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martinporres
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After months of me going occasionally by myself, this Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent, in a nod to the new liturgical year, my wife and I will both be attending EF mass (a missa cantata, as far as I know) – it will be her first EF mass ever.
I’ve planned a small introduction for her a few nights this week using some of the resources I’ve seen out there, including N.A.M. Bayliss’s amazing Synopsis Ritus Romanus and video from EWTN’s televised solemn high mass which I still have on the DVR. She’ll have her own hand missal to refer to during mass and during the lessons I’ll be helping her through the exact mass we’ll be attending. Yeah, pretty much an ideal situation.
I think I’ll do a fine job at preparing her for it. I’m fairly well versed in the differences and the similarities.
My main hope is that it won’t be as much of a shock to her as my first EF mass (when I didn’t even know the priest said many parts of the mass very quietly, and often with the choir singing over him! an easily understood idea for me today, but to the uninitiated me, very new and strange).
It would be nice to be able to go with her to an EF mass on occasion (even though we’re very blessed to have orthodox priests at our usual parish), simply in order to be more in touch with our Church’s ancient roots.
So, the question is: do you have any tips or suggestions for my lesson plans? Are there any small documents or online resources that you’d particularly recommend? PDFs or something I can easily print would be preferred. Or maybe even just tips if you’ve done or thought of doing something like this yourself for a loved one.
I’m going into teacher mode here.
I’ve planned a small introduction for her a few nights this week using some of the resources I’ve seen out there, including N.A.M. Bayliss’s amazing Synopsis Ritus Romanus and video from EWTN’s televised solemn high mass which I still have on the DVR. She’ll have her own hand missal to refer to during mass and during the lessons I’ll be helping her through the exact mass we’ll be attending. Yeah, pretty much an ideal situation.
I think I’ll do a fine job at preparing her for it. I’m fairly well versed in the differences and the similarities.
My main hope is that it won’t be as much of a shock to her as my first EF mass (when I didn’t even know the priest said many parts of the mass very quietly, and often with the choir singing over him! an easily understood idea for me today, but to the uninitiated me, very new and strange).
It would be nice to be able to go with her to an EF mass on occasion (even though we’re very blessed to have orthodox priests at our usual parish), simply in order to be more in touch with our Church’s ancient roots.
So, the question is: do you have any tips or suggestions for my lesson plans? Are there any small documents or online resources that you’d particularly recommend? PDFs or something I can easily print would be preferred. Or maybe even just tips if you’ve done or thought of doing something like this yourself for a loved one.
I’m going into teacher mode here.
God Bless!