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

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JimG said:
The Credo sung in Latin.

I’ve heard a lot of different sung English Credo’s. But none match the one that used to be done every Sunday in Gregorian chant by the choir. The only drawback was that the priest always had to start it off by singing the first line: ‘Credo in unum Deum.’ And we all know that priests can’t carry a tune. It’s an ordination requirement.
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Hold it!! I know several priests, my PV, my pastor, my bishop and a friend of mine and quite a few Paulists, who are really good. My PV has a great singing voice.😃 👍 And, don’t forget. Pope Benedict XVI can definitely carry a tune. I’ve heard him intone both the Gloria and the Credo. He can really sing! 👍

I also miss having Latin Mass parts chanted during Mass. Although, I was pleasantly surprised on Friday when my PV started chanting the Sanctus! I belted it out with gusto. There weren’t very many who followed it, but, I figured, I’d belt it out to make up for the rest.😃
 
Hmm, I guess they dropped the requirement. It used to be that having a vocal range of less than octave was a necessity.
 
turtleoompa said:
I miss all that you’ve stated. I also miss the veils for women and everyone taking communion on the tongue.
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I am finally blessed to be able to attend the TLM. EVERY Sunday, so much that I miss is mine again…the Communion Rail, the Sanctus bells, the MANY prayers that were left out of the Novus Ordo, etc., etc.However, since no one has mentioned this one, I will. I miss the Stabat Mater sung before the devotion of the Stations of the Cross during Lent.
 
Lepanto said:
  • Receiving communion at altar rails Unfortunately not anymore.
  • Altar boys (not girls) with patens We still have patens, but do have altar girls.
  • Sanctus bells Every Mass - and we actually know how to use them properly (we ring them 4 times a Mass, sometimes 5 depending on the occasion.