People cutting in line

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Personally I would think if they were that desperate to do that,then they must really need it!
IOW I would turn the other cheek.

It’s good to use experiences like that to really reflect on what it means to be a Christian,follow Jesus and have Christ like responses.
There’s too many impatient people in the world today even to the point of scary incidents like road rage.
Does it really matter that much in the big scheme of things even if someone does “push in” church?

I’d perhaps understand if this was happening to someone repeatedly and they felt like a doormat,but if it’s just a random one off situation then I think it’s good not to be perturbed by it.
 
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Generally I agree with what you are saying in theory,but in practice I feel sorry for some of the people like this because unfortunately some people going to these healing masses are really desperate,without hope and despair.
They have gone to countless doctors who haven’t helped them and have no assistance from the medical profession,so while they may seem/be superstitious, it is often due to coming from a place of no hope and it is a sad situation.
I am just addressing this to place the spotlight on the reality that in many people’s cases,doctors either can’t or won’t help them (eg:autoimmune disorders,dementia etc).
The healing mass sadly becomes their only hope.
 
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I understand, but unless the doctor has refused to see them, Catholics don’t just voluntarily decide they will miss/ cancel a doctor appointment and place all their faith in the healing Mass. This is an important point because some non-Catholics would think that way, that if you still wanted to see the doctor then it showed you didn’t have enough faith in God’s power to heal you and therefore wouldn’t be healed. This is a really dangerous and wrong way to think and Catholicism doesn’t teach it or promote it.

In the case described, the OP’s mom had a doctor appointment the next day, so it’s not a case of the doctor refusing to assist her. Another poster was suggesting if the OP’s mom really had faith that the healing Mass would heal her, she would cancel her doctor appointment. This is wrong because
  • God doesn’t expect or want us to “show faith” by voluntarily rejecting medical treatment;
  • the healing may very well come about through medical treatment or at the very least it will be confirmed through medical treatment.
 
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In fact, documentation from the medical professions is required in the investigation for any reported miracle. The Church does not shun medicine.
 
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Some people got there an hour or more early. They sat in the front in order to go first. The people in the back were cutting people with crutches and others in wheelchairs.
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My diocese rarely has them. And we did sit in the front. We got there an hour early so that my mom could be prayed over. We got there around 530, the mass began at 630. The flyer said 630-900.
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That sounds incredibly frustrating; I would be very upset, too. I hope there is somehow a way to bring your mother for healing another way, perhaps to the priest privately if that is an option.

I would contact the parish where they held the Mass and explain exactly what happened and how your mother was unable to be brought forward despite coming early, because of how the service was handled (unrealistic allotment of time and ushers not doing their job). If it is their first time holding a healing Mass there, they may not have had any realistic idea of the logistics or of the time allotment needed to accommodate the crowds of people. Perhaps they do now (?), but I think you should still call and make your concerns known–including to the pastor if at all possible.
 
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“God helps them who help themselves.
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This is often quoted, but not Biblical. I cringe whenever anyone says this. I understand what you are saying, but people went to Jesus for healing. The OP clearly felt cheated of the opportunity of healing and left early. My point is that if they believed the healing services was so important, don’t leave for any reason.
 
Dlee, I don’t know if you have actually been to these Catholic services, but they end at a set time and people are sent home. The woman didn’t walk out because it was too long of a wait, rather that as I believe the OP said there was only a half hour allotted for the healing and not everybody gets a guaranteed turn. I suppose you could argue that she should have sat there and refused to budge till she got her 2 minutes with the priest, but this is not always effective as when the building is due to close or the priest is due to leave, that’s often the end, “Elvis has left the building”.
 
That’s true, but in this case the OP left while the service was still going.
 
I have never been to a Catholic healing service. OP did state they left early (8:30) because mom had a doctor appointment the next day and couldn’t stay out all night. The event was billed to end at 9:00. They left believing they would not be able to see the Priest by 9:00 due to the 200 that rushed the front. I never intended to imply that we should ignore doctors - only that I would have taken a chance and stayed thirty more minutes or until the priest left.
 
That’s fine. I just wanted to make it clear because many people who know very little about the Catholic church read these threads, and it’s important that they know Catholics encourage medical treatment.
 
Can I skip y’all and go to the front of the queue???! :crazy_face:
 
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Update: found out the visiting priest had another healing mass. Went to that one as well with mom. This time the pastor of that parish ensured everyone got to be healed and had the ushers help people get to the front. There were orderly lines. People stayed in their pews until they were called to come up to the front to be prayed over. My mom was prayed over and she remarked that it was the most reverent mass she had been to in a while.

There was world of difference between the first and second mass.
 
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That’s wonderful to hear…so glad you got to attend a better, more orderly Mass and your mom was prayed for. 😊

Praying for her continued healing.
 
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