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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't go to church much so I guess I am part of the problem (although my DH goes regularly) but I like the crowds on Easter. I find the normal very lightly attended services kind of depressing and prefer to be in a church filled with people.  The singing is more joyful, people are happy to be there, lots of people have extended family visiting.  I like the sounds of children on Easter - it's part of the scene for me (even though my children are teens/college age).  Yes we crowded 5 people into a pew for 4 but really it was for an hour so we survived.  
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Going to Mass is nice when it is crowded and cheerful and festive, I agree.  But it can also be wonderful when it is (relatively more) quiet, b/c then it can be contemplative, peaceful, and you can concentrate on different things. I'd say both are good -- they are just "diferent animals."  Church doesn't have to be always one or the other.  Both are good!  Try the one a few times and just give it a shot, I'd say. . . .you never know. . sometimes we even split up (DH goes to one Mass and I go to another) b/c then you can really concentrate on The Word and be prayerful and contemplative. . . just for an hour. . .sometimes in the midst of the rat race which is the other 167 hours of the week, I need just that one hour for peace and quiet!  
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