Mass in Antarctica

[OraLabora]

At least the penguins are already formally dressed for Mass and will stand very reverently. Though I don’t think they can kneel very well.

Big problem though: the female penguins don’t veil, so it cannot be a TLM, only a modernist “clown” Mass with liturgical dancing.

On the other hand they can’t hold hands at the Our Father either.

 

[StephieNorthCo]

I have been told the big thing with those penguins is they touch flippers at the Our Father and also raise flippers during the greetings.

 

[OraLabora]

I have been told the big thing with those penguins is they touch flippers at the Our Father and also raise flippers during the greetings.

Oh the horror! I suppose some of them also hold their flippers in the orans position during the Our Father!

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Well, something has to eat them or else they’d overpopulate and starve. I was warned about those seals in South Australia, that cute baby can rip your hand right off with its razor-sharp teeth

 

[OraLabora]

As if we needed further proof that Penguins are very definitely Novus Ordo, and into liturgical dancing:

 

[TK421]

Nobody respects Fish Fridays like a penguin does.

 

[Cruciferi]

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Ugh Charismatic Penguins

 

[Herculees]

Wine is NOT necessary for Mass to take place.
ONLY the consecrated Eucharist is required as
the consecrated Eucharist IS completely Jesus’s
body, blood, soul and divinity!

 

[Herculees]

One Sunday I went to the Cathedral for Sunday Mass and although very crowded
we ALMOST did NOT have the Sunday Mass. The priest who was supposed to
celebrate the Mass thought it was a weekday and went to another state fishing, and
there was no other priest in the Cathedral able to celebrate Mass.

A religious sister came out and told me about the problem ten minutes before Mass.
I told her she had a couple of options. She could celebrate a communion service as
the tabernacle had enough consecrated hosts for those present OR she could TRY
to call the Jesuits who happened to live only a few blocks away and see if they could
send a priest to celebrate the Mass. Fortunately an off duty priest who himself was
going to attend Mass was able to book it over to the Cathedral and offered the Mass
for all those present. It was THE BEST Mass I had ever been to at the Cathedral.
Since the priest had NOT intended to celebrate Mass he had NOT prepared a sermon
based on the readings so instead his sermon was on ONE’S PRAYER LIFE. That Mass
was spoken about by the people of the parish for month, and years to come.

 

[Phemie]

Wine is NOT necessary for Mass to take place.

ONLY the consecrated Eucharist is required as

the consecrated Eucharist IS completely Jesus’s

body, blood, soul and divinity!

???

Am I missing sarcasm?

 

[twf]

Orthodox and Eastern Catholic penguins really suffer… no meat AND no fish on Wednesday’s, Friday’s, and all Lent…

 

[twf]

Mass cannot be celebrated without both elements… both bread and wine must be consecrated on the altar and consumed by the priest. Of course, the faithful need not receive from the chalice.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

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[Augustinian]

Of course, the faithful need not receive from the chalice.

Actually,the faithful need not receive communion at all for a valid mass. Only the priest is required to receive.

 

[pianistclare]

I feel like we have 2 threads going here.
Thanks for all the laughs, and also the pics, Spydy!

 

[Titivillus]

PopePiusXIISupp:

If a priest is saying mass in the direct center of Antarctica on Christmas, which mass would he say as he is in every timezone, who would be the ordinary, and is it possible to miss mass as you are in the center?

He would say the Mass for the day which he thinks he is in

His Ordinary would be whatever Bishop assigned him to Antarctica.

Yes, it is possible to miss Mass wherever you are, provided there is a Mass being said that you have the ability to make it to.

But it is possible to avoid the Mass obligation.

Beginning at Saturday noon UTC (which is midnight at the International Date Line) confine yourself to an ever diminishing arc from the eastern to western hemisphere for next 23 hours and change. Then, when noon UTC spins around again (which will be Sunday noon), judiciously step across the dateline, from Saturday evening to Monday morning, and enjoy an ever increasing arc from east to west.

Congratulations, you will have avoided Sunday altogether.