Daily Mass

[saribee]

As a soon-to be Catholic, I’m going to mass a lot (well at least for me ) I’ve found that most of the time, daily mass seems really rushed. I know it is shorter, but the priest tends to say things really fast and move a lot faster. I don’t like this because my days are rushed enough. Going to mass should give me some peace and sometimes it does, but a lot of the time I come out feeling even more rushed.

This isn’t just with one priest. I’ve been to daily mass celebrated by three different priests so far and they all do this. Is it normal?

 

[MarkThompson]

As a soon-to be Catholic, I’m going to mass a lot (well at least for me ) I’ve found that most of the time, daily mass seems really rushed. I know it is shorter, but the priest tends to say things really fast and move a lot faster. I don’t like this because my days are rushed enough. Going to mass should give me some peace and sometimes it does, but a lot of the time I come out feeling even more rushed.

This isn’t just with one priest. I’ve been to daily mass celebrated by three different priests so far and they all do this. Is it normal?

I wouldn’t say it is normal for it to seem rushed, but I certainly wouldn’t expect a priest to dilly-dally. I think many people have to get to work and appreciate a Mass that is no more protracted than necessary.

 

[garn9173]

As a soon-to be Catholic, I’m going to mass a lot (well at least for me ) I’ve found that most of the time, daily mass seems really rushed. I know it is shorter, but the priest tends to say things really fast and move a lot faster. I don’t like this because my days are rushed enough. Going to mass should give me some peace and sometimes it does, but a lot of the time I come out feeling even more rushed.

This isn’t just with one priest. I’ve been to daily mass celebrated by three different priests so far and they all do this. Is it normal?

The times i’ve been to a weekday mass, the attendee’s are for the most part are retired. But depending on the time of day, those attending a daily mass with you could be on their way to work or if it’s on or near the noon hour, on a lunch break. If that’s the case and your Preist knows that, that could be way the pace may move at a quicker pace than normal.

 

[Philotheatoo]

Ours too take less time however; the reason for the ‘rush’ is because all of the elements of the Mass must still be present while, at the same time, they must be performed in less time because most of the morning attendees (at our church) are students who need to get to the classroom on time and workers who need to get to work on time. You may prefer the priest leave out certain elements and slow the whole thing down whereas, maybe the person next to you misses that one element and doesn’t feel he attended a ‘complete’ Mass (not that it’s optional) and vice versa. We each have our little ‘preferences’ and it is impossible to please everyone. I am just thankful we still HAVE a church and priests! An awful lot of communities lost theirs altogether and can’t even attend weekly Mass in their own church.

 

[Nelka]

Ours are shorter due to no homily or a very short one. No creed etc.

Our priest doesn’t rush it in any other way.

 

[77stanthony77]

As a soon-to be Catholic, I’m going to mass a lot (well at least for me ) I’ve found that most of the time, daily mass seems really rushed. I know it is shorter, but the priest tends to say things really fast and move a lot faster. I don’t like this because my days are rushed enough. Going to mass should give me some peace and sometimes it does, but a lot of the time I come out feeling even more rushed.

This isn’t just with one priest. I’ve been to daily mass celebrated by three different priests so far and they all do this. Is it normal?

How short is short. I go to 12:10 mass and am out by 12:45 we sometimes sing as well and say a novena in between on most days There are usually over 300 people at mass at the co-cathederal oh yes we say the angelus at noon.

 

[johnnykins]

When I go to daily Mass it is usually on my lunch break - so I appreciate the “half hour special.” I can’t say the Mass is rushed, but if it were the 1+ hour Sunday Mass, I couldn’t make it.

 

[Catholic1954]

Daily Mass usually moves right along because, unlike Sunday Mass, people have to be somewhere else when it is over. Try arriving a few minutes early and pray a rosary or Chaplet of Divine Mercy before Mass starts.

 

[puzzleannie]

As a soon-to be Catholic, I’m going to mass a lot (well at least for me ) I’ve found that most of the time, daily mass seems really rushed. I know it is shorter, but the priest tends to say things really fast and move a lot faster. I don’t like this because my days are rushed enough. Going to mass should give me some peace and sometimes it does, but a lot of the time ?

welcome home
something you will get used to as a new Catholic, for everyone who complains that daily Mass is too rushed, or too short, there will be an equal and opposite number of people complaining it takes too long. we are equal opportunity complainers

 

[saribee]

I’m not complaining about it being short. It can be short yet reverent. When the priest talks really fast to the point that I can’t understand him, it doesn’t seem like mass to me.

