“I shall now don my asbestos suit and await incoming.”
No incoming from this direction.
I do, however, feel no obligation to attend an invalid or irreverent Mass. Although most, if not all, of our local Masses are in some ways illicit, few are irreverent or invalid.
With the nearest Mass, which can be counted upon to be licit, being a seven plus hour round trip, I can only hope we don’t get another flaky padre.
**I do, however, feel no obligation to attend an invalid or irreverent Mas**
While you have no desire, some of us do attend a NO Mass. In the GIRM are the guidelines that despite the sinfulness of the priest, let’s say alchoholism, as long as he is a validly ordained priest, the Mass is valid. Thus the consecration, Communion, etc. are also valid.
Many times we get too judgmental. (I had to check on this myself, because I was concerned about the validly of a Mass where a priest spoke about an Eastern religion in terms not acceptable to me. (Hinduism)