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I tried to answer this by private mail, but the system returned it to me, unopened.

I recommend several things. First, remember that God wants us to offer up our suffering so that it might be joined to His from the Cross. Second: If you have children, BEGIN ATTENDING THE INDULT MASS if you have the chance. Somewhere in Salt Lake City there should be one. We still assist, with our four boys, at the early Novus Ordo Mass and I still sing for two later Masses, but I highly recommend you becoming familiar with the peace which the Missal of St. Pius V affords. It is my hour of peace and quiet with God when I am able. [When I do assist at this Mass, it is my fourth for the day, but it is easily the most prayerful].

I was reminded recently of how silly the situation has become in this country. I was described as "one of those Latin Mass" people when I asked incredulously about the licitness of a Mass a fried described to me. I asked several pointed questions, even as I refused to identify myself as a "Latin Mass" person. I asked about Extraordinary Ministers, girls serving at the altar, music and "brethren" --- as in "Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice...." These things don't mark me as some throw back. I merely wish Mass to be celebrated properly, that is, RIGHTLY, and with reverence. How important the change in language has become! "It is right to give Him thanks and praise" comes from wholecloth, since even if it not untrue, it does not accurately reflect the Latin original: DIGNUM ET JUSTUM EST. When was the last time your Sunday Mass experience was both DIGNUM and JUSTUM?