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Paul_theApostle
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Is the Morning a more proper or traditional time for Mass/Liturgy? compared to evening masses
I feel guilty not attending morning Mass
I feel guilty not attending morning Mass
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thistle
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The time of day is not relevant.
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Paul_theApostle
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Well on Sundays ,Mass is usually in the morning
and during the week ,most or usually churches have only morning Mass
the Eastern churches here have only one Liturgy on Sunday and thats in the morning
So it seems the common thing to have it in the morning
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Servulus
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It always seemed appropriate (although not required) to have Mass in the morning. It says something about our priorities to have this be our first activity of the day.
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YoungTradCath
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There used to be an absolute rule (correct me if I’m wrong) that all masses, except the Easter Vigil and some others, had to be complete by 12 noon. I believe Pius XII removed that.
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NewEnglandPriest
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Mass is Mass no matter what time of day. However as one person once pointed out to me: “How did the last supper become the first breakfast?”
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Paul_theApostle
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Can just one Pope like as you said change rules like that?
like Pope Paul did with the new NO mass
can one man change the whole world and the way the church has practiced them for centuries?
Or are these rules and traditions previously decided and made from a previous Pope,so it only takes one man to make them and another one to change them?
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Paul_theApostle
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Is morning the usual time to drink wine also?
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NewEnglandPriest
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Well, its only a sip or so. I guess if vodka was around at the time Jesus could have used a screwdriver for Mass.
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garn9173
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Not necessarily. One of the Parishes in the Des Moines metro has a Sunday afternoon Mass dubbed “Last Chance Mass” for those who may have not been able to attend Mass at their home Parish. Several Parishes in the metro as well offers daily Mass once a week in the early evening for us working stiffs.
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Digitonomy
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I think wine was used at all meals. In the absence of refrigeration, good water sanitation, and large scale trade for tea and such, the choices of beverages were limited.
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Paul_theApostle
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Yes i know praishes have eve masses
I think all Parishes have Morning Masses but not every Parish has evening Masses
like it seems the evening is an optional thing but every church always has morning mass
Im sure every Orthodox church here has only morning Sunday liturgy
there must be somethin to all these mornin Masses/liturgies
Maybe Christ resurected on the Sunday morning?
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FrDavid96
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When it comes to the time of day that Mass is celebrated, yes it only takes one man, the Successor to Peter to change the rules. The older law (1917 code) required Masses in the morning. That was gradually changed over the decades until finally the 1983 Code dropped all the time restrictions, and now, we can have Mass at any time of the day. (of course, certain Masses have to be celebrated at certain times, but these are rare exceptions like the Easter Vigil or the Christmas Eve Mass in the Evening etc.)
What time of day Mass is celebrated has nothing to do with our faith, it was a discipline of the Church but nothing more; the pope has full authority to change this sort of thing anytime.
Today (and for nearly 30 years now) it makes no difference–none at all—what time of day the Mass is celebrated.
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YoungTradCath
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Of course he can, as it pleaseth him.
Yes.
Yes.
This is discipline. Discipline can be changed at the pleasure of the Pope.
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FrDavid96
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Even the Easter Vigil had to be celebrated before Noon in the early half of the 20th century.
That was one of the reasons why the code of canon law was changed—because the rule about Masses happening before Noon was found to be something that just wasn’t working.
Keep in mind that exceptions and indults from the 1917 code (for Mass times) were being granted throughout the 20th century, so there the original law itself had ceased to have any real meaning. After all, there’s little point in keeping a law that has so many exceptions that it isn’t even being practiced.
This is just one example among many of laws that had so many indults and dispensations that the entire Code had to be revised; which Bl John Paul II did in 1983.
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japhy
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The Eucharist was celebrated in the early morning to coincide with the sunrise, and also to provide safety and privacy to Christians, who were worshiping the true God, not the emperor or any number of other idols.
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Paul_theApostle
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Ok …
Im not debating any Popes decisions btw
i didnt know how church traditions or rules came about in the Roman church
Throughout history has and can the Pope in charge solely change previous traditions and church practices or disciplines?
i assumed it was councils that decided how things run,and was suprised to hear for eg how one man like Pope Paul could just override a council and change the liturgical mass
what happens if a new Pope has poor judgement ,but having that power changes things for the worse ,wouldnt that be bad?
Im not debating any Popes decisions btw
i didnt know how church traditions or rules came about in the Roman church
Throughout history has and can the Pope in charge solely change previous traditions and church practices or disciplines?
i assumed it was councils that decided how things run,and was suprised to hear for eg how one man like Pope Paul could just override a council and change the liturgical mass
what happens if a new Pope has poor judgement ,but having that power changes things for the worse ,wouldnt that be bad?
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FrDavid96
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I hope I’m wrong here, but I’m starting to get the impression that this is more about the Missal of Pope Paul VI than it is about the time of Mass.
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Paul_theApostle
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God
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Paul_theApostle
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well this wouldnt be the first thread to deviate an inch
fine il start a new thread or do some research
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