@Rope - Hi! Thanks for giving me hope in Ohio....So there are pockets of beauty and civility amidst the hurly-burly!

Would that the Novus Ordo be taken as prescribed in the Documents..... and not "Protestantised" into what is here; these Church of England spin-offs would not occur! Just look at the Catholicity of the Extraordinary Form as compared with the Church of England "Eucharist"..... This canot be seen at all between this Mass in Ohio and the 'C of E' "Eucharist in say, Rochester … [Altro]

@ACL....it is quite true..the bishops of Ohio are all Liberal, unfortunately. They continue closing churches, and there was one recently that was allowed to remain open, due to the fact that the peoples wrote to Rome with their grievances.
There are many beautiful churches there, and it is those that are closing and the ugly modern monstrosities remain open. There is a Wide amount of abuse in many (if not all) novus ordo parishes. Just the fact of distributing communion in the hand is a grave … [Altro]

How on earth does Fr Jefferey have such a 'down-at-heel- liturgy' at his Parish when the Cathedral of that Diocese has such marginally good music? Rather more than the Parish he is in!

However!! The Mass of Creation sung here, is a British effort which even in the UK we have done away with. This leaves one to consider how backward this Diocese is..... Not to mention the cantrix who is appalling at best! One is forced to consider the comment "common Americans" anew!

On the other hand, the … [Altro]