“In fact it got so bad that this morning my wife and I attended the 0800 Mass at her Anglican Parish in Delray Beach. “
I’ve been struggling with that problem for a long time now.
Is poor liturgy an excuse for skipping Mass?
>>Is poor liturgy an excuse for skipping Mass?<<
No. Our Lord only suffered three hours on a cross for you.
Watch EWTN on other days and pray to St. Michael that he will defend you in battle.
Unfortunately, no.
You're supposed to "offer it up". When I was attending a dog trial out of town, I wound up at a Life Teen service and boy was it awful - and LOUD. I wondered whether the lady standing up front doing ASL for the deaf was required because the decibel level had rendered the congregation deaf, or whether it was just so noisy in there that nobody could hear anything.
At least nobody was dancing in the aisles - at least not that I saw. The "rock band" was gyrating around though. It would have been better if they could actually play.
I offered it up, but it was a struggle not to just turn and bolt out of there.