Abuses and the mass-How far is too far?

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Liturgical abuse requires intention.
Nothing I listed is liturgical “abuse”.
Could they be abuses? Yes. Are they based on what information the OP has given, no, they are not.

As for your “Protestant” comment, I will let that go, this time. :roll_eyes:
 
My opinion would be to go to one of the other parishes nearby where you find things better.

In my opinion, continuing to go to Mass in a parish where you find things happening in the Liturgy that upset you could wear you down and could cause you so much upset. You could find yourself coming out of most Sunday Masses upset or angry. That would not be a good way to be leaving Mass.
 
I really wasn’t trying to offend you with the Protestant reference.
I just as a child did go to certain Protestant churches with friends who were raised that way and it sounded like stuff I saw at those churches. Presbyterian and Methodist mainly.

I actually wish my parents didn’t let me go with them when I slept over. It causes a lot of confusion later on.
 
I am a convert from the Protestant faith,
I am concerned about cradle Catholics’
abuse of the 1 hr. fast before taking com-
munion. You see, the soup kitchen here
doesn’t serve the meal until 3/4 hr. before
the masses’ serving of the host, so many
(I know of three) go ahead and take com-
munion anyway, now THAT is abuse of
the mass attendance!
 
For whom? Should the diabetic have to almost pass out because they have a low blood sugar?
Do not demand conformity where the Church has allowed diversity
 
That’s the thing, i’ve never been into an EF, as a matter of fact, there isn’t even a TLM known of in my country (sidenotes: i read of an old report of two parishes far in some other states, but everywhere else i read there aren’t any TLMs here, i once propposed so to a priest but he said i needed to convince some other amount of people and then those people sign a letter to the Bishop that he may choose the place and time and priest right to celebrate it, well, the project never quite worked, mostly since i didn’t approach many people (my bad there, didn’t knew much anyhow) and most people reacted with a no, they just didn’t get why the TLM is better or even why would anyone want it and my attempts at explaining didn’t quite work
 
I actually prefer the EF, never been to one but i’ve seen pictures, read about it, let’s call it love at first sight, i’d love to go to one, but there are not EF masses in my country (I live in Venezuela)
 
Good point i didn’t specify

The costume was one of the altar servers (i know him personally and as far as i know he’s not a deacon) dressed up as St John the Baptist, the parish in question is named after him

Am i absolutely sure he was actually adding and not using a eucharistic prayer i don’t know about? Well it included some hippy sounding talking about it all being the fruit of the trees and the earth and all, but in there you may have a point and i was biased
CilladeRoma said:
As far as the priest singing after Communion, there is a rubric that says a communion mediation can be sung. It does not say who or what it should be. You do not say what the priest sang
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Well, he sung this child song popular in Venezuela it goes "if u want to X do Y (such as "if u want to eat say sandwich) in this case he went something like “If you’re really saved say Mary” now that may be quite good for children and all, but after communion, i don’t know, anyways you made it quite clear there were things i wasn’t considering
 
You hit the flag button near the post you were offended by. I deleted it hours ago though so I don’t know what you are going to flag.
 
I am confused, you said you used to be SSPX and a sedevaticanist, yet you have never been to a EF Mass. How is that?
 
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luisvera said:
You see, a little background first, let’s say i’m a revert (spend a loong while going around “radical traditionalism” (SSPX, sedevacantist, etc) and Eastern Orthodoxy, now, i’m back to being a catholic but i have a question
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I actually prefer the EF, never been to one but i’ve seen pictures, read about it, let’s call it love at first sight, i’d love to go to one, but there are not EF masses in my country
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Can you please explain this? You came here and asked about liturgical abuse, saying it makes you feel anxious and unsure if you should attend Mass, yet you are not sure of the context of any of the “abuses” you list, then contradict your opening post which says you once belonged to the SSPX, but have never attended and EF Mass.

What exactly are you looking for here? Do you have a question? Have you actually talked to your own Pastor about the things that concern you?
 
It’s a shame that people have to Mass shop. Say the Black, do the Red isn’t that hard. One parish near me never says the responsorial psalm after the readings. They do some random song instead. Drives me crazy when I go there.
 
I’ve reached the tipping point at my parish. It got to the point where I only attended mass there when I was scheduled to serve. For the current liturgical cycle, I asked to be left off the schedule.

Holy Week got particularly bad. The Easter Vigil was so barely recognizable that I began to doubt if it was a legitimate mass. Last year my wife and I visited three different churches for Holy Week. We sort of missed our home parish, but the liturgies have gotten so inventive that I can barely stand them.

Currently my wife and I are attending mass at some of the more ‘churchy’ churches in the area. Fortunately we’re blessed to live in a Catholic part of the world and have lots of options of when and where we worship.
 
So the soup kitchen serves a meal 15 minutes before the start of Mass?
 
Yes, it WAS supposed to serve it 10 min. before
11:30 which would give 10 min. for us to finish
eating, but sometimes we don’t get served until
11:45!
 
And there are no earlier Masses? I’m not clear why the people at the soup kitchen are not going to Mass before eating.
 
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