Does your Priest say this?

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Lector:
"Welcome to St. Andrew Parish.
Today is the ____ of ____.
Our celebrant(s) today (is/are) ___, (assisted by Deacon(s) Jim ___,)

Our opening hymm is # ___, _____ in your (missallette/music issue).

Out of respect for the holy liturgy, please turn off all cell phones and silence all pagers. Today’s mass is offered for ____. Please Rise."

The first two blanks are exemplified by 1st Sunday Lent
Both deacons are Jim. James Hostman, and Jim Lee.

Recently, most of the sunday masses have been “for the safety of the troops of the 4-25th.”

The priests first words are “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
 
buffalo said:
Then I am going to another church so I can be gratified. Too bad, your loss. 😛 :banghead:
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I feel quite gratified at my church when Father’s arthritis is acting up. No Gloria, short sermon, no Creed. All-in-all, Sunday Obligation fulfilled in 33 minutes.
 
Post #7. Word for word.

I’ve heard the term “Holy Sacrifice of the Mass” often in our Masses. I’ve also heard the term “celebration.” I don’t think the two words are contradictory.
 
MusicMan said:
I feel quite gratified at my church when Father’s arthritis is acting up. No Gloria, short sermon, no Creed. All-in-all, Sunday Obligation fulfilled in 33 minutes.
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Gee, tell me where I can go to a one-minute Mass that will fulfill my Sunday obligation. Maybe a carwash type setup. (sarcastic icon)
 
Cat said:
Post #7. Word for word.

I’ve heard the term “Holy Sacrifice of the Mass” often in our Masses. I’ve also heard the term “celebration.” I don’t think the two words are contradictory.
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Depends what prople take as celebration.

This -
celebration
noun1. a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event 2. any joyous diversion 3. the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; “the celebration of marriage”

or this

v. tr.

  1. *]To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing. See Synonyms at observe.
    *]To perform (a religious ceremony): celebrate Mass.
    *]To extol or praise: a sonnet that celebrates love.
    *]To make widely known; display: “a determination on the author’s part to celebrate . . . the offenses of another” (William H. Pritchard).
 
There was a priest in northern Wisconsin who could say Sunday Mass (licit IIRC), with music in 20 minutes. The tourists loved him, and he gave some pretty good sermons.

Truthfully, the time thing no longer matters to me. When my priest ends up cutting corners because of his arthritis, I don’t get upset about the corner cutting, and I don’t get overjoyed because Mass is shorter. I pray that God will help relieve my priest’s pain.
 
MusicMan said:
There was a priest in northern Wisconsin who could say Sunday Mass (licit IIRC), with music in 20 minutes. The tourists loved him, and he gave some pretty good sermons.

Truthfully, the time thing no longer matters to me. When my priest ends up cutting corners because of his arthritis, I don’t get upset about the corner cutting, and I don’t get overjoyed because Mass is shorter. I pray that God will help relieve my priest’s pain.
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Very charitable.
 
The problem is that the traditional use of “celebrare” (Latin) simply means “to come together”. Only later did we English speakers artificially narrow this definition down to mean “to come together for a joyous purpose” The ecclesiastical usage of “celebrare” was, unfortunately, rendered directly into English where its broader understanding was squelched.
 
Windmill said:
The problem is that the traditional use of “celebrare” (Latin) simply means “to come together”. Only later did we English speakers artificially narrow this definition down to mean “to come together for a joyous purpose” The ecclesiastical usage of “celebrare” was, unfortunately, rendered directly into English where its broader understanding was squelched.
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Right - and the liturgists understood this to mean innovation. Perhaps a good reason to study Latin.
 
Our pastor usually starts by quoting the Psalm 118:24
“This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad”
 
Our priest just starts the Mass by saying, In The Name Of The Father, etc.
 
Windmill said:
The problem is that the traditional use of “celebrare” (Latin) simply means “to come together”. Only later did we English speakers artificially narrow this definition down to mean “to come together for a joyous purpose” The ecclesiastical usage of “celebrare” was, unfortunately, rendered directly into English where its broader understanding was squelched.
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That’s very interesting information. Thank you.

I wonder if the Eucharistic Prayers, which use the word celebrate, are going to be rewritten in the revised missal to reflect that.

Inasmuch as the Eucharistic Prayers currently say things like “…at whose command we celebrate this Eucharist” and “Father we now celebrate…” one can hardly be upset if the priest’s greeting uses the word celebration.

A sense of the sacred should permeate the Mass, but given what takes place in the liturgy, joyousness can hardly be excluded. I think at issue here is not whether or not the word itself applies - it does. If the Mass unfolds such that it looks more like a party than something solemn and sacred, the problem runs far deeper than the word used in the greeting.
 
Tantum_ergo said:
He says, before the start of Mass–when he comes out to the podium by himself–Praised be Jesus Christ. We respond: Now and forever more, Amen. He reads any announcements then, before Mass, leaves the altar, and then the lector comes to the podium, announces “Our opening hymn will be ___”, the organ starts, and the servers, deacon and priest then process through the church. .
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This part is all done by the lector in my parish, except that after the 'Now and forever more, Amen." there comes another lector/response except its in Polish (I recognize the name of Jesus Christ in there, but that’s the only thing I’m sure of).

The priests generally begin either w/ a “Good morning, let us begin …” or just “Let us begin …” One, though, ordinarily just launches right in w/ the Sign of the Cross.
 
At the Cistercian Abbey: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit…” Then sometimes the thing about grace and peace, depending which monk is in charge.

At the TLM “Asperges me…” (well technically that’s before Mass, so it begins as in Ad Deum’s post on the first page).

At the campus Mass, “Good morning.”

At my parents’ parish: Music leader lady: “Good morning, and welcome to St. ____ Cath-o-lic church. Our opening hymn is number ___ in your missalette.” Then the hymn. Then the priest starts with the sign of the Cross.
 
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