I have been remiss in failing to compliment IF for this.  I hope you returned today or intend to do so in the near future.

Just wanted to let you all know that I successfully made the leap to the SSPX. I am very impressed with how things are done at these masses as I have never seen anything like this before. Everyone there seemed very serious about their Faith which is good. All the women wore some sort of thing on their head. There was a rail at the front of the Church right before the altar. During communion everyone would go up to the rail and kneel before it 10 at a time. Each person would open their mouth as the priest would pass by, and he would put the Eucharist in their mouth. I will say that I didn't know how to sing any of the hymns since it was all in Latin and nobody announced which page the hymn was on or anything. So I felt out of place on that.

Also, I talked to the priest after confession yesterday. I really like that guy. We talked a lot about the same stuff that you guys talk about on this website.

I really liked the hymns. The choir was really good. Their oration seemed Holier than anything I have witnessed. The people there seemed to radiate a holiness more so than any Novus Ordo I have encountered. The women seemed to reflect our Mother Mary very well. I got the sense that things were more old fashioned and the way things should be. I liked it a lot.

Oh, BTW, I got my scapular blessed yesterday too. I will be wearing it around my neck at all times.

Should I be dressing my best for these masses or does it really matter? I just wore a pair of tennis shoes, jeans, and a collared shirt today. I felt more modern than everyone else.

Deo Gratias and am truly happy for you!   Wear the best you own (but not a tuxedo, of course.) I don't think you should have to make a financially-painful investment in new clothing to attend Mass, but your best, and maybe focus on finding a pair of loafers or other men's shoes that can pass as "casual dress" -- that's what my husband wears -- and you'll fit right in. But mostly, as long as you want to be there, and you're in respectful clothing, that wonderful attitude alone will outshine any clothing you could possibly wear.

Don't know if I will ever go to an SSPX Mass.

Right now I have my TLM diocese mission and a monthly TLM at the cathedral. Since I would have to drive past my own parish to go to the SSPX chapel held at a funeral home, I don't see much point. I hope we never lose out status in the diocese.

I'd drive to another state to have mass in a basement before I went to the "diocese."