What now virtually-abandoned liturgical practices from your youth do miss most?

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I think there is something to be said for kneeling at the rail to receive communion. I feel it is an appropriate display of humility when receiving the Body and Blood of Christ.

Ah, remember the days when parishes HAD more than one priest? The parish I grew up in in Suburban Chicagoland had three, plus the Principal of the Catholic HS would come help on Sundays too.

We had seven Sunday Masses, and two on Saturday night, plus two per day on weekdays. Quite a load. At all the “prime time” Sunday masses, three additional priests would come out in light vestments to assist with distribution of the Blessed Sacrement.
 
lepanto said:
Why not?
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I find some of them to be just so much clutter and would be concerned about other things that could come with them - old misunderstandings and faux teachings that have crept up around them by one means or another.
 
lepanto said:
Such as?
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I am not going to list anything I have heard others say in the course of my life because I am not going to open myself up to being bashed for what others have said.

I have simply expressed the concern such things could become common again.
 
Eilish_Maura said:
I am not going to list anything I have heard others say in the course of my life because I am not going to open myself up to being bashed for what others have said.

I have simply expressed the concern such things could become common again.
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If the traditional practices of the Church remind us of Traditional Catholic teaching, what’s wrong with that?

The more common these things become, the better, because they lead us to a true understanding of the Mass - as a sacrifice. They increase our humility before the Lord, improve reverence for the Eucharist, and remind us of the eternal teaching of the Church. What possible concern could someone have with that?
 
Dauphin said:
If the traditional practices of the Church remind us of Traditional Catholic teaching, what’s wrong with that?

The more common these things become, the better, because they lead us to a true understanding of the Mass - as a sacrifice. They increase our humility before the Lord, improve reverence for the Eucharist, and remind us of the eternal teaching of the Church. What possible concern could someone have with that?
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These things are not vital to anything.
 
Eilish_Maura said:
These things are not vital to anything.
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Humility before the Lord, reverence for the Eucharist, and respect for the eternal teaching of the Church aren’t vital? Have you ever heard the phrase lex orandi, lex credendi? It means “the law of prayer is the law of belief”; how we pray is absolutely essential to what we believe. The disposition that these ancient practices bring is essential to the faith.
 
I wish all churches had altar rails. The only time I’ve ever seen anyone recieve communion at an altar rail, I was in an Anglican church in England. I grew up post-Vatican II, so none of these things are part of my childhood. I’ve attended a Marian conference the last two years, where a number of these are standard, I wish they were in my parish too!
 
I miss the quiet reverence.
Genuflecting in the aisle’s. Now days the loud stampede out the doors and the narrow aisles hinders genuflecting and if it is done it has been delegated to the pew.
 
Dauphin said:
Humility before the Lord, reverence for the Eucharist, and respect for the eternal teaching of the Church aren’t vital? Have you ever heard the phrase lex orandi, lex credendi? It means “the law of prayer is the law of belief”; how we pray is absolutely essential to what we believe. The disposition that these ancient practices bring is essential to the faith.
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The items listed in the post are not vital in any way, shape or form.
 
i miss that we had at least one mass each weekend where we
spoke rather than sang the Holy Holy Holy, Glory to God, Our Father, and Lamb of God. All the new song revisions of some of these prayers make it difficult to participate and IMHO are unecessary.
 
Of your list, our Parishes have:
  • Altar boys (not girls) with patens
  • Sanctus bells
  • Priests actually preaching from the pulpit (instead of wandering around like a talk show host)
  • The priest purifying the sacred vessels at the altar (however I recently saw an Indian priest at one local parish doing this)
  • The choir actually in the choir loft
  • Extra priests coming out at communion time to help distribute (Cannot imagine extra Priests, we have 4 and they are all saying Mass somewhere.)
  • Confessions offered immediately before Mass
  • Pre-Mass rosaries
  • May crownings
One of our Parishes offeres Pre-Mass Benediction, not post Mass.

You can always move to God’s country 🙂
 
lepanto said:
These were all things which I regularly experienced in my post-Vatican II youth (the 1970s), yet, for the most part, I haven’t seen in two decades.

In no particular order:
  • Receiving communion at altar rails
  • Altar boys (not girls) with patens (happening)
  • Sanctus bells
  • Priests actually preaching from the pulpit (instead of wandering around like a talk show host) (happening)
  • The priest purifying the sacred vessels at the altar (however I recently saw an Indian priest at one local parish doing this)
  • The choir actually in the choir loft (happening)
  • Extra priests coming out at communion time to help distribute
  • Confessions offered immediately before Mass
  • Pre-Mass rosaries (happening)
  • Post-Mass recitations of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel (happening at end of rosary before Mass)
  • Post-Mass benedictions (happening)
  • May crownings (happening)
I’ve barely experienced any of them in the last 20 years despite the fact that I attend Mass at many parishes in my travels…and despite the fact that Vatican II NEVER abolished any of these practices!

What now virtually-abandoned liturgical practices from your youth do miss most?
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The ones that I miss the most are the processions around the neighborhoods during major holidays and festivities. That was a way to send a strong message of faith to everybody including the non-church going people.
 
  • Receiving communion at altar rails - we have recently restored the altar rail, but we still recieve standing
  • Altar boys (not girls) with patens - no
  • Sanctus bells - just recently brought back!!
  • Priests actually preaching from the pulpit (instead of wandering around like a talk show host)Yes
  • The priest purifying the sacred vessels at the altar (however I recently saw an Indian priest at one local parish doing this) no, Father does this after Mass
  • The choir actually in the choir loft - they are in the Mass I go to
  • Extra priests coming out at communion time to help distribute yes, but we have two priests, the extraordinary ministers give the chalice
  • Confessions offered immediately before Mass - Yes
  • Pre-Mass rosaries - No but I would like this
  • Post-Mass recitations of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - no but I do it myself
  • Post-Mass benedictions - no
  • May crownings - they do this at the school
 
Dauphin wrote: The more common these things become, the better, because they lead us to a true understanding of the Mass - as a sacrifice. They increase our humility before the Lord, improve reverence for the Eucharist, and remind us of the eternal teaching of the Church. What possible concern could someone have with that?
Eilish_Maura said:
These things are not vital to anything.
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Reverence for the Eucharist is not vital? I cannot believe a Catholic would even think this.

Richard
 
KofC_SirKnight said:
Dauphin wrote: The more common these things become, the better, because they lead us to a true understanding of the Mass - as a sacrifice. They increase our humility before the Lord, improve reverence for the Eucharist, and remind us of the eternal teaching of the Church. What possible concern could someone have with that?

Reverence for the Eucharist is not vital? I cannot believe a Catholic would even think this.

Richard
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[Edited by Moderator] ** - no one said reverence for the Eucharist was not vital - and the items listed in the starting post of this thread are not the same as reverence.**
 
KofC_SirKnight said:
Dauphin wrote: The more common these things become, the better, because they lead us to a true understanding of the Mass - as a sacrifice. They increase our humility before the Lord, improve reverence for the Eucharist, and remind us of the eternal teaching of the Church. What possible concern could someone have with that?

Reverence for the Eucharist is not vital? I cannot believe a Catholic would even think this.

Richard
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The reverence is “essential,” but the means of expressing it may vary. For this reason, any practices that the Church chooses to abandon are obviously not essential.
 
Eilish_Maura said:
Dicky - no one said reverence for the Eucharist was not vital - and the items listed in the starting post of this thread are not the same as reverence.
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Actually, one is, as the Vatican recently told the Church in the United States. — Purification of the sacred vessels.
 
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