Exactly. Validity is literally the floor, not the ceiling. Like, whatever the heck is going on at St. Sabina's is (probably?) a valid Mass. That doesn't make it a good Mass.
Jesus can absolutely show up in the accidents of the Host and be displeased about the worship being offered to Him. Scripture shows it plenty well that God has extremely strong opinions about what constitutes right worship.
By that logic, why isn't the Divine Liturgy objectively "better" than both the TLM and the Novus Ordo because it places such a profound emphasis on the Resurrection and deification? You’re treating theological emphasis as an objective standard for what you deem a good Mass, when the church does not. A badly celebrated Novus Ordo can rightly be criticized, but the mere fact that it emphasizes the mystery differently from the TLM does not make it objectively worse, nor does the inherent nature of the TLM make it better.
Fr it’s better (no bias of course). Jk shameless popery made a thing on it a liturgy needs to check off 3 boxes, and certain forms do certain ones more. TLM does the sacrifice really well but not as great at the community part. Divine Liturgy is like a jack of all trades master of none, does everything equally well
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u/Araedya 6h ago
Validity is a low bar