If your parish offered the following Sunday OF Masses, which would you most commonly choose?
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Duesenberg
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Not really, no. Many times it’s best that the pollster not make their own preferences known. It keeps some individuals from ignoring the poll and instead choosing to attack the pollsters’ preference in the hopes of derailing the poll.
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Elf01
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I’m not a morning person (rules out the short Mass)
I don’t speak Spanish (rules out the Spanish Mass)
I’m not a teen and don’t have teenagers and don’t have a family so I would not feel comfortable at the family and teen oriented Masses.
That leaves social, bells and smells and neutral.
Out of these I would probably prefer the social Mass. I think that a sense of community encourages me in my spiritual life. However all would depend on what time they were on at. If none were at a convenient time then I would go to the teen / family Mass.
I don’t speak Spanish (rules out the Spanish Mass)
I’m not a teen and don’t have teenagers and don’t have a family so I would not feel comfortable at the family and teen oriented Masses.
That leaves social, bells and smells and neutral.
Out of these I would probably prefer the social Mass. I think that a sense of community encourages me in my spiritual life. However all would depend on what time they were on at. If none were at a convenient time then I would go to the teen / family Mass.
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katy
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My preference would be the solemn Mass and then a lively and social coffee and donuts afterwards. I love all of us paying total attention to the lord during Mass, and then with each other. It seems like the proper order to me, and we can be really, truly social and welcoming to each other and newcomers at a time made specially for that.
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poche
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In places where more than one language was spoken some priests would read the readings in both languages. Fr. Foltier used to do this when he was alive and I read that there was a priest in Byelorussia who also read the readings in Lithuanian for the members of his parish who preferred Lithuanianina.
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Duesenberg
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That would be an awesome combination I must admit…
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1neophyte
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I thought it was best not to make your preferences known?katy:
That would be an awesome combination I must admit…
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Duesenberg
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#1 – The poll has already largely run its course.
#2 – I hardly made my preferences known.
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Roseeurekacross
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I must admit I love all or any Mass , in a rural outback tin shack, or a heritage listed gothic cathedral. Jesus is there regardless.
I believe one of the skills we Catholics must learn, is focus. Focus on God. I ask, are these distractions any different to the distractions when I pray, I must learn to focus on prayer and not whatever else is going on. I believe early Christians who attended mass and practised their faith in a dangerous environment, had to develop these skills.
They could not Yell out to the Roman Legions searching for them to shut up. So they conducted Mass in extremely trying and fearful circumstances.
I believe one of the skills we Catholics must learn, is focus. Focus on God. I ask, are these distractions any different to the distractions when I pray, I must learn to focus on prayer and not whatever else is going on. I believe early Christians who attended mass and practised their faith in a dangerous environment, had to develop these skills.
They could not Yell out to the Roman Legions searching for them to shut up. So they conducted Mass in extremely trying and fearful circumstances.
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JoyToTheWhirled
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I’ve yet to attend a Mass I didn’t find Jesus in. For personal preference I will always choose lots of quiet because of some health issues, but I attend a 5pm Saturday Mass as I can’t get there on a Sunday and it is quite organ led yet the reverence of the priests is palpable. So I haven’t voted because there isn’t an option that quite suits “Any valid Mass” 
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1neophyte
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Mmmmhmmm.
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Irishmom2
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Why is the only option for early mass a short one?
I think your choice of options has a bit of an agenda. There is the scent of negativity in some of the options.
I think your choice of options has a bit of an agenda. There is the scent of negativity in some of the options.
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Duesenberg
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If that’s the case then the first choice (depending on the parish) would likely meet your personal preferences best.
That’s considerably different than someone who has absolutely no preferences at all.
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