Question about the Mass

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Can someone answer this question for me? We (my family) moved across town and we were going to join the local parish. Everyone is very nice and welcoming, but the mass REALLY bothers me there. One thing I will mention ahead of time is that I live in the Des Moines area, and except for maybe a few exceptions, you have to be pretty accepting of certain things here. The laity are pretty involved- no homiles or anything like that, but more than what I’m used to. Anyway, I swear this priest doesn’t add water to the wine before consecration and when he holds up the host I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say “This is the Lamb of God…”. Instead it’s something like “We believe in Jesus…” Does anyone know if they can change that? And does any of this affect the validity af any or all of the mass? There are other things that bug me, but these two in particular stand out. I have a son that will be receiving First Communion in a couple of years, and I would not let us join the parish because I can’t stand the thought of my kids, or myself, not recieving a valid communion. Thanks in advance.
 
I think you probably answered your own question.

The priest may not change the words of the Eucharistic prayers or of consecration.

I’ve seen minor changes which convey exactly the same meaning, changes which are reverent, but I am not well versed in the specific wording.

IN any case, changes of the words, depending upon how drastic, may range from liturgical abuse to complete heresy.

If you have reservations, seek out another parish or parishes to use as comparison.

I can’t answer to validity, but I’m sure someone here can.

I say go with your gut feeling…if you have reservations you don’t belong at that parish and God has another place for you. Follow what God tells you, not what may be “socially proper”.
 
Travel to a nearby Parish and join there…you will need a letter from the Priest in the Parish you reside in, but it is done all the time…that is what I did. I didn’t like certain things about the Parish I reside in, so I travel 20 miles to my current parish. I just called the rectory of the Parish I reside in, and they asked me some questions…then they said the priest would draft a letter and send it to the parish I am now registered in.
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Can someone answer this question for me? We (my family) moved across town and we were going to join the local parish. Everyone is very nice and welcoming, but the mass REALLY bothers me there. One thing I will mention ahead of time is that I live in the Des Moines area, and except for maybe a few exceptions, you have to be pretty accepting of certain things here. The laity are pretty involved- no homiles or anything like that, but more than what I’m used to. Anyway, I swear this priest doesn’t add water to the wine before consecration and when he holds up the host I don’t think I’ve ever heard him say “This is the Lamb of God…”. Instead it’s something like “We believe in Jesus…” Does anyone know if they can change that? And does any of this affect the validity af any or all of the mass? There are other things that bug me, but these two in particular stand out. I have a son that will be receiving First Communion in a couple of years, and I would not let us join the parish because I can’t stand the thought of my kids, or myself, not recieving a valid communion. Thanks in advance.
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i think you must ask the priest or any priest if that eucharistic prayer is allowed by the apostolic see. if not allowed, that priest may have commited a grave matter and is punishable.

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[51.] Only those Eucharistic Prayers are to be used which are found in the Roman Missal or are legitimately approved by the Apostolic See, and according to the manner and the terms set forth by it. “It is not to be tolerated that some Priests take upon themselves the right to compose their own Eucharistic Prayers” or to change the same texts approved by the Church, or to introduce others composed by private individuals.

Redemptionis Sacramentum
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 25 March 2004
 
no, no, no. you cannot home brew eucharistic prayer.

used to be only one, eucharistic prayer #1. the most beautiful. translation from the original latin. st joseph daily missal 1966, for vaticanII…
 
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