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Robert42
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I originally posted this in the introductions but I realize that was not where to get an answer so I have re-posted this.
I hope in this my introduction that I can get some guidance on to a very big question for me.
I was born in the UK in 1942 and I was baptised in a Methodist Church but as I grew older I attended the local Church of England. Then in 1965 I went to Australia, it was there that a friend of mine introduced me to the Catholic Church and the first mass I attended was the midnight Mass on Christmas Eve 1965. The church was particularly crowded but it impressed me enough to return with my friend on sub sequence Sundays. At this time the Mass was in Latin and I guess it was through that liturgy that I felt closest to God through his son Jesus Christ through the intercession of the priest.
I enrolled in a correspondence course there was run by Catholic priest, I can’t remember his name but he was very well known in promoting the faith. During that time I continue to attend Mass… I started to talk about the church and my interest with the local priest where I was living at the time. I would say that I was well on the way to becoming a Catholic.
But then something happened, the liturgy changed to the vernacular. I remember my friend was very excited about this, his mother and some of the older people had a lot of reservations but were encouraged by their local priest. A new church was opened up in Perth Western Australia, St Denis’s. On the doors were painted the names of the prophets in pop art. Inside the church above the altar was a simple crucifix. Around the walls the stations of the Cross was represented by simple Roman numerals. That was it, there was no representation of the Holy Mother or any other statue or iconography. Along with this there was guitars and although pop music instruments and singing. My friend at the time thought that this was the way to go.
But even the more traditional churches was changing and for me the New Mass did nothing.
For me I moved away from the church. I firmly believe that when a person attends church or for that matter any other place of worship they must have that in a feeling of communion with the Almighty it has to be a personal experience. For me the Latin Mass has all these qualities. The way I feel about the New Mass is it more in the realm of entertainment.
I am back living in the UK now and I now see that there is much more of a movement to bring back the Latin Mass. So my question is, my local parish does not have a Latin mass on any regular basis if at all. For me to attend Latin Mass I would need to go to the city of Leicester. That is not my parish but because of what I believe in and what I seek is it feasible for me to become a member of a parish that I do not belong to.
I am hoping that I can get some feedback on this.
God bless,
Robert…
I hope in this my introduction that I can get some guidance on to a very big question for me.
I was born in the UK in 1942 and I was baptised in a Methodist Church but as I grew older I attended the local Church of England. Then in 1965 I went to Australia, it was there that a friend of mine introduced me to the Catholic Church and the first mass I attended was the midnight Mass on Christmas Eve 1965. The church was particularly crowded but it impressed me enough to return with my friend on sub sequence Sundays. At this time the Mass was in Latin and I guess it was through that liturgy that I felt closest to God through his son Jesus Christ through the intercession of the priest.
I enrolled in a correspondence course there was run by Catholic priest, I can’t remember his name but he was very well known in promoting the faith. During that time I continue to attend Mass… I started to talk about the church and my interest with the local priest where I was living at the time. I would say that I was well on the way to becoming a Catholic.
But then something happened, the liturgy changed to the vernacular. I remember my friend was very excited about this, his mother and some of the older people had a lot of reservations but were encouraged by their local priest. A new church was opened up in Perth Western Australia, St Denis’s. On the doors were painted the names of the prophets in pop art. Inside the church above the altar was a simple crucifix. Around the walls the stations of the Cross was represented by simple Roman numerals. That was it, there was no representation of the Holy Mother or any other statue or iconography. Along with this there was guitars and although pop music instruments and singing. My friend at the time thought that this was the way to go.
But even the more traditional churches was changing and for me the New Mass did nothing.
For me I moved away from the church. I firmly believe that when a person attends church or for that matter any other place of worship they must have that in a feeling of communion with the Almighty it has to be a personal experience. For me the Latin Mass has all these qualities. The way I feel about the New Mass is it more in the realm of entertainment.
I am back living in the UK now and I now see that there is much more of a movement to bring back the Latin Mass. So my question is, my local parish does not have a Latin mass on any regular basis if at all. For me to attend Latin Mass I would need to go to the city of Leicester. That is not my parish but because of what I believe in and what I seek is it feasible for me to become a member of a parish that I do not belong to.
I am hoping that I can get some feedback on this.
God bless,
Robert…