How far do you (would you) drive?

[Annabelle_Marie]

I’m lucky…we have a reverent OF Mass 10-15 minutes from our house! Even during the week there is a Mass just 2 blocks from my work. Both parishes do well. Although my home parish has only one priest where as the other one has several.

Someone else posted…Give us the faith of our fathers…well considering my father never saw to my Catholic upbringing and in the short time I’ve returned home…I’m thinking not so much…he always finds fault with the priests but doesn’t see the big BEAM in his eye…

 

[Wesley7]

This morning at 9 am there is Catholic Mass.

 

[xixxvmcm85]

There are many folks on here that seem unhappy with their current OF liturgy at their local church and have opted to go to another OF church, EF Mass, or EC/EO Liturgy.

How far do you currently drive/ride/walk to get to church?

How far would you go to attend a Mass/Liturgy you liked more (i.e. thought was more reverent)?

I understand that you were limited by the number of poll options, but it would’ve been helpful to have a “more than 60 min.” option (or a 60+ minutes one). I selected ‘60 minutes’ as it most accurately describes my church commute. It takes me about an hour and 40 minutes to get to my normal parish on Sundays. I live in San Francisco but I’m a member of an Oakland parish which celebrates in the EF. It’s really difficult finding a reverently celebrated OF here, otherwise I would certainly forgo the 100 minute commute.

 

[didymus]

For me it used to be a 20 min. bus ride as opposed to a 10. min. walk or 3 min. bus ride.
But now the parish “cluster” I left has closed the church closest to me & it’s no longer a virtue that I do a 20 min ride for a more reverent Mass.

There is an EF over in Troy (two bus rides and a walk) but my current parish has the OF in Latin but I can’t even keep up with the simple stuff like the Gloria, Credo & Pater Noster.

 

[Shiranui117]

I drive less than 10 minutes to get to my local Roman Catholic parish; it’s more like 3 minutes driving, 5 minutes walking, but I voted 10 minutes since there wasn’t a lower option. I drive around 10 to 20 minutes to go to a Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic parish on the other side of town (if you can tell from my “Religion” tag, I’m really liking that parish ) I may, one of these days, go to a TLM that’s in the heart of Columbus, and that place is likely a half hour away, depending on traffic.

 

[catsrus]

I’m 63 years old but my one goal left in life is to live within walking distance to a wonderfully reverent Catholic Church so that I can get involved in more than Sunday Mass and an hour of Adoration occasionally.
Someday. Maybe.
If not, I hope to eventually be as close to Our Lord as possible after this life.

 

[MissMichal]

I live on campus at the University of Utah, and I found the laid-back Mass at the Newman Center very useful when I was just coming back into the Church. When I got my feet under me, though, I found I preferred the Mass at the Cathedral. That’s fairly close, though, and it isn’t a big deal.

 

[Bbigam]

My geographical parish is 7 miles away, 12 minutes, always reverent and faithful, wonderful place. That’s where I always go for Sundays, Holy Days, etc. I often go to other parishes for daily Mass because of where I work. Most around here are relatively reverent - at least, the ones that I go to. Sometimes it’s 30 minutes to make it to a weekday Mass. The Extraordinary Form Mass is about 30-35 minutes away from home.

If I had to drive 30 minutes on the weekend for a good reverent Mass, I’m sure I would - or more. If it was an hour I’d probably go some weekends there, some weekends closer if there was an okay place nearby. I’m happy I don’t have to worry about it. Our pastor is very old but not retiring soon I think, and we just got a very reverent and much younger parochial vicar too.

“Lord Hear Our Prayer” has too many different variations to list, but is never “Lord Hear Our Prayer”

There’s actually nothing wrong with that one. “Lord, hear our prayer” may be what most parishes in the US use, but the GIRM and Missal don’t specify any particular response to the Prayers of the Faithful. In fact, even having a response to the petitions is optional.