Catholics
dirt track date -- Saturday, July 06, 2002 -- 02:29:01 PMSo why the hell haven't you left the church yet? I have church-shopped off and on for decades, and have never found anything comparable. I disagree with most of the church's teachings, but then so do most other Catholics I know. In what other religion can you cheerfully ignore the official line but still be welcome? I guess that's why I haven't left.
What about you?
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I believe the balance of the succeeding arguments suggests that I have a new best friend.
That's so sweet, guys.
What? I don't get to come over for (vegetarian) pizza night on Fridays?
Well, if we're talking midgets and Karo syrup, I am there.
Hey, you guys just got some new recruits.
As long as they bring they wimmins along. . . .
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So anyway, I went to the Thursday Mass last night. I remember it being sort of a low key, shortish affair so I figured, hey, why not. Besides, they advertised it as Mass at 7 and Adoration starting at 8. W.r.o.n.g. Went almost an hour and a half. CAN THEY NOT SING EVERY $(*^@$@(*ING THING? Christ, the music director just annoys the living crap out of me. She's got a lovely voice and all, but it's like she thinks the whole service ought to revolve around her and the choir. Can we not just say "Hear our prayer" instead of singing "Hear our prayer, Lord, hear our prayer, yes, really hear our prayer, really really really hear our prayer, Lord" so it takes 5 minutes instead of 2? Even the priest started moving on while they were still singing. I live for the summer when the choir goes on a 2-month break.
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My parish is All About the Choir, but it's also home to the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School and ecclesiastical music is a large focus of the services. The parish publishes its own hymnal -- no Gather for us! I love it, but it did take some getting used to everything being sung and allowing for being at church for 90 minutes on Sundays.
If you want to get in and out in an hour, you have to go to the mass run by the Harvard Catholic Student Association on Sunday evenings. But even then if the long-winded priest is officiating, you'll have to duck out after communion if you really have to be out by six.
I've never been to Maundy Thursday mass at this church, I thought that one was supposed to be solemn and no-frills?
I had never been to Maundy Thursday services before. Ours was solemn, but there was a lot of singing in traditional Latin. The First Communicants sat in the front rows on the right. They rang the bells and followed Fr. John with the Eucharist. The students preparing for Confirmation sat in front rows on the left and Father and the retired Archbishop washed their feet for that part of the service.
There was a family with their kids (4 under 5 OMG) in pajamas and the parents stayed after while the kids fell asleep, accurately.
I'd like to go to Mass tonight and tomorrow to see the other pieces of the Triduum.
I haven't been to Maundy Thursday before either. This will be my second time going to the Veneration of the Cross tonight. I haven't been to Easter Vigil Mass since I became a Christian so I'm looking forward to that.
I believe my mother and I were one of only a handful a few years ago who genuflected rather than smooching the cross.
EW GERMS. I don't take the cup at Eucharist either.
Do they do annointing of the sick for garden variety nutbaggage?
It's raining cats and dogs now. I'm guessing we won't have a huge turnout for church tonight.
I didn't kiss the cross, only genuflected and touched it.
We avoid taking the cup during cold and flu season, before we've had our shots.
I was also the only one that year that didn't raise his hand up to shoot the Holy Death Ray of God at the Evil Inviso-Demons apparently haunting the area around the candidates.
OK, you got me. I have no idea what you are talking about. Please enlighten me.
You hold your right hand up with the palm facing toward whoever you are blessing with your Holy Death Ray.
I don't hold hands or hold my hands up during the Our Father either.
There is some serious whining going on here. I personally loved the Holy Thursday Service--all 2 hours of it. And I'm headed back for Good Friday service. I am looking forward to a glorious Easter.
LOL You'd never make it through a Holy Thursday service in the Orthodox Church! Depending on several variables, it can be anywhere from 3 hours on. And in our Church - there are no pews. My son and I both had to work last night, so we didn't go to Church, but the three of us read the Passion Gospels when we got home.
I never worry about germs wrt Communion, kissing the cross, etc. I figure - God saves.
God saves, but people have germs.
When I picked the baby up from daycare she was hungry and tired. Aggie and Simon had a previous engagement so my decade-long streak of not attending Good Friday services remains unbroken.
Another two hour service. The place was packed. It was gratifying as I can remember when I was in a small minority. The kids making Confirmation this Spring carried in the cross and held it for veneration. The pastor spoke to this metaphor in moving fashion. The music was glorious. I missed my mom so much. She always loved the Tridium.
Happy Easter!
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I carried Stella up to Communion with me so that the Monseigneur could give her a blessing. (Bub had his turn last week; not being Catholic, Boy doesn't take Communion.) She gave him the cut direct! I got up there and she looked straight away from him and would not look at him for love or money. So he blessed the back of her little baby head.
Boy can get a blessing too! I love the visual of Stella rebuffing the Msgr.