The Mass and Protestant Services very different

[Blue_Serenity]

Hi,

I agree that some protestant churches only give milk, but I have to say my non-denom is the exception. They give me more meat and potatoes that I can handle right now. My minister tells it like it is and some people have walked out because they cant handle the truth.

Your church sounds alot like ours. I love my church!!!

 

[ALLFORHIM]

I’m curious, my sister belongs to a non-denom church. I know it’s possible that not all non-denoms are the same but I would like to know… does your church have communion every week? if not, then how often does your church have it. I guess I should ask my sister but she doesn’t like to talk about her church and what she does there. So I’m curious.

Hi,
We have communiom the first Sunday of every month.

 

[ALLFORHIM]

Your church sounds alot like ours. I love my church!!!

Hi,
It is comforting to know that there are other churches out there like mine. I love my church too. and by that I mean the people in it.

 

[Blue_Serenity]

Hi,
It is comforting to know that there are other churches out there like mine. I love my church too. and by that I mean the people in it.

Most definitely because without the people, you wouldn’t have the church.

 

[Syele]

I’m curious, my sister belongs to a non-denom church. I know it’s possible that not all non-denoms are the same but I would like to know… does your church have communion every week? if not, then how often does your church have it. I guess I should ask my sister but she doesn’t like to talk about her church and what she does there. So I’m curious.

I have attended non-denominational churches that had communion weekly. The Baptist Chruch I attended years ago had it monthly.

 

[AlegreFe]

We have communiom the first Sunday of every month.

I have attended non-denominational churches that had communion weekly. The Baptist Chruch I attended years ago had it monthly.

This is what I meant when I said that I know not all non-denoms are alike.

I’m glad we have Holy Communion every single day. After all Jesus told us to ask for our “daily” bread! I watch the Daily Mass on EWTN and have a spiritual communion every day. But I also like when I do go to Mass sometimes during the week and have a real and substantial Holy Communion. I receive the real presence of Jesus in full Body, Blood, Soul & Divinity. Wow, I can imagine how it is for those Catholics who go to Mass every day and receive Jesus every single day. Now that is getting your daily bread! :yup:

 

[truly101]

Honestly it depends on which Protestant church you go to. I grew up a Catholic but I currently attend a Presbyterian church (right next door to the Catholic church I went to, they have a great relationship with each other). The church I go to now has what they call a high liturgical service. Its pretty formal and quite similar to your average Catholic mass. They process with a Cross, they have an old testament and new testament reading and group prayer and responses, they only have communion once a month, sometimes they line up, sometimes they pass around the tray. No shouts of “AMEN”, no contemporary Christian music, no band, no video projector in the sanctuary, just an old fashioned high liturgical service. Since I didn’t leave the Catholic church because of some crisis in faith (I married a Baptist, we compromised) the style of service was very important to me. As such, its unfair to generalize the Protestant service because they vary. There are a few aspects of some Protestant churchs that I think are better than Catholic and vice versa.

 

[Blue_Serenity]

Since I didn’t leave the Catholic church because of some crisis in faith (I married a Baptist, we compromised) the style of service was very important to me.

That is awesome that you compromised with your spouse and found some “middle ground” that you both agree on and is working out too! Sometimes the “middle ground” compromises lead to years of switching around trying to find the “right church”. My brother and his wife went through that. I might suggest to them to check out a Presbyterian church. I don’t know too much about that denomination but I’ll let them know your succession with them.

 

[lak611]

That is awesome that you compromised with your spouse and found some “middle ground” that you both agree on and is working out too! Sometimes the “middle ground” compromises lead to years of switching around trying to find the “right church”. My brother and his wife went through that. I might suggest to them to check out a Presbyterian church. I don’t know too much about that denomination but I’ll let them know your succession with them.

What faiths do your brother and sister-in-law belong to?

 

[Blue_Serenity]

What faiths do your brother and sister-in-law belong to?

My brother was a Baptist before he married Melissa (my SIL) and she was a Methodist. Currently they’re trying out an evangelical church of some kind. They’ve been there for six months but I’m not sure they like it. They’ve been to some Church of Christs, United Methodist, Southern Baptist, Nazarene and where they are right now.
They are crazy, lemme tell you! :whacky:

 

[Mary3]

That is awesome that you compromised with your spouse and found some “middle ground” that you both agree on and is working out too! Sometimes the “middle ground” compromises lead to years of switching around trying to find the “right church”. My brother and his wife went through that. I might suggest to them to check out a Presbyterian church. I don’t know too much about that denomination but I’ll let them know your succession with them.

Having been both Presbyterian and now Catholic, I can’t agree that Presbyterianism is a good ‘middle ground’. Presbyterians are on the verge of the kind of chaos seen recently in the Episcopalian church. There are camps in the Presbyterian denomination that advocate the ordination of practicing homosexuals, and others in favor of patial birth abortion. Sadly, their approach to discerning the truth in these matters is to convene a committee of elders and take a vote. Majority wins. They (Presbyterians) grow more distant from Catholicism by the day.

