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HNA444
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Is it ok that I go to a bilingual Easter vigil mass?
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andy4d
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Yeah, that’s fine. It helps if you understand both languages but that’s not required.
I’ve been to a number of bilingual Masses over the years but not Easter. I quite like the reminder of the universality of the Church from that type of Mass.
I’ve been to a number of bilingual Masses over the years but not Easter. I quite like the reminder of the universality of the Church from that type of Mass.
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RandomAlias
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Yes, it is okay. Sounds interesting.
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SuscipeMeDomine
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Why do you think it might not be OK?
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greenrangerx
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Make sure to grab a missalette so you can understand the parts that are in the language you don’t understand.
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pianistclare
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Ours is bi-lingual. Our parish population is about 50-50 English/Spanish speakers.
It will be beautiful, GO!
It will be beautiful, GO!
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Augustinian
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Nothing wrong with hearing a mass in a language you don’t understand. My grandfather didn’t understand English, it didn’t keep him away from church.Is it ok that I go to a bilingual Easter vigil mass?
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Augustinian
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With those many foreign language speakers, I’m surprised that there aren’t 2 separate masses or 2 separate parishes established. I guess you can smile and utter a few greetings to your non-english speakers, but that’s a ways from actual communication.Ours is bi-lingual. Our parish population is about 50-50 English/Spanish speakers.
It will be beautiful, GO!
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TexasWife
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I’ve attended more than a few masses in other languages to fulfill my Sunday obligation. It’s fine. I enjoy bilingual masses because they emphasize that the Church is one.
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JulianN
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Sure. Lots of people attend Mass in another language—Latin.
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SuscipeMeDomine
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You can have Masses in both languages most of the time. On Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil a parish can have only one Mass so you either have to offer it in one language, excluding half the population, or offer a bilingual liturgy.
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pianistclare
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I’m Hispanic. No issues, plus I am the RCIA Director and Choir Director for both communities. We do most everything Bi-lingually. There are NOT 2 Easter Vigil Masses. The Candidates and Catechumens are from both communities, we strive to worhsip together as a family.
Both communities have grown in love, respect, and knowledge of each other’s languages.
Both communities have grown in love, respect, and knowledge of each other’s languages.
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Augustinian
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Good, but I just would want to comment that this is a different paradigm from when I was a youth. The groups largely got along, but the Slovaks were in one parish, the Poles in another and the Lithuanians in a third.We do most everything Bi-lingually. There are NOT 2 Easter Vigil Masses.
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pianistclare
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Yeah no one wants to separate anymore.
One Body in Christ, right?
One Body in Christ, right?
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SuscipeMeDomine
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My mother grew up in a town like that. Tiny little town, but two Catholic churches because the Poles wouldn’t go to Mass with the Italians and the Italians wouldn’t go to Mass with the Poles. How tragic!
Today in a lot of those kinds of towns were seeing parishes close because of a lack of clergy and hopefully today we can recognize how much we have in common rather than focusing on what separates us.
Today in a lot of those kinds of towns were seeing parishes close because of a lack of clergy and hopefully today we can recognize how much we have in common rather than focusing on what separates us.
Tis_Bearself
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There is a large Latino population around here and many if not most of the Paschal Triduum services are bilingual. The church I usually go to did have two separate sets of Good Friday Stations of the Cross, one English and one Spanish, but everything else was bilingual.
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OsculeturMeOsculo
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For the pre-consecrated mass on Good Friday it was supposedly celebrated in four different languages. We also had a bilingual mass on Thursday.
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TheLittleLady
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This. Sometimes I wonder if these questions are real.
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babochka
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I love bilingual Masses.
In the Byzantine Rite, it is a tradition to read the Gospel for Pascha in many languages to show that the Gospel is universal, for all people. I take this background and understanding to the Latin Rite bilingual Masses. Although I wouldn’t want a steady diet of it, I enjoy going to masses and Divine Liturgies in a language that I don’t speak.
In the Byzantine Rite, it is a tradition to read the Gospel for Pascha in many languages to show that the Gospel is universal, for all people. I take this background and understanding to the Latin Rite bilingual Masses. Although I wouldn’t want a steady diet of it, I enjoy going to masses and Divine Liturgies in a language that I don’t speak.
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Hereiam
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The only actual communication ever needed, in any situation, is love.With those many foreign language speakers, I’m surprised that there aren’t 2 separate masses or 2 separate parishes established. I guess you can smile and utter a few greetings to your non-english speakers, but that’s a ways from actual communication.
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