But we don't want to repeat the mistakes that were made around the time of VCII, and rush in a bunch of unfamiliar stuff on people. Just because the orthodox were bewildered, offended and annoyed when the wreckovationists ripped out the kneelers overnight and made everybody change without any warning or preparation, doesn't mean we should do it back (as appealing as that is to a sense of cosmic justice).
So we phase out the awful hymns, phase in the good ones, add more and more Latin to the Mass where we chant the Ordinary (with the wholehearted cooperation of our Parochial Vicar, who is learning the Extraordinary Form), and try to keep the congregation up to speed on the changes without overtaxing them.
It's a delicate process. But we hear through the ecclesiastical grapevine that we are attracting folks from all over, so even if we're proceeding slowly it's having a good effect. Link by link is chainmail made, as one of Kipling's characters said, or "brick by brick", quoth Father Z.
>>But we don’t want to repeat the mistakes that were made around the time of VCII, and rush in a bunch of unfamiliar stuff on people.<<
It depends on what finds “unfamiliar”.
To some, “The King of Glory” is familiar.
What we need to do is correct. There is a change to the GIRM coming and it’s coming quickly. We need to teach the reason and the reason is that it is correct. The innovations that went on in our parishes were wrong.
I think it’s wonderful that you have a Holy Mass without music for those who do not want it. That’s how it should be. If one wants the choir, it’s there. If one wants the silence, it’s there. The pity comes when one finds no reverence in a Catholic parish. We travel a lot and find more innovations than reverence. Where the organ sits silent as the choir and piano play. That’s great for the Non-Catholics who need praise and community for their services. We have The Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ right there. Everything else is secondary.