 

[water]

I wouldn’t worry about it. Quality is better than quantity. Besides you may get more people once word of mouth gets around. Then you eventually will need to start more than one study due to too many people for one study in the room.

yes, lak611, I have recently found out that we will have a morning Bible study too. That is a good news.

 

[StMarkEofE]

I’m still sort of new to the Catholic Faith. But as I learn more about it, i find that the Mass differs greatly from protestant services in more than just liturgy/no liturgy, communion/no communion, and just stuff like that. But the main thing I find that differs between the two is that Catholics go to Mass to worship God and to only Worship God, of course there is a homily or sermon, but the Eucharist is the main reason for the Mass, to offer Jesus back to God, because it is the only thing that pleases Him because Jesus was the perfect sacrifice. But Protestants go to church to worship in a much more different way. Most of them go to feel good, to get ‘recharged’ in their faith, to get something out of the sermon, to hear the good music, to socialize and so on… So what i get is that Catholics to go church to give to God, and protestants to go church to get from God. Am I the only one that thinks this? Am I totally wrong? Please lend me your thoughts on this Thank you!

I attended an High Anglican (Episcopal) Mass in center city Philadelphia and except for the English language the Mass is identical to the Tridentine Mass of ole latin days.

 

[lak611]

I attended an High Anglican (Episcopal) Mass in center city Philadelphia and except for the English language the Mass is identical to the Tridentine Mass of ole latin days.

Is the Anglican Use Catholic Mass the same as the High Anglican (Episcopal) Mass?

 

[StMarkEofE]

Is the Anglican Use Catholic Mass the same as the High Anglican (Episcopal) Mass?

It sure did seem the same but I understand that the Book of Common Prayer also figures in somewhere along the line.

 

[Blue_Serenity]

Having been both Presbyterian and now Catholic, I can’t agree that Presbyterianism is a good ‘middle ground’. Presbyterians are on the verge of the kind of chaos seen recently in the Episcopalian church. There are camps in the Presbyterian denomination that advocate the ordination of practicing homosexuals, and others in favor of patial birth abortion. Sadly, their approach to discerning the truth in these matters is to convene a committee of elders and take a vote. Majority wins. They (Presbyterians) grow more distant from Catholicism by the day.

Any recommendations, other than Catholic or Orthodox? They’ve both expressed strong opinions against either one of those.

 

[Mary3]

Any recommendations, other than Catholic or Orthodox? They’ve both expressed strong opinions against either one of those.

Sorry, but I can’t recommend a compromise to Catholicism. Been there, done that, wouldn’t send anyone else down the path.

 

[AlegreFe]

I attended an High Anglican (Episcopal) Mass in center city Philadelphia and except for the English language the Mass is identical to the Tridentine Mass of ole latin days.

Sorry but no Anglican service is “identical” to that of any Catholic Mass, Tridentine or Novus Ordo. The reason for that is that the Anglican service does not have the Eucharist.

I know, I know, you’re going to say that it does. But it doesn’t. Jesus is not substantially present in the Anglican church. They believe that He is present and that’s great to have that faith. But Jesus is NOT really present in the Anglican “eucharist.”

I’m not going to go back and forth on this either. Sorry but I’ve been there and done that. So no more arguing from me that Jesus is not really present in the Anglican eucharist. So if anyone replies to this post and argues that He is, I’m going to say right now that He is not.

If you have the faith and believe that He really is present because of John’s Gospel, chapter 6, then your faith is great. But your belief in His presence is not in question here. What is in question is, “Is Jesus really present in the Anglican church?” No He is not. But He is substantially present in the Catholic Church. So if you have that Faith, you are more than welcome to become Catholic so that you can have the real Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

[lak611]

If you have the faith and believe that He really is present because of John’s Gospel, chapter 6, then your faith is great. But your belief in His presence is not in question here. What is in question is, “Is Jesus really present in the Anglican church?” No He is not. But He is substantially present in the Catholic Church. So if you have that Faith, you are more than welcome to become Catholic so that you can have the real Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The poster you are replying to is not Anglican. He is Eastern Orthodox, according to his profile.

 

[AlegreFe]

There are a few aspects of some Protestant churchs that I think are better than Catholic and vice versa.

There is nothing or no one BETTER than Jesus Christ Himself Substantially Present in the Eucharist, NOTHING! So NO Protestant service is better than any Catholic Mass no matter how “bad” a Priest’s Homily can be.

The Catholic Mass is ALL about Jesus Christ and not some minister who might give a good sermon, and it’s not about some good music that might be playing at a protestant service. I wouldn’t care if the sermon was great, they held hands, sang good songs and played good music and then had great food, coffee and donuts afterwards… I would take Jesus Christ substantially present any day in a Catholic Mass over any “good” protestant service. Give me Jesus to eat and I will be at Peace with my Lord Jesus Christ. He abides in me and I in Him when I eat His Body and drink His Blood. This is what Jesus wants of me and that is what I do.