Struggle to find a spiritual home

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I visited an EC parish this weekend. Afterwards met another 1st time visitor. We both recounted our spiritual travels. I’m guessing he was mid 30’s, I’m early 40’s. We both struggled to find a reverent service and a church “community”. Our travels involve Anglican, Anglican-use RC, orthodox, many RC’s, various protestant.
The DL was 50% Ukrainian which felt difficult to fully participate since I don’t know an iota of it. Wife didn’t go and I think she would hate the non-English and the incense 😦
It was nice, if even for only an hour, to find someone else my general age group struggling as I am. I wonder how many more of us are out there…
I will say that it felt very nice to feel welcomed and have some conversation with the community. The church is very small 20 to 30 people.
Communion via spoon was cool – not sure if I did it right… spoon hit my teeth, maybe I didn’t open wide enough?
Several people kept asking me about what I thought about DL being so different than Mass… I really didn’t think it was all that different… they’re both liturgical and centered around the Eucharist.
Anyone else have similar experiences to share and what path they’ve traveled?
 
Interesting post. Are you Roman Catholic? Please what is DL?
 
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Dave_in_Dallas said:
I visited an EC parish this weekend. Afterwards met another 1st time visitor. We both recounted our spiritual travels. I’m guessing he was mid 30’s, I’m early 40’s. We both struggled to find a reverent service and a church “community”. Our travels involve Anglican, Anglican-use RC, orthodox, many RC’s, various protestant.
The DL was 50% Ukrainian which felt difficult to fully participate since I don’t know an iota of it. Wife didn’t go and I think she would hate the non-English and the incense 😦
It was nice, if even for only an hour, to find someone else my general age group struggling as I am. I wonder how many more of us are out there…
I will say that it felt very nice to feel welcomed and have some conversation with the community. The church is very small 20 to 30 people.
Communion via spoon was cool – not sure if I did it right… spoon hit my teeth, maybe I didn’t open wide enough?
Several people kept asking me about what I thought about DL being so different than Mass… I really didn’t think it was all that different… they’re both liturgical and centered around the Eucharist.
Anyone else have similar experiences to share and what path they’ve traveled?
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Don’t worry about the spoon hitting your teeth. Even the best priests don’t have super steady hands.

Why not look around if there is a parish that has their Liturgy all in English. Our has all-English Liturgy although on Great Feasts and in the Summer, they only have one big Divine Liturgy with the two groups and therefore have bilingual Liturgy. Thing is there are more people in the Ukrainian group and most of the singers are for the Ukrainian Liturgy so we end up more like 60-70% Ukrainian rather than 50/50 with English.
earniejames said:
Interesting post. Are you Roman Catholic? Please what is DL?
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Around these forums, its the acronym for Divine Liturgy.
 
Hello my brothers and sisters!

I have to jump in on this one…Our family is really considering finding a new home parish as well. I have been attending a daily mass on my way home from work (5:15 PM, and 45 miles from home unfortunately) but the difference is so nice. Reverent, quiet, beautiful. Nobody holding hands during the “Our Father”…you know what I mean? I also have attended the daily mass at our current home parish (8:00 AM so I only get to go if I am taking the day off from work) and that is also SOOOO different that the Sunday debacle that I wonder if our pastor really WANTS to have all that nonsense going on, or if there are other players pushing it. Anyhoo…maybe try the daily mass at some different churches around and see how those are. Good luck. Thanks for posting this, I think a lot of us are out there with the same concerns.

Pax Vobiscum
 
Dave, I’m just wondering if you’ve ever been to St. Basil’s (Ruthenian-Byzantine-Catholic) in Irving. I imagine their liturgies are most likely all English. And maybe there are some parishioners on EC forum from St. Basil’s?
 
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