They did so because they misguidedly rejected the Church’s teachings on abortion, artificial contraception, divorce-and-remarriage, same-sex “marriage,” women priests - whatever. The people who have left the Church since the 1960s did not do so because they missed the Latin Mass. As for me, in order to find a contemporary Mass that is solemn and deeply reverent, wherever I have lived in this country, from New Jersey to California and several places in between, I have never had to go any farther than my nearest local Catholic parish church.
I submit to Miss Aabram, whether she will admit it or not, this is simply another example of a Catholic who feels that the Mass should be “entertainment,” rather than the serious encounter with the triune Godhead and particularly Jesus in the Eucharist that the Mass is intended to be. Aabram says that “80%” of the contemporary Masses are not “beautiful” enough to suit her and that she feels that she has to search for weeks on end to find a Novus Ordo Mass that appeals to her. Aabram’s report slams the contemporary Mass. I take strong exception to the “ 3 Reasons Why Young People Gravitate to the Traditional Latin Mass” article by Virginia Aabram (Culture of Life, Sept.