Have you Ever Walked-Out of Mass

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FenianMan:
There are extraordinarily few liturgical abuses that would render the consecration invalid, and certainly none that would occur before the creed.

While leaving may on rare occasions be an appropriate way to register displeasure, like most protests, its pretty ineffective. First of all, unless people leave en masse, the priest doesn’t ususally notice.
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FenianMan
I used to be a protestant preacher. Believe me, even in a room with hundreds of people if someone leaves, whether it’s to take care of a child, use the facilities or because they don’t like what your saying, you notice. While the priest is performing the ritual of the mass he is probably to focused to notice, that I will grant you. But, while a person is preaching he is making himself vulnerable and is very difficult, and I loved to preach. I do agree however that it would have to be pretty drastic for me to walk out. I just wouldn’t go back.
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Pariah Pirana:
Once.

I was at a neighboring parish with a rather poor reputation for the Saturday Vigil Mass. It was cold and raining like cats and dogs out. A baby began to cry during the Gospel reading. A very quiet cry, no big deal – the kind that die-down quickly.

After he was through reading the priest stopped and glared at the woman and her baby. The baby was quiet by this time but she said “do you want me to leave?” The priest repiled “YES!” It was cold and raining outside but she still left, with tears in her eyes.

This shook the congregation and he sensed it. He then asked “didn’t I do the right thing?” (he was fishing for approval.) There was silence – until the brown-nosers began to speak their approval. I quietly suggested that he (the priest) needed to grow-up. That really inflamed the brown-nosers – they became very vocal and rude – in church!

I then said that I was going to make sure the woman was OK and that I would be more than happy to “talk” about my position withone anyone questioning it. I left quietly. The mother and her baby had already left and no one came outside for a “discussion…”
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Pariah Pirana:
Once.

I was at a neighboring parish with a rather poor reputation for the Saturday Vigil Mass. It was cold and raining like cats and dogs out. A baby began to cry during the Gospel reading. A very quiet cry, no big deal – the kind that die-down quickly.

After he was through reading the priest stopped and glared at the woman and her baby. The baby was quiet by this time but she said “do you want me to leave?” The priest repiled “YES!” It was cold and raining outside but she still left, with tears in her eyes.

This shook the congregation and he sensed it. He then asked “didn’t I do the right thing?” (he was fishing for approval.) There was silence – until the brown-nosers began to speak their approval. I quietly suggested that he (the priest) needed to grow-up. That really inflamed the brown-nosers – they became very vocal and rude – in church!

I then said that I was going to make sure the woman was OK and that I would be more than happy to “talk” about my position withone anyone questioning it. I left quietly. The mother and her baby had already left and no one came outside for a “discussion…”
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Lux in Tenebris:
That was not a slur. You missed the point this Lady was making. It was plain to me then, and it should be plain to anyone now. What She meant was this: That the poorest Catholic people She could think of (in her mind Mexicans) No disparagement to them. Would take all of their resources, to give the best that they had for the divine Worship of God. While we in the Affluent comfortable USA. Sat around while “Father Fatcat” replaced our Altar vessels, with Dime-Store crockery.(Her words) It says more about the people in Mexico having their priorities in order. Than it does about A wealthy Urban Parish taken over by an idiot.

Et Lux in Tenebris lucet, et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt
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Still a slur…

Also, I’m curious, why did you mention that she was black?
 
No, but we don’t go to that parish anymore if we are in that town. We always go to a less shakey parish in tiny towns around the main problem place.
 
While the priest is performing the ritual of the mass he is probably to focused to notice, that I will grant you.
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Actually, it takes a lot of willpower for a priest to keep a straight face and continue with the Eucharistic prayer when someone’s cell phone goes off and the ringer is Homer Simpson’s voice. Father told us afterwards it was one of the hardest things he’s had to do recently. He had to wait 30 minutes before he could laugh about it out loud.
 
Pariah Pirana:
Still a slur…

Also, I’m curious, why did you mention that she was black?
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That is your opinion! I would suggest you take it up with this AFRICAN AMERICAN LADY (see original post). But alas she was called to the House of the Eternal, Many moons ago. (Lucky Her)

I never used the word, black.
I called Her what she was, An AFRICAN AMERICAN LADY.
She was also a fellow Parishoner
She was Also a lifelong friend
She was also a shining example of the Catholic Faith
She was an Exemplar of Motherhood!
She was…
Do you get my drift???
Or are you Just “trolling” on this Board to be argumentative???
GO “LURK” ON SOME OTHER BOARD
 
Pariah Pirana:
Also, I’m curious, why did you mention that she was black?
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Good heavens, what’s wrong with mentioning someone’s color or race? We can mention other attributes about a person (i.e. the “elderly gentleman” or “young mother” or “pretty blonde”, etc.) but we can’t even mention their race?

