[marshmallow]

I just can't imagine retrograding to a Tridentine Mass in our parish. That act alone would simply kill it.

Don't worry. The Novus Ordo will be spared the ignominy which befell the Tridentine Rite, when it vanished, almost overnight.

The irony of all this is that those devoted to the Tridentine Rite ask simply for it to be made available. For some reason, this is construed as a threat to the Novus Ordo.

[Notwithstanding]

Sadly your portrayal of the Tridents is not accurate. The Novus Ordo Mass is treated like merde by many if not most of the Tridents I know. They do NOW merely want to be able to have their favored Mass, they HATE the Novus Ordo Mass and now want it done away with.

[sinkspur]

The irony of all this is that those devoted to the Tridentine Rite ask simply for it to be made available. For some reason, this is construed as a threat to the Novus Ordo.

The Tridentine Rite is not a threat to the Novus Ordo.

If I were a priest today, I wouldn't celebrate the Tridentine Mass except under threat from the bishop.

Like Latin? Let's celebrate the Novus Ordo in Latin.

If you insist on the Tridentine Mass, I'm all for establishing a Tridentine Rite in which you can stare at the priest's back to your heart's content.