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The differences have always been there, and express that The Church takes its universality seriously.
I've moved a lot and have been to a ton of different parishes. The variety of worship life you can have while sticking the script, rite-wise, is fascinating. My favorite was attending the Tridentine low rite at a mostly Polish church in Chicago. It was 7:30 in the morning. Nobody talked to me because they didn't speak English, and all you heard was the Latin mumbling at the front of the church, whooshing of vestments, and the quiet shuffling feet of people in line for confession - which was done during Mass since nobody could hear what the priest was saying anyhow.
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"Walleye, a lot of things are going to go wrong in your life that technically aren't your fault. Always remember that this doesn't make you any less of an idiot"