People are different colors, you know. And people notice it - in the same way they notice that someone is fat or skinny, tall or short, good-looking or ugly. There’s nothing wrong with mentioning it.
 
Actually I have walked out of a few Masses. So now I just stopped going and sleep late instead.
 
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tcraig:
Good heavens, what’s wrong with mentioning someone’s color or race? We can mention other attributes about a person (i.e. the “elderly gentleman” or “young mother” or “pretty blonde”, etc.) but we can’t even mention their race?

People are different colors, you know. And people notice it - in the same way they notice that someone is fat or skinny, tall or short, good-looking or ugly. There’s nothing wrong with mentioning it.
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Because “elderly” or “young” can make a difference in our discussions on this forum. “African American” (or “black”) cannot in the context it was used.
 
I’m blessed in the fact that in the fifty or so churches I’ve attended mass at (in British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec), I’ve never felt the need or desire to leave… The one thing that does make me upset is the “posturing” and “showmanship” of people in a particular church… I’ve been at masses and a part of communities where it is a “hey! look at how holy I am!” contest. The gossip and slander that these people perpetuate is astonishing! This drives me away quicker from a particular church than anything else

I would be interested to hear from other Canadians who have experienced legitimate abuses that have caused them to walk out of a mass
 
A lot of details don’t make a difference in a particular discussion, but people add them anyway. If the previous poster had written “elderly doctor” would you have flagged her on that?I don’t think so. It’s only because she mentioned a person’s race that you jumped.
 
uhmmmmm… i was replying to the original thread: “have you ever walked out of mass”. If i was replying to something else i would have quoted it… so, sorry but i did not “jump” at anything - seems like you might have though? :confused:
 
I never have walked out, but was tempted to one time. I was at High Mass with my then 5-year-old daughter. After the Homily, Father said that we had a “special treat” in store. At that moment the lights went out, blasting heavy metal music began , and the youth group all came out dressed in black. They were lead in by someone dressed as Jesus. The group split up into “good” and “bad” kids. The “bad” kids stood directly in front of the tabernacle, dancing and pretending they were doing drugs, smoking, and drinking. Somehow or another, it was meant to show how we can hurt Jesus with our sins, but I was so stunned that I think I tuned out most of it. I was never so close to walking out of Mass. The elderly lady next to me did. I’ve never been back to that church. God Bless
Giannawannabe
 
I don’t think I would walk out of any Mass, no matter what happened. There are some looney tune priests around, and as far as some of these parishes, close them. We would better off without them. I don’t agree with our priest who has some really liberal ideas about the Pope and the role of women in the church, but he would never resort to some of the goings on in the posts above. The bishops need to crack down on these things.
 
Pariah Pirana:
Because “elderly” or “young” can make a difference in our discussions on this forum. “African American” (or “black”) cannot in the context it was used.
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I think the person who posted was merely describing the person who was sitting next to him/her at that Mass.
We describe and identify people every day in a number of ways: size, age, race, creed, gender, etc. …It’s ok…really. 🙂
Peace. <><
 
not yet, but i came close to it when this priest said he thought there really wasn’t anybody in hell.
 
Some of this stuff is really shocking :eek: has anyone contacted their local bishop concerning these matters?
 
Walking out of Mass usually sends a message of disapproval. If the environment or the message or the behavior of the priest and/or his assistants or parishioners is such that Our Lord is being insulted, blasphemed or otherwise treated badly I would leave so as not to be a party to said insults and blasphemy.

Like it or not, if you sit by and do nothing while Our Lord is mocked, you probably share some of the guilt. Be courageous and stand up and challenge a heretic. That’s great. But most people aren’t called to that level of active participation in the Mass. In that case it would be better to walk out, shake the dust from the bottom of your shoes and keep on going to the next parish.

But if you don’t walk out … at least put a note in the collection basket explaining why you aren’t going to pay for a Broadway show everytime you come to Mass.

Benedicite
 
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msproule:
My wife had to chain me to the pew (sorry, it was a kneelerless chair) when a Lutheran priestess was allowed to give the “homily” as part of some inter-faith ecumenism exercise. After she spoke emptily about “unity through disunity”, she promptly departed parish property before the Liturgy of the Eucharist began.
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I can’t believe you remember that… I hardly remember that!!! Besides, the mass was still holy and valid and that is why I (AND YOU) were there!
 
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