I had never been to a Mass in the Old Rite until I was nearly thirty, and learned the Mass pretty quickly. With a good missal in hand, you should be able to follow along quite well. After a few Masses you will be able to chant along, and Domine non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tanto dic verbo, et sanabitur anima mea will roll off your tongue like when you were a lad!
When you visit St. John Cantius, you will know why people spend a couple hours in the car each Sunday! Imagine a Sunday Mass where you won't have to grit your teeth during Fr. Liberal's left-wing "homily" or be bombarded w/ ego-worship in the "Prayer of the [un]Faithful"... Light a candle for us poor souls who don't have access to the Latin Mass. I recently moved to Dixie, and there isn't even an SSPX chapel w/in a four-hr drive of my house.
Dominus te cum et Deo vindice!
tsk. Now I have to go find it again. I made that search several years ago when my mom passed away and my brother and I were going through her things. I found my missal, my Scapular medal, and my Lives of the Saints book. I use the Saints book with my son (we homeschool), and he was amazed at the number of Saints in the "old" Church. I told him about half of these are Saints no more, and he asked, "Well, where did they go?"
Good question.
Domine non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tanto dic verbo, et sanabitur anima mea will roll off your tongue like when you were a lad!
Actually, that's lass, but what the heck.
You are right about the Latin. I attended a Real Mass back East this past Christmas, and was surprised at how familiar it sounded, even though it's been close to 30 years.
Imagine a Sunday Mass where you won't have to grit your teeth during Fr. Liberal's left-wing "homily"
LOL. The Priest at the Church nearby used to plague us with closing prayers to "The Great Spirit" (apparently he'd done some work on a reservation, and he went native). It was a struggle to get to Mass every week. I think I was feeling sacrilegious -- I just didn't know it at the time.