Was this an abuse?

[Veritas41]

For Ash Wednesday I attended a parish that tends to take liberties with the liturgy, and they did something I have never seen at another parish and wasn’t sure what to make of it. They had the Eucharistic prayers in the form of a response. The priest would pray a section of the Eucharistic prayer, and then the people in the pews would sing a little refrain, then he would continue with another section of prayer, then the people would sing another little refrain, etc… This started with the Sanctus andcontinued on all the way up to the Agnus Dei. I didn’t participate in the response because it just seemed a little strange to me. Has anybody heard of this? Is it okay? It was a children’s liturgy, so I don’t know if that kind of thing is permitted at a children’s liturgy.

Also, when you see most of the people around you not following the rubrics of Mass, do you go along with them or do what you know is the right thing to do? I would like to know how people respond to this situation and their reasons they do so. For myself, I tend to do what I know what is supposed to be done because I feel I need to be obedient to God in this matter, but I would like to know what others think about this. Thanks!

 

[baltobetsy]

I believe one of the Eucharistic prayers for children is in that form.

For your second question, for me it depends on how serious the deviation is and my own subjective feeling about it. I try not to get in a snit at Mass, but I’m not always successful.

Betsy

 

[ricmat]

The parish where I attend daily mass has a children’s liturgy each Wednesday morning for the Catholic school kids.

The Eucharistic prayer is like you describe - and I’ve never heard it anywhere but at a children’s liturgy.

 

[Veritas41]

Thank you for your replies. I guess I’ve become kind of paranoid when I find something done differently because I’ve seen so many abuses of the liturgy that I tend to automatically assume something different is probably a deviation rather than legitimate alternative.

 

[Manfred]

Thank you for your replies. I guess I’ve become kind of paranoid when I find something done differently because I’ve seen so many abuses of the liturgy that I tend to automatically assume something different is probably a deviation rather than legitimate alternative.

I wish I could be as charitable and tolerant of you when I see “deviations” from the rubrics as they stand in the General instruction of the Roman Missal.

It was just a few Sunday evenings ago, on his weekly broadcast on EWTN, when Fr. John Corapi proclaimed, “When you see a priest dressed for Mass in a clown’s costume, then you can be sure who laid out his vetsments - SATAN!”

Amen.

 

[Veritas41]

, when Fr. John Corapi proclaimed, “When you see a priest dressed for Mass in a clown’s costume, then you can be sure who laid out his vetsments - SATAN!”

Amen.

Great quote!!! I wish we had more Father Corapis in our parishes