Have you ever been verbally attacked at Mass?

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A friend of mine is a Russian Orthodox. NO WATER after midnight before receiving Holy Communion. That’s ridiculous. BUT, the choir members are allowed cough drops. Interesting, aye?
 
Back in the day, it wasn’t standard to receive communion daily or sometimes even weekly or monthly. The rules were strict by today’s standards.

As far as I know, the Oriental, Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches today continue to have stricter canonical requirements for reception. The degrees of severity vary.

I’m not sure how I feel about it either. No water after midnight seems pretty hardcore. I’d put a reoccurring alert on my phone to camel it up on a bucket of water before going to bed. Eating a high-sodium meal like Pizza Hutt could really backfire in the morning.

The more years I spend Catholic, the more I lean towards modernity.
 
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TK421 said:
As far as I know, the Oriental, Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches today continue to have stricter canonical requirements for reception. The degrees of severity vary.
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You are aware the Eastern Orthodox churches are distinct from the Oriental Orthodox churches?

The fast for all EC churches/traditions is 1 hour.
 
IIRC, Eastern Catholics don’t all have the same canonical requirements, but maybe I am only thinking of fast days / abstinence.
 
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took a drink from a water bottle before Mass which he said was “forbidden.” He said it was wrong for me to listen to music on an mp3 player before Mass (not that he could hear it). He said that I should not hold a blessing cross during Mass and that I should not use it to bless myself. He also said that I should not be tracing a cross on the Gospel reading of my misallete before doing so on my forehead, lips and heart(!) Finally he said my “5-on-5 posture” during the Lord’s Prayer was “not approved.”
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Do your wife and child/children. sip water, listen to mp3s , hold blessing crosses etc too, at Mass?
Were they verbally attacked too?
 
Do your children and spouse use MP3s and sip water too in Mass, i take it you all attend as a family. You said you returned to the Church after the birth of your son. Is he an altar boy or was he
 
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The only thing i would have called you on would have been the mp3. And it would not have been in the pew either. Maybe if i ran into you at the back or outside and that would have been by pure chance.
I seen what you were listening to in an earlier post. But when we sit down in the pew before Mass it should be a time of silent prayer/reflection.
 
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He said it was wrong for me to listen to music on an mp3 player before Mass (not that he could hear it).
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Oh yeah? I can hear these MP3 players from far away and they are very disturbing and rude to play them anywhere, especially in Church while people are trying to meditate and pray. Can’t we have a little quiet and relief from this disgusting rap music, soul music, pop singers,etc., at least in church?
 
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The only thing i would have called you on would have been the mp3. And it would not have been in the pew either. Maybe if i ran into you at the back or outside and that would have been by pure chance.

I seen what you were listening to in an earlier post. But when we sit down in the pew before Mass it should be a time of silent prayer/reflection.
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Whether or not I was listening to music would be absolutely none of your business (so long as you could not hear it, which this man could not.)

Odd some people don’t grasp that. Very odd indeed.

I personally don’t know of a better way to prepare for Mass than to listen to the Litany of the Saints. I just love it.
 
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Whether or not I was listening to music would be absolutely none of your business (so long as you could not hear it, which this man could not.)
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Which is why, other than abiding by common sense manners, you should just do whatever it is you do and let the haters hate.
 
TK421 said:
Which is why, other than abiding by common sense manners, you should just do whatever it is you do and let the haters hate.
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That’s quite true, thank you.

What’s ironic is that there are people who truly do disrupt others before Mass. The talkers, the back-slappers loudly making their rounds, etc. and some are so quick to compile lists of justifications for their unfortunate behavior. Yet others do nothing at all to those sitting around them and the same people feel the need to attack. Crazy!
 
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Mine is absolutely silent to those around me.
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I dispute that. If your MP3 player can be heard in your ear, it can be heard by others. I know from several experiences of having to listen to music played by someone on MP3 players while in an elevator. The music goes to their ear, but can be heard by others. People who use MP3 players are a rude bunch having no consideration to those around them who have to listen to their disgusting music.
I say the man was absolutely right to tell people to shut down their disgusting pop music while in church. It was the person playing the MP3 music in church who was attacking the worshipper with his disturbing music and not the other way around. Why can’t we have a little peace and quiet at least in church?
 
TK421 said:
IIRC, Eastern Catholics don’t all have the same canonical requirements, but maybe I am only thinking of fast days / abstinence.
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I believe that’s indeed the case, although some EC’s would beg to differ…
 
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There’s nothing wrong with someone bringing water to Mass even if you personally don’t believe they have a “valid” reason.

Simply put, it’s none of your business.
 
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It sounds that person was right. It is inappropriate for you to be drinking from water bottles during mass. You should be apying attention to teh priest and he readings during mass not listening to mp3 players.
 
poche said:
It sounds that person was right. It is inappropriate for you to be drinking from water bottles during mass. You should be apying attention to teh priest and he readings during mass not listening to mp3 players.
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What’s the problem? Did you not read what I actually wrote? Or are you intentionally spinning things so that you can attack?
  • I never said I was drinking water during the Mass.
  • I never said I was listening to music during the Mass.
I’m going to conclude that it’s the latter. That’s on you.

FWIW, there is nothing wrong with discreetly drinking water during the Mass. I know MANY that do it because it aids their singing voices.
 
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