Have you ever corrected any one during mass?

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How about my husband with the kids? 😉
 
I voted “No, but I really wanted to”. I was visiting family at Christmas, and attended the Christmas midnight Mass. The Mass was sparsley attended, so many pews were empty. In the next section of pews was a family with a little girl, maybe about three years old (I won’t discuss the wisdom of keeping a child that age awake for midnight Mass, since that’s not the topic).

Anyway, this little girl started running up and down the aisles, then she started runnning up and down the pews. On one pew, she climbed up onto the seat portion of the pew, and ran up and down that. Then she got down, and started swinging the kneelers up and down, banging them loudly. The whole time she was doing all this, she was talking, laughing, and yelling. Her family members did nothing to stop her. Everyone in the church kept looking at them; even the priest kept looking their way as he tried to make himself heard above the racket.

Finally, finally, one of the family members took the little girl outside. I’ve heard of “suffer the little children”, but really, now!
 
I’m an usher, so I think it’s part of my job. What I had to do was ask that someone consume the Eucharist instead of keepiing it for whatever reason. They had put it in their pocket. I’ve had to do this twice, different folks, different occasions…
 
For years I shut my mouth or turned my head to noisy, restless children undisciplined by parents, foot tapping pew bumpers, hot lovers and talkies. Recently I broke down before mass and asked an elderly gentleman to stop clinking his keys and change in his pocket during mass.
He said “HUH? YOU WANT ME TO STOP JINGLING MY KEYS? Oh Sure.”
I believe the guy was hard of hearing. He never jingled again. I don’t believe he could even hear himself doing it.
 
Once someone took the host and went back to their pew without consuming it. I left my pew and went to that person, insisting that the Eucharist be consumed.

I have had people come to receive the Eucharist who just stood there with their hand out and I told them that the correct response was “Amen”

I have corrected family for talking, but not others. I really do not mind young children, but adults who talk like they were at a ballpark trouble me.

A couple of weeks ago I had a man correct me. I went up to him after mass while he was still in his pew to compliment the deep spirituality that was evident. He sushed me and pointed to the tabernacle. So, I wrote what I wanted to say on a tablet. At first, I felt a little taken-back, but then I appreciated the deep respect he had for Christ’s presense in the tabernacle and church!
 
Honestly if I did something wrong (procedurally) I’d appreciate the correction. I’m amazed people who save the Host for later. Good grief.

We have some restless kids and that can’t be helped. So far if a kid really lets loose mom or dad will take them out until they calm down. Thank heavens we don’t have any running up and down, banging kneelers etc. I don’t know what I’d do about that!

Our music director ALWAYS reminds people to turn off their (#Y#(%&Y#(%&&% cell phones thank heavens. I tend to get almost homocidal when I hear a cell ringing during church. Reminding people helps!

Lisa N
 
I have never corrected anyone but:

I was once correct in church by an elderly woman who told me after she refused to give me the sign of peace that I should not receive communion because I had a child and was unwed. I was so taken aback I couldn’t even tell her that the child I was with was my youngest brother! :hmmm:
 
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I have never corrected anyone but:

I was once correct in church by an elderly woman who told me after she refused to give me the sign of peace that I should not receive communion because I had a child and was unwed. I was so taken aback I couldn’t even tell her that the child I was with was my youngest brother! :hmmm:
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That is so wrong. That woman ought to have known better - assuming the worst like that and acting on it! Appalling.

I’ve wanted to correct people, but didn’t. The girls who wear miniskirts to Mass, an extraordinary minister at my old parish who would carry the dish with the consecrated hosts in one hand, SWINGING it as she walked, the woman who I overheard encouraging her non-Catholic friend to take communion (he didn’t). But I always bite my tongue.
 
I voted twice, since that was allowed. Years ago I did shush some people talking near me. My other vote was “no, but I wanted to”–that was just a few weeks ago. A guy down my pew (it was mostly empty, just a lot of space between me and he and his girlfriend/sister) was tapping the edge of his songsheet against the pew in front of him. Repeatedly. And even more repeatedly. I opted not to do or say anything, since my inclination was to rip it out of his hands and tear it into small pieces… :o
 
I have corrected children many times at Mass yes and my own as well.

The worst was when I was in a parish and walked by a child playing with the Eucharist that was in their mouth.

The most embarrassing was after teaching children for two Masses in a row I made the mistake of going to the 12:30 Mass usually I would attend the early Mass before teaching. Some woman spent the first half of the Mass in front of me dancing moving her arms for every prayer and being tired and frustrated I looked at my sister and said if I wanted to see someone dance I would have went to a bar. Now for the embarrassment at the peace be with you the lady turned and shook my hand and apologized stating that the Holy Spirit cured her of cancer and usually she sits in the back row (which I was in) so she did not disturb anyone. Needless to say I apologized and did not attend the 12:30 Mass anymore after spending the whole morning teaching children.
 
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Once someone took the host and went back to their pew without consuming it. I left my pew and went to that person, insisting that the Eucharist be consumed.
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This just amazes me. I can’t understand why anyone would do this unless they are: a) not Catholic, b) have an evil intent, or c) are so poorly informed about what the Eucharist IS that they should not even be receiving communion.
 
I wanted to hush the lady behind me last week at the TLM responding to all the prayers that are to be silently recited.

She was about the only one doing it, and 2-3 words behind at that!

DD
 
I’ve never corrected anyone, though the girls who showed up at Mass at the Newman center wearing tank tops with no bras and butt crack showing jeans made me WANT to!
However, I once had a Religious correct me for bowing to the eucharist with “the wrong knee”. I said, “sister, this is the only knee that bends easily without pain (I have arthritis) and frankly, I doubt God cares which knee I use as long as I bend to Him.” She blushed and walked away.
I wish she’d have “corrected” the scantily dressed girls.
 
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