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I was quite used to going to the Novus Ordo and rolling my eyes at the abuses. I was quite adept at devising ways of avoiding the Kiss of Peace. I often approached the priest after Mass and pointed out certain abuses as innappropriate for a Catholic Mass.

Can you give some examples of the abuses you saw? The idea of expressing "peace" to our neighbors, no matter how inappropriate, is actually in the rubrics, isn't it?

I'm glad you have an indult available.

Can you give some examples of the abuses you saw?

Altar girls before the Pope allowed them,

first Communion before first Confession,

trying to force children to recive Communion in the hand,

sexually explicit "Confirmation" training;

a drunk priest trying to get me to go into the confessional during Mass (that's what I get for standing in the back during Mass - but hey, that's OK at the Novus Ordo);

the use of Extraordinary ministers while the priest sits on his throne.

I could go on, but this is depressing that I spent at least a third of my life this way.