Guilty Pleasures: Favorite Liturgical Abuses

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Any liturgical abuses that make you warm and fuzzy inside? Maybe its liturgical dancers, or non-standard liturgical colors. Perhaps gender inclusive language or Sister Betty giving the homily. Or on the other side of the spectrum you might have a priest bless the water at the offertory in the Pauline Mass, or make the sign of the cross after the Confiteor.
 
David B:
Any liturgical abuses that make you warm and fuzzy inside? Maybe its liturgical dancers, or non-standard liturgical colors. Perhaps gender inclusive language or Sister Betty giving the homily. Or on the other side of the spectrum you might have a priest bless the water at the offertory in the Pauline Mass, or make the sign of the cross after the Confiteor.
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I once heard a story about a Pentecost Sunday Mass where the priest had everyone come up to the front and he held a candle over their heads to symbolize the “tongues of fire.” Apparently, some dude came forward with a huge afro and it caught on fire 😛 👍
 
My wife and I got kicked out of a parish for asking the pastor to stick to Catholic teaching. The final straw was the Thanksgiving Mass one year. They started with a bunch of native Americans processing in full native dress, pounding drums and doing their dances. Then they had everyone turn to the North and pray to the “Spirit of the north”, then to the South, etc. We refused to participate, standing still. It was awkward when the people in front of us turned to face us, but we didn’t budge. We pointed out to the Pastor later that Scripture says there is One Spirit. He said that he had the authority of the Bishop in his parish, and if we didn’t like it, we had no place in ministry there.

Our new parish is much, much better.
 
Michael Welter:
My wife and I got kicked out of a parish for asking the pastor to stick to Catholic teaching. The final straw was the Thanksgiving Mass one year. They started with a bunch of native Americans processing in full native dress, pounding drums and doing their dances. Then they had everyone turn to the North and pray to the “Spirit of the north”, then to the South, etc. We refused to participate, standing still. It was awkward when the people in front of us turned to face us, but we didn’t budge. We pointed out to the Pastor later that Scripture says there is One Spirit. He said that he had the authority of the Bishop in his parish, and if we didn’t like it, we had no place in ministry there.

Our new parish is much, much better.
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God bless you for standing firm 👍
 
IF any PART OF THE MASS IS TO BE RESERVED FOR THE PRIEST, IT IS THE WORDS OF CONSECRATION. THAT IS WHY HE IS THE PRIEST. HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO THIS.
 
Michael Welter:
My wife and I got kicked out of a parish for asking the pastor to stick to Catholic teaching. The final straw was the Thanksgiving Mass one year. They started with a bunch of native Americans processing in full native dress, pounding drums and doing their dances. Then they had everyone turn to the North and pray to the “Spirit of the north”, then to the South, etc. We refused to participate, standing still. It was awkward when the people in front of us turned to face us, but we didn’t budge. We pointed out to the Pastor later that Scripture says there is One Spirit. He said that he had the authority of the Bishop in his parish, and if we didn’t like it, we had no place in ministry there.

Our new parish is much, much better.
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I attended a parish in New Mexico like that. :rolleyes: You have my sympathy.
 
Oh My…Jkirk…I am in New Mexico but thank God our parish is in a traditional bubble. We do everything by the book…lol
 
I do not think that the fifth choice is very well represented. There are many things typically associated with the Tridentine Mass that are still very much licit, and arguably expected, at a Missa Normativa.

For example:
Striking the breast during the Confiteor at the words “my (own) fault”.
This gesture is not found explicitly in the latest version of the GIRM, but it is found in previous versions. However, since neither the new GIRM nor Redemptionis Sacramentum “suppress” this gesture, I think we should assume that it is still licit and furthermore, recommended.
 
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byzmelkite:
I once heard a story about a Pentecost Sunday Mass where the priest had everyone come up to the front and he held a candle over their heads to symbolize the “tongues of fire.” Apparently, some dude came forward with a huge afro and it caught on fire 😛 👍
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:rotfl: :clapping: :rotfl:

You made my day with that one!!!
 
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My favorite is when a co-priestess breaks the consecrated hosts into Pyrex glassware.
 
Michael Welter:
My wife and I got kicked out of a parish for asking the pastor to stick to Catholic teaching.
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Can they do that???

I never dreamed that a Priest would give someone the boot, for anything. So, if a Priest just doesn’t like you, he can just toss you out?

Forgive me for deviating from the topic at hand, but I just had to ask.
 
The one liturgical abuse that I have NEVER understood is the clown mass.

Seriously, who was daft enough to come up with this one??? I might be able to see it if a priest was offering a private mass for members of a travelling circus, but in an actual church? What exactly is the point of this kind of laughable travesty? And why subject innocent parishioners to such lunacy?

I cannot imagine the inspiration for such silliness.
 
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cargopilot:
Can they do that???

I never dreamed that a Priest would give someone the boot, for anything. So, if a Priest just doesn’t like you, he can just toss you out?

Forgive me for deviating from the topic at hand, but I just had to ask.
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We didn’t literally get kicked out of the parish. We were simply told that we had no place in ministry in the parish. I believe that every christian should serve in some sort of ministry. So, if I’m kicked out of ministry, I’m effectively kicked out of the parish.
 
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AnglicanRite:
The one liturgical abuse that I have NEVER understood is the clown mass.

Seriously, who was daft enough to come up with this one??? I might be able to see it if a priest was offering a private mass for members of a travelling circus, but in an actual church? What exactly is the point of this kind of laughable travesty? And why subject innocent parishioners to such lunacy?

I cannot imagine the inspiration for such silliness.
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The baby boomer hippies who came up with these things are perpetual kindergarteners. They resent having had to grow up and be adults. I know this mentality. It pervades Catholic campus ministry centers and many religious orders.
 
Scotty PGH:
That picture simply cannot be from a Catholic Mass. I refuse to believe it… :nope:
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This kind of thing happens all the time at “Catholic” universities all around the United States.
 
Scotty PGH:
That picture simply cannot be from a Catholic Mass. I refuse to believe it… :nope:
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I am inclined to agree with you, since no source was given. The “priestess” picture here was eventual found to be Episcopalian.
 
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pnewton:
I am inclined to agree with you, since no source was given. The “priestess” picture here was eventual found to be Episcopalian.
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However, i have personally witnessed this sort of thing being done at a Catholic university.
 
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byzmelkite:
However, i have personally witnessed this sort of thing being done at a Catholic university.
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I attended in my college days, a Mass with Laturgical Dancers in clownface and the priest was rather, colorful too.
And another where a cookie was used insted of the host. This was in the early 1980’s, and I found it then to be odd.
So, ANY college campus Catholic Parish, unless it is tightly regulated should be looked at very closely.
 
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