Don’t wish parishoners ‘good morning’ at the start of Mass, says Cardinal Tagle

[MchaelPatrick]

Greeters at the door serve this purpose. Invitation to donuts or whatever serves this purpose. Parishioners approaching new people before and after Mass outside of the Nave serves this purpose. Frankly, on that score my experience is that Catholics are, in general, stand-offish.

Mass is not for fellowship, it is for worship. It is also very rude to be talking in the Nave because there are usually people there trying to pray before and after Mass. And if your parish has no one doing that, then there is much larger problem.

We need to teach, and to role model, the appropriate way to behave, the appropriate approach to the sacred, and the appropriate presence before our Lord.

This is not a social club.

I’m not sure where you’re coming from with all of this over my few simple questions. I know what Mass is for. I don’t think Mass is or should be a social club. I know Mass is for worship. That’s why I go. My Parish has people praying before and after mass so there is no larger problem.

Perhaps Catholics are stand-offish in your experience due to perceived rigidity. I offered no opinion about how much greeting I thought was too much or too little. I would offer my opinion but since I am getting trounced for asking questions I’ll keep it to myself.

Peace be with you.

 

[BroIgnatius]

I’m not sure where you’re coming from with all of this over my few simple questions. I know what Mass is for. I don’t think Mass is or should be a social club. I know Mass is for worship. That’s why I go. My Parish has people praying before and after mass so there is no larger problem.

Perhaps Catholics are stand-offish in your experience due to perceived rigidity. I offered no opinion about how much greeting I thought was too much or too little. I would offer my opinion but since I am getting trounced for asking questions I’ll keep it to myself.

Peace be with you.

I think you need to chill perhaps? and not take it so personally. I did not say you did not know these things. I am not even talking to “you”, but to the subject. It is called discussion. I am stating the way it is suppose to be, and the way it still is in some parishes that are no so secularized, but that is hard to get across in a culture that has no understanding of the sacred and little understanding of the reverent.

And, the stand-offish I mentioned is a general observation of interactions between other people in general and not responses to me, but thanks for the rash judgment. Sheesh.

see ewtn.com/expert/answers/talking_in_church.htm

 

[pnewton]

I don’t have a problem with it. All we have at my Parish is the Sign of Peace, which takes less than a minute. The choir/cantor/musicians have some control over how long it lasts. When Lamb of God starts it’s over.

Twenty seconds for me, then the intro starts. That gives others half a minute which is plenty of time to give a sign of peace to those in the immediate vicinity.