Teased at Mass for not wanting to hold hands during Our Father

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otjm said:
I also happen to have a picture taken somewhere between early 1961 and early 1962 with people at Mass holding hands, so it has been around for a while.
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It might have indeed been started around that time. I remember them holding hands when singing “We shall overcome” and “God Bless America” in public so extending the mindset to the Lord’s Prayer was perhaps not that much of a shocker.
 
estesbob said:
Me too. My dream thread is "is it a sin to hold hands at the Our Father while reading a Harry Potter book
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How bout:
“is it a sin to hold hands at the Our Father while reading a Harry Potter book
and my gay friend pets his sight dog while the mini skirt clad cantor sings “Halle Halle Halle” (youtube.com/watch?v=Pk769aB3tPA) and the liturgical dancers float down the aisle with the people’s offertory behind the tennis shoe clad altar girl?”

Yes it is a sin.
No it’s not.
Depends what you mean by “sin”.
In some countries it’s a sin.
In other’s it’s not.
Not in the rubrics.
But it’s allowable by indult.
Catechism doesn’t mention it but scripture forbids it, the documents of Vatican 2 are confusing but the Spirit of Vatican 2 encourages all that plus.

Hallelujah and Sing a New Song.
 
I’ve long wondered if it came from AA. People in all 12-Step programs, as far as I know, hold hands during the Our Father.
 
Crown_of_Stars said:
…but if I see the person next to me has started to move their hand to take mine, I let them. After all, I’m in church, and I don’t want to feel rude.
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Aren’t they equally rude for making you do something you’d rather not?
 
Generic_Name said:
Aren’t they equally rude for making you do something you’d rather not?
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And they are supposed to know that - how? All too often they are innocent of knowing anything at all about how you feel; they are doing what the majority, if not almost all the people in the church are doing.

Rudeness comes in when one party makes it clear they don’t want to hold hands; and that rudeness can be on either side. Some of the most rude comments I have seen have been on other threads of this matter by people who don’t like holding hands.
 
When I can take a protestant friend to Mass, and he remembers more about the people jumping across the aisle to hold hands instead of remembering the Eucharist celebration, something is wrong.
 
Bad stuff happens when people are forced to hold hands. Wear your helmet to Mass, please.
 
otjm said:
And they are supposed to know that - how? All too often they are innocent of knowing anything at all about how you feel; they are doing what the majority, if not almost all the people in the church are doing.

Rudeness comes in when one party makes it clear they don’t want to hold hands; and that rudeness can be on either side. Some of the most rude comments I have seen have been on other threads of this matter by people who don’t like holding hands.
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Well, not stretching out one’s hands usually makes that pretty clear, without being uncharitable.
 
otjm said:
And they are supposed to know that - how? All too often they are innocent of knowing anything at all about how you feel; they are doing what the majority, if not almost all the people in the church are doing.

Rudeness comes in when one party makes it clear they don’t want to hold hands; and that rudeness can be on either side. Some of the most rude comments I have seen have been on other threads of this matter by people who don’t like holding hands.
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So it seems it all boils down to rudeness vs invasion of space.

And this dichotomy is more conducive to better participation in the Mass, how?
 
I have been told that I must have a mental problem due to the fact that I wont hold hand during the “Our Father”. He said to me that unless you are sick or have mental issue you should be willing to hold the next person’s hand.
 
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