[joeysteele]

I personally do feel the Churches need to update their services/masses.
Having said that I used to love midnight mass when I was a child and respected the whole event.

Sadly now the Catholic church has all but done away with midnight mass on Christmas eve now and it s now deemed you have been to Church on a Saturday if you attend a evening mass on the Saturday.

Having said that, I do still go to mass on Christmas eve and also at Easter, not so general weeks of the year but on those occasions the Catholic Churches I have attended are full completely.
Usually people are standing inside the Church and into the porch area too.

However, I feel there is no compulsion to go to Church anymore but maybe people now just are choosing to live out their faiths other ways.