Changing the ‘tempo’ before and after Mass

[Lifeisbeautiful3]

Exactly! While many have expressed that the quiet prayerful nature of mass is what suits them (and it does for me). For others, inspiration may come in another form (e.g. the nature of the OP with a different tempo to the mass and/or the time before or after the mass?

I’m not clear on what components are ‘required’ for a mass, and how much discresion may exist to modify and wrap those components with additional music, lighting, etc.

What’s required to make mass, a mass?

Something along the lines of: an ordained priest, intent to consecrate, gospel, psalm, epistle, maybe a few others?

Can the ‘tempo’ of the communication before/during/after mass be altered in such a way so as to appeal to people who might not otherwise consider receiving the true Eucharist?

 

[Edward_H]

Wow. I love that. Thank you.

 

[dochawk]

If lapsed Catholics are returning for “something” other than worshiping God, then they would be coming back for the wrong reason.

\me mumbles something incoherent about a guy in a funny white costume in Italy saying something about meeting sinners where we find them . . .

 

[dochawk]

Some of the homilies I’ve seen (for example by Rev. James Blount) are about on the same level of a Protestant revival meeting,

When our EC priest was visiting a black Catholic parish in Chicago, he was told a “minimum expected” length of preaching, something like 45 or 75 minutes! those who didn’t wouldn’t be asked back.

And they listened to a sermon that long!

Now, he is one of the few that can go past the 7 minute guideline and keep the audience.[1] And having seen what he can do with an hour from adult ed sessions, it probably would have been worth the ticket to Chicago just for this . . .

[1] We had a priest sent to a homiletics course (which the diocese used to “dry out” priests). He came back good, as opposed to typical. Chatting with him, he said that, by far, the most important thing they taught him was “seven minutes”, and that after that, he would be wasting his breath . . .

We don’t have smoke machines because like I said, this is Mass, it is not a Broadway show, and there is a limit as to what elements the Bishops see fit to include in a Mass

Just to be contrary . . . look at cathedrals from the middle ages. There are multiple trap doors in the ceilings from the effects for religious plays on holy days (although in a fairly short period, this practice came to an abrupt halt).

hawk