Roman Missal is used vs your local Church where the N.O. is used. The difference is stark.

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AYWK
"Go to a Chapel/Church where the 1962 Roman Missal is used vs your local Church where the N.O. is used. The difference is stark."

It would be nice if we could. Here in the west traditional Masses are frequently hundreds of miles round trip. I try to seek out traditional Masses when I travel.