 But the solution is not one rigid form of the Mass for all Catholics worldwide: say exactly these words, sit - kneel - stand exactly at these points, wear exactly these garments. Liturgical form is necessary and good judgments should be made on points of form. But discipline is not doctrine.  I agree with you - the Church gives us liberty to attend the Roman Rite in the Extraordinary form or the Ordinary form. And there are many other valid rites we can attend. I was never claiming Catholics should attend one "rigid form of the Mass." But, aside from liturgical abuses, the informality and lack of reverence sometimes detracts from the gravity of the sacrifice, for me. This might occur with music, or something else. That is just my nature and approach. I know that many others can attend a folk mass or a rock mass, (we have them, too), and apprehend the gravity of the sacrifice. I'm not disparaging them or any form of the Mass, nor advocating one over the other.  Where the Church has approved several forms of the Roman Rite, we have liberty to attend what we deem appropriate. Some of us prefer Gregorian Chant (like the Council did) to set the mood for the Mass; others do not.  I also think - just my opinion - that children can apprehend the seriousness of the sacrifice with greater reverence at the Extraordinary Form. But I don't fault anyone for going to any valid and licit Catholic Mass.  __________________ St. Thomas More --"The King's Good Servant, but God's First"  I agree with you - the Church gives us liberty to attend the Roman Rite in the Extraordinary form or the Ordinary form. And there are many other valid rites we can attend. I was never claiming Catholics should attend one "rigid form of the Mass." But, aside from liturgical abuses, the informality and lack of reverence sometimes detracts from the gravity of the sacrifice, for me. This might occur with music, or something else. That is just my nature and approach. I know that many others can attend a folk mass or a rock mass, (we have them, too), and apprehend the gravity of the sacrifice. I'm not disparaging them or any form of the Mass, nor advocating one over the other.  Where the Church has approved several forms of the Roman Rite, we have liberty to attend what we deem appropriate. Some of us prefer Gregorian Chant (like the Council did) to set the mood for the Mass; others do not.  I also think - just my opinion - that children can apprehend the seriousness of the sacrifice with greater reverence at the Extraordinary Form. But I don't fault anyone for going to any valid and licit Catholic Mass.