Struggling with attending daily TLM

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Unfortunately yes I am sure. My parents went there for years until that Priest joined. I wish it was Episcopal.
 
Was the gospel related to the homily I want to know why he would do that
 
No he was doing it to try and encourage people to put more in the basket. I suppose the logic was something like “come on, you’re paying $3 for this, $8 for that, why not put at least that much more in basket??”
 
The discussion about clown masses makes me think it might be an exercise in humility to dress up in some kind of clownish caricature of our predominant fault. Let all our egos come down a peg or two regardless of the type of mass we attend.
 
In general I do not miss Mass unless there is a reasonable circumstance to do so. If the nearest Church took me two hours to reach, I might take Mass through TV.

Praying the rosary and following Mass through TV might be useful in your case, since the nearest Church is too far away.

Either way, talking with the parish priest to guide you would be the best way to get advice.
 
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I remember when they used to refer to polka Masses as an insult as well. I haven’t seen that for a while. I’d never heard of a polka Mass and googled it. I didn’t think it was offensive at all.
 
I find this hard to believe. Not saying you’re lying… but some of the stories I see on CAF of “OF” Masses is like something out of the twilight zone. Certainly not my experience of the Church.
 
I found it hard to believe too. I could prove it and name the parish and priest but don’t think that would be appropriate. The priest was young, had overcome a drug addiction, was big fan of hip hop, etc so I think that background probably made him think he could use it to reach the congregation by coming up with a “new” approach but it just was obviously a train wreck
 
Our experiences have been different, then. I think you are correct that there is more frequent criticism of abuses in the OF, and some criticism of the OF qua the OF, but in my experience there is also plenty of “the EF causes division”, “the priest turned his back on us!”, etc., in threads where the forms of the liturgy are at issue.
 
choose_to_love said:
“the EF causes division”
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In some cases, I think this can be true.
Just look at how contentious threads about the EF can get.
I have an EF close to home, and have for over 20 year. I have attended everything from a low Mass to a Solemn High Mass and the EF is just not my thing. But if it is yours, have at it.
I do not begrudge anyone anything that is spiritually edifying. I will say that my experience of the EF and some those that attend it has not been positive. I have experienced an “elitism” that was very offputting, and what I see as more attention to the “how” the Mass is being said than to actually “what” is being said.
 
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CilladeRoma said:
Just look at how contentious threads about the EF can get.
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But is the blame to be placed on EF or those opposed to it or a little of both?

I don’t think the EF causes division in and of itself but strong emotions both for and against it that clash.
 
QED. 🙂

But seriously, thanks for the reply. Your comment, to me, is nuanced and limited to your experience, which may not translate to all EF communities/Masses, but no less significant for that reason.

I also think your attitude is relatively common - - live and let live/worship, as it would seem different folks are able to participate in different forms of liturgy (after all there are, what, 23 rites), and it is only when a poster comes in, figurative guns blazing - - “the OF should be eliminated ASAP” that OF attendees are put off and concerned by that attitude.
 
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PaulDT:
daily clown mass
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I am so tired of this reference.
This so-called “clown-mass” where was it? When was it? Has anyone experienced it first-hand?

I have been to all sorts of OF Masses, some more reverent than others, but never have I seen a “clown Mass” or any of the other stange things EF officiando’s seem to think happen at OF Masses.

The Great Divider is still hard at work, I see.
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Just Google Clown Mass, and you’ll see all sorts of pictures of Clown Masses. Some are Episcopal, but many are Catholic. They are not as many today as, say, twenty years ago, but they have been legion where they occurred.
 
I’ve sadly, in Bavaria, South Germany, attended a mass with a clown saying the homily while roaming up and down the aisle repeatedly saying ‘sh!t’ in English, although everything else was in German. For some reason he swore in English. A lot, almost every sentence! I couldn’t believe my ears. I’m still upset about it. Biggest regret is that I didn’t walk out. I would now. So not a myth or a lie, or a protestant church. The Catholic church here has gone nuts 😰
 
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There has never been such a stupid thing as a clown OF Mass.
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There is most certainly a video on YouTube (
) where the choir, eucharistic ministers, and priest (Fr. Bailey) of Corpus Christi Church in Orange County, CA dressed up in costumes. There is a eucharistic minister dressed up as Satan distributing the Blessed Sacrament and the lector is dressed as a witch. This took place over 2 days, at the Saturday vigil and Sunday Mass. The priest had a Barney costume under his vestments. Watch the whole video if you have the stomach for it. The priests, prior to the Lord’s Prayer, says "…as goblins and ghouls, we raise our voice to say ‘Our Father…’

Of course, he was forced to apologize to Bishop Todd Brown that this embarrassing video became public. He never admitted to doing anything wrong, just embarrassing. One wonders how this priest was formed to believe that this “innovation” is acceptable or consistent with the Sacrifice of Christ on Calvary.

To intimate that this is a wide-spread occurrence or that one frequently finds something that comes so close to sacrilege in the celebration of the OF is absurd.

But to imply that something like this clown Mass can never occur or has never occurred is just as absurd.
 
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