[american colleen]

I just attended my *first* Tridentine Mass today. Had to travel a bit to find one! I am 42 so I barely remember the old Mass. I took my two kids and I came out of the Mass feeling it is a much "fuller" Mass than the Novus Ordo but I am mindful that whenever and wherever I go to Mass, the outcome is the same! I suggest the following article for your reading pleasure: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/3251/gengen2.html I hate it when we fight!

[Notwithstanding]

I am was born post-vatican 2. I attended one Tridentine Mass 3 years ago and enjoyed it immensely. I also left very grateful for the vernacular Mass, yet gravely disappointed in the abuse of the vernacular Mass.

It is so wrong that all Latin and Greek has been eliminated, when the Council explicitly disallows such total excising of these sacred languages from the vernacular Mass.

And of course the Johnny Carson Mass that is so prevalent is disgusting. Going to a Tridentine Mass is an eye opener.

I think all parishes should be required to offer one such Tridentine Latin Mass each week on Sunday, one novus ordo Latin Mass eash week on Sunday, and one novus ordo vernacular Mass each week on Sunday. They should be rotated to maximize the exposure people have to all three types of Masses. This should continue for 30 years until the vernacular Mass is done away with and the two Latin Masses are considered standard worldwide.