 

[jmoneyideas]

As a soon-to be Catholic, I’m going to mass a lot (well at least for me ) I’ve found that most of the time, daily mass seems really rushed. I know it is shorter, but the priest tends to say things really fast and move a lot faster. I don’t like this because my days are rushed enough. Going to mass should give me some peace and sometimes it does, but a lot of the time I come out feeling even more rushed.

This isn’t just with one priest. I’ve been to daily mass celebrated by three different priests so far and they all do this. Is it normal?

Congrats on going to Daily Mass and coming into the Church. I am just starting my journey into the Church and was interested in the Daily mass and saw that it was only 30 minutes. I will give it a go next week and tell you what I think. Wish I was coming into the Church as early as you. The RCIA class is full so I have to wait til they start a new one at my Church. Oh well.

 

[Julianah]

There are other regular services that could provide you with more quiet, reflective time perhaps. Some places have morning and/or evening prayer, some have adoration… Eastern Catholic services are really beautiful and can be long, even during the week… it’s like Heaven on Earth actually. Time seems to stand still…

 

[marleelynn]

daily mass tends to be about thirty minutes here in the Baltimore area unless a holyday. Homilies are optional but most of the time the priest gives a brief reflection on the saint of the day.

 

[77stanthony77]

I’m not complaining about it being short. It can be short yet reverent. When the priest talks really fast to the point that I can’t understand him, it doesn’t seem like mass to me.

Have you tried going to another catholic church? My parish priest talks very slow, english is not his first language, so at sunday mass I have to sit up front, during the week if I go to mass its in a chapel so I have no problem understanding!

Praying for you

 

[HonoraDominum]

I go to daily mass at 6:30a at an EF parish, and the mass is done by 7:10a at the very latest. It’s not necessarily “rushed”, but it doesn’t last as long because of no homily and many less communicants. When I first started going to daily mass as a catechumen, I too felt like the daily mass was a “Mass Lite.” But after a while, I learned to appreciate the peaceful and respectful nature of the crowd, and the opportunity for lengthy and quiet adoration of Christ in the tabernacle. There are many other benefits to daily mass as well. Once a month or so, I make an appointment after one of the daily masses to talk to my priest for about an hour or so, which could never happen after a Sunday mass. I’ve also gotten to know quite a few of the “daily massers” and found that we are a family within a family at the church. And of course, spending time daily with Christ, either in adoration as a catechumen or receiving Christ in the blessed sacrament as a baptized member, is a fast track to sanctity and holiness.

Sunday masses can be so chaotic, with the crowds and crying children, and virtually no time between masses for thanksgiving and adoration. I’ve gotten into the habit of getting to church 30 minutes early for the first mass at my church on Sundays just so I can have a few moments of quiet before the chaos begins. I’m lucky if I even get to say Hi to my priest on Sundays. For me, while Sunday mass is more about catechesis with the homily and community with my parish, daily mass is more about building an intimate relationship with Christ in the Eucharist. But then again, my conversion moment happened because of the presence of the Eucharist, so for me, the Eucharist is an amazingly important part of my relationship with Christ.

I’ve gotten to where I truly appreciate the blessing of Daily Mass, and I’m getting quite spoiled with having that peaceful one-on-one time with Him for an hour (or more) a day before I have to go to the duties of my vocation. I go to Sunday Mass because I’m obligated to go, but I go to Daily mass because I want to go.

 

[TheMc]

I’ve also gotten to know quite a few of the “daily massers” and found that we are a family within a family at the church.

This is one of my favorite parts of daily Mass. Who ever said old church ladies are grumpy?

 

[FAB]

As a soon-to be Catholic, I’m going to mass a lot (well at least for me ) I’ve found that most of the time, daily mass seems really rushed. I know it is shorter, but the priest tends to say things really fast and move a lot faster. I don’t like this because my days are rushed enough. Going to mass should give me some peace and sometimes it does, but a lot of the time I come out feeling even more rushed.

This isn’t just with one priest. I’ve been to daily mass celebrated by three different priests so far and they all do this. Is it normal?

It may because there are a number of elemets not included, the Gloria, New Testament reading, the creed, often there are singing of hymns, the homily is usually held to about 5 min. The shorter form of the Eucharistict prayer is used. This may seem rushed, but it just the nature of daily mass.