Before Mass Silence

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Lormar said:
Only one Mass at the parish with the church opening thirty minutes before and closing ASAP after, so hanging around to pray is discouraged because the appointed person is waiting around to lock up.
We returned to the EF Mass last June. It’s heavenly.
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Yes. Never experience this at the FSSP parish. Only at the OF-only parishes
 
Facts shouldn’t offend anyone, and what you said is a fact. Mostly, it is my generation that does it.
 
It could be that for some older folks, mass is the only time they get out to see other people. Some can be a little loud because their hearing is not as good as it once was. I try to keep that in mind and remember that could be me someday.
 
Same here. I block it out. I wouldn’t dream of saying anything to them.
 
Well, it certainly increases my own resolve to always treat the nave as a holy space where unnecessary talk, whether gossip or small talk or social “catching up,” is completely inappropriate.
 
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Irishmom2 said:
It could be that for some older folks, mass is the only time they get out to see other people. Some can be a little loud because their hearing is not as good as it once was. I try to keep that in mind and remember that could be me someday.
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I try to do that too. And when it’s not-so-old folks I remind myself I’m in a military town and a lot of us have spent careers listening to arms fire, explosives, and aircraft engines - I know my hearing isn’t what it could be at certain levels, and as time passes I’m finding I have to ask more and more for people to repeat themselves.
 
Hard of hearing or not, there are appropriate places for chatting and the pews are not those places. Even Pope Francis has said so.
 
Agreed. That’s why we have the “gathering space.” And coffee and donuts.
 
Pastors need to recognize it as irreverent behaviour, and address it. There really are no excuses.
 
I honestly believe that it is behavior which is on its way out. Even if pastors don’t confront and address it head-on, it will fade away on its own. The younger generation seems to me to be more devout.
 
I sure hope so. Though it would be nice if they’d come to their senses about where they are and what the Mass is, before they just die off.
 
Lack of respect for silence is a form of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
 
Sorry, I just don’t believe that the little blue haired ladies who chit chat before Liturgy are condemned to hell.
 
I don’t either - sometimes it’s a bit rude, though. Especially when it’s done across the sanctuary (I’ve seen that).
 
The only sin that can’t be forgiven? I don’t think so.
Rude and inconsiderate but forgivable.
 
“Lack of respect for silence is a form of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.”
Robert Cardinal Sarah, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise, #136.
 
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