It can feel like roulette depending where you end up on a Sunday or Holyday, I have ended up by sheer chance at Masses where liturgical standards ranged from sublime to ridiculous. But when there is some flexibility in travel plans it would be wonderful to be more intentional - is there a thread or a database about this, recommendations for either beauty (or silence
It may be more research than you would like, but really, so many parishes still stream Masses that you could get pretty useful information via YouTube and Facebook links of the parishes in the area you're visiting.
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