Protestants would going to a Catholic Mass be considered wrong for you to do?

[Huguenot]

Actually my (Methodist) pastor requires all of the young people who are being confirmed, to attend a Catholic mass…He takes them as a group, to a Saturday afternoon/evening vigil mass.
It is considered to be part of becoming a mature Christian, to attend the services of other Christians, and to understand how others worship…

PS: I have never in my life ever even heard of a “Hail Mary” being said in a Catholic mass…:nope:Not any that I have ever been to, not any that I have ever heard about from others. It sounds more like maybe attending a special prayer service outside of mass to me…

No , it is during Mass, but maybe there are different habits according to the country we are in ??? ( I’m in France ) …
I’ve heard this prayer said EACH time I’ve been to Mass , but so I deduced it is said at every Mass but maybe I’m wrong … but it must be said quite often, or … do you think they did it just because they knew there was a Protestant there ?

 

[Huguenot]

I don’t pretend to be an expert on what pentecostals do in their Churches, but I’m afraid of entering one of them and experiencing something like this:

youtube.com/watch?v=1SgByE0pX1M

“Holy Laughter” and people dancing in the aisles really irks me.

Sorry it seems I have sent you an “empty” answer …
I’ve heard of “holy laughter” and other things of that kind, people walking on all fours, fainting, having convulsions, falling, but “original” Pentecostals wouldn’t do that in France, the ones who belong to the group called ADD ( Assemblies of God ) but some other charismatic Protestants do, and I’ll tell you : I would be scared too …
Pentecostals stress “faith healing” a lot and they “speak in tongues”, but so do charismatic Catholics … but they wouldn’t ( for the Pentecostals, for charismatic Catholics I’m not sure ) accept “holy laughter” or what is known as “Toronto blessing” …

as for the Baptist church you mention, its composition is strange ( only two families ) and their attitude iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirks me too !!!

It’s the church that pickets the funerals of American soldiers and teaches that the Iraq War is God’s judgment upon America for “tolerating” homosexuals. They believe that anyone who isn’t a member of their congregation (which is composed of two families) is condemned to hell. They’re based in Topeka, Kansas, and have become famous for the signs they carry around, the most famous of which reads “God Hates Fags”.

 

[ScottishColleen]

Why ? are they so scared of us ?:extrahappy:

No, they believe it would be sin. Which is why I said the same question could be turned around on the OP.

 

[Huguenot]

No, they believe it would be sin. Which is why I said the same question could be turned around on the OP.

Well I don’t consider it a sin for me to attend a Catholic Mass …( but there are things I can’t do because I don’t agree, then maybe it would be sinful to do so …), even my minister sometimes attends masses …

 

[Huguenot]

Don’t worry! It’s not important. Sometimes a rosary is said before Mass (usually during the week), but a hail Mary is not said during the Mass itself. If it took place during the actual Mass, it shouldn’t have.

Well maybe there are different habits, because EACH time I attended a Mass ( a usual one, a wedding mass, midnight mass and so on ), as far as I can remember the “Hail Mary” was said …
so even if it is not said each time, it must be said quite often : it would be strange if it were said only when, by chance, I’m present …

Maybe there are different “national” ( cultural ) habits, what I said refers to what happens in France, maybe there are some liturgical differences …
On a French forum a Catholic woman who was going to marry a Protestant said that she tried to persuade the priest not to have the Hail Mary said on her wedding mass since her future husband is a Protestant and she added that she understood he felt quite uneasy about that, but the priest insisted on having it said …as if it was something “compulsory” at each Mass …
I don’t know what they finally decided …normally before a wedding the couple talks with the priest, they can make some arrangements, there is some degree of “freedom” …
she asked people what they thought about the priest’s attitude but I didn’t say anything since I didn’t know if he (the priest ) had the choice to have or not to have this prayer said ; if he has a choice then it is not very nice on him to “force” it on a Protestant …

 

[Huguenot]

Actually my (Methodist) pastor requires all of the young people who are being confirmed, to attend a Catholic mass…He takes them as a group, to a Saturday afternoon/evening vigil mass.
It is considered to be part of becoming a mature Christian, to attend the services of other Christians, and to understand how others worship…

PS: I have never in my life ever even heard of a “Hail Mary” being said in a Catholic mass…:nope:Not any that I have ever been to, not any that I have ever heard about from others. It sounds more like maybe attending a special prayer service outside of mass to me…

I think that’s a good idea …

 

[pauliztarza]

When I got Married I only had one co-worker come to my wedding I got the notion that they did not want to step foot into a Catholic Church. Exspecially when everyone went to another guys wedding shortly after. I have a new Job now and my mom just passed away I had a long term friend come who I also work with but someone else at work warned him about going to my moms memorial Mass. So what is it that worries alot of protestants about going to a Catholic service?

Jesus is not there in bread and wine.
Mary is not God.
Tabernacle is abolished by the sacrifice of Jesus.
Priesthood is abolished by sacrifice of Jesus.
Pre-formulated prayers are not pleasing to God.
Politics is not part of personal relationship with God.

 

[GratefulSoul]

As some here have intimated, many non-Catholic Christians see the Catholic Church as either seriously “errant” or simply “peculiar”. I’m sure some are intimidated by the highly structured and ritualistic nature of it. Most non-Catholic services are pretty loose (people are even bringing their coffees into the sanctuary!). I was raised Catholic but have attended non-Catholic churches (ecclesial communities?) for the bulk of my adult years. I do occasionally attend Mass and find it to be very sacred, respectful and Christ-centered. As our country (the U.S.) and many “denominations” fall farther and farther away from basic Christian beliefs and morality, the unchanging standards of the Catholic Church shine like a beacon in the darkness.

 

[Lizziebel]

Jesus is not there in bread and wine.

I hope for you that one day you will experience the truth for yourself. He most definitely is there!

Mary is not God.

True. Nobody is making the claim that she is.

Tabernacle is abolished by the sacrifice of Jesus.

Priesthood is abolished by sacrifice of Jesus.

No, Jesus left the Church to continue after Him, with leaders/priests to guide us in the faith.

Pre-formulated prayers are not pleasing to God.

Jesus left us the Lord’s Prayer, teaching us that this is how we should pray. What isn’t pleasing is rote, repetetive prayer with no love,heartfelt gratitude or petition, etc., infused into the prayer.

Politics is not part of personal relationship with God.

Of course we should develop a relationship with God, through prayer and through worship. Nothing is meant to get in the way of that. Rather, the Church Jesus left us was meant to enhance that. But it’s up to us to cultivate that relationship.