[mlizzy]

What do you mean by simpler, Biggirl?

Myself, I find the Sunday NO Mass easier to go to when I haven't been to Confession in awhile. That is to say, there seems to be fewer demands on me as a Catholic. I can attend wearing sports attire, I can mind-wander throughout most of the Mass and know I'm probably in similar company.

At the TLM, as my husband stated yesterday, it's like walking in on the 50s. The kids are all dressed appropriately, so are the moms and dads, and single folks too. The respect on the altar would be blinding if it otherwise wasn't so heavenly, perfect, and cool. Drifting thoughts are almost impossible, or certainly alleviated, as there's nothing distracting about the Mass.

And not seeing a parade of Eucharistic Ministers lined up at "the pump," before Communion, does the heart good as well. :)

Just curious; how many Latin Masses have you attended?

[Biggirl]

Do you have to go to a TLM to find reverence? I have been to NO that have been very reverent.

[Salvation]

That’s why I attend Mass all dressed up, even though it is a Novus Ordo Mass. Ours is very reverent, so I have no problem with it.

We also have a new Music Director and the chants and proper music is wonderful, and live by the way.

The Archbishop did a Novus Ordo for the Dedication of our new church on Saturday, and it was outstanding. He put in a lot of catechesis and evangelization in explaining the Dedication of a New Church.

If you ever have the opportunity to attend a Dedication, do so — even if you have to drive 100 miles!

I would hope you weren’t saying that the Archbishop’s Dedication Mass was not reverent and holy, because it was!!

[NYer]

At the TLM, as my husband stated yesterday, it's like walking in on the 50s.

What do you recall from attending mass back in the 50s?