[dsc]

"I think these modern day prayers lack a great deal which the older prayers contained, and that this is also a contributing factor to the loss of understanding and knowledge of the faithful about the Mass and their Faith."

Absolutely. And when older prayers are dusted off and used, often they are altered to water them down.

"I increasingly get the sense that it is a constantly shifting sand pile."

Well, the objective of the modernists was to create just that situation, to transmogrify the faith into a shifting and unreliable pile of sand.

[saradippity]

Maybe we should start a new trend,we could all take our old pre N.O. missals to Church and read them during the Mass. I think reading the beautiful prayers in Latin or English would benefit all of us.Whst do you think about that? It might cause someone to ask what we are doing and then we would have a perfect oppurtunity to tell them how edifying the old Mass was and cite some passages.