"Che vuoi?"

Always a dangerous question to pose. Always. Better ... not.

Number One. Roman Rite.

By this I mean the Western or Latinate usage. Why? Because I am of the West and will never be anything but. OK -- what does this entail? As the very first post offered here made clear, the following are the basic structural elements of the Roman Rite, in their correct order:

THE PREPARATION:

1. The Introit chant
2. The Collect

   THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD:

3. The Epistle
4. The Gradual chant
5. The Blessing before the Gospel
6. The Gospel

   THE OFFERTORY:

7. The Offertory chant

   THE CONSECRATION:

8. The Great Action: after the Orate Fratres – through Preface, Canon, Lord’s Prayer – up to the Pax

   THE COMMUNION:

9. The Communion chant

   THE THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION:

10. The Post-Communion Collect
11. The Dismissal

These are the undergirding elements or the bones, upon which the flesh may be hung, thicker or thinner, here or there. Once you have the articulated bits, then it is a question of where to add the padding.

Practically speaking, any number of Western rites, so long as they included the minor Propers, would qualify but I also want a Traditional One-Year Lectionary and Traditional Kalendar -- vigils, octaves, and Ember days but no 'ordinary time' for me, please. (So while there is nothing wrong with the Novus Ordo service on paper, there is quite a bit wrong in practice.)

I'd also like a certain -- barbaric, Germanic -- coldness and simplicity and, of course, the English language (as it may be understood, but necessarily as it is in ordinary use, by the people). In light of what has been said, and for purposes of abbreviation (and to keep others on their toes), I call this:

Number Two. Norman Decorations.