Beautiful Reverential Silence at Mass

[DL82]

I attended a Mass this Sunday given during a retreat organised by my parish. After the communion we kept silence for at least 20 minutes before the dismissal. It was really beautiful and reverential, and gave everyone the chance to truly make a good communion.

I realise this isn’t possible during our normal Sunday mass because of the young families and people’s time commitments, but it would really be nice to have a few moments when the music group could take a rest for themselves too, and could just sense the Christ who we have just received.

I felt really blessed by that Just wanted to share.

 

[water]

Good for you, DL. I have no problem with or without music. Sometimes, having music helps me more. If we want to have extra 20 mintues, we can simply stay after mass is over.

 

[Dauphin]

If you like silence and reverence during the liturgy, you might consider the Traditional Latin Mass. The Mass is filled with moments of contemplation and the prayers of the Canon are entirely silent. The Mass presents many opportunities to silently pray some of the most ancient and beautiful prayers of the Church.

 

[DL82]

If you like silence and reverence during the liturgy, you might consider the Traditional Latin Mass. The Mass is filled with moments of contemplation and the prayers of the Canon are entirely silent. The Mass presents many opportunities to silently pray some of the most ancient and beautiful prayers of the Church.

Thanks, I have been to a TLM a few times, though the organ music carried on throughout at this parish, which was beautiful in its’ own way.

As an aside, during our pilgrimage, our priest also celebrated mass in the travellers’ hostel we were staying in, which I was worried about at first because I thought it would be irreverent, but it wasn’t, it was absolutely beautiful, and again the sense of deep reverence maintained by priest and people made it seem entirely appropriate. All the canons were followed exactly as if we had been in church, and we all came away nourished by the Body of Christ. Just goes to show I should stop being so prejudiced about new things!

 

[jc-servant]

Ask your priest politely if you can start having silence after communion for a minute or two. All that he can say is “no.” You won’t lose anything by asking.

We have a visiting priest from Nigeria who takes his time and has longer silences during the liturgy. He probably takes a full minute to raise and lower the Body and Blood, so people have a real moment for adoration too. Our pastor always seems to be in a rush to me, but it could just be his personality because he is the same way outside of mass.

 

[rpp]

The priest where I attend daily Mass pauses for a good 3 to 5 minutes after purifying the sacred vessels and before the dismissal. He also injects long pauses at certain some points in the Mass such as after the Gospel and after the homily.

It makes a huge difference when it comes to getting something out of the Mass.

 

[AlegreFe]

I attended a Mass this Sunday given during a retreat organised by my parish. After the communion we kept silence for at least 20 minutes before the dismissal. It was really beautiful and reverential, and gave everyone the chance to truly make a good communion.

I realise this isn’t possible during our normal Sunday mass because of the young families and people’s time commitments, but it would really be nice to have a few moments when the music group could take a rest for themselves too, and could just sense the Christ who we have just received.

I felt really blessed by that Just wanted to share.

Wow, how great that must have been for you. I wish I had silence after every Mass. But it’s hard sometimes. I stay after Mass and continue to pray. I pray the St. Michael Prayer and other prayers. But some Catholics make it hard because they want to start there conversations right there at their pew instead of waiting to get outside or at least in the vestibule.

But I’m so happy for you to have that great opportunity to be with Jesus in silence, just you and Him. Wow!

 

[muffinmojo]

I deeply appreciate priests who take the consecration very slowly and respectfully. A nice pause between the consecration and the elevation, and then a pause at the elevation, and a very reverent genuflection, make any sort of Mass great. We’ve had some visiting priets who rush through it, use only one hand to hold the Host, sort of flip it around, etc…

 

[cecilia97]

I attended a Mass this Sunday given during a retreat organised by my parish. After the communion we kept silence for at least 20 minutes before the dismissal. It was really beautiful and reverential, and gave everyone the chance to truly make a good communion.

I realise this isn’t possible during our normal Sunday mass because of the young families and people’s time commitments, but it would really be nice to have a few moments when the music group could take a rest for themselves too, and could just sense the Christ who we have just received.

I felt really blessed by that Just wanted to share.

Hooray!

Our parish has the lovely practice of staying on our knees while everything is purified, until Father veils the chalice. Sometimes the choir will run out of music and we have a minute of silence then. But, music or not, I just love being in a parish where practically everyone kneels while any little bit of the Blood and Body could still be on the altar. It’s a very visual reminder of the whole reason we’re there on Sunday.

 

[AlegreFe]

I deeply appreciate priests who take the consecration very slowly and respectfully. A nice pause between the consecration and the elevation, and then a pause at the elevation, and a very reverent genuflection, make any sort of Mass great. We’ve had some visiting priets who rush through it, use only one hand to hold the Host, sort of flip it around, etc…

Oh wow, I love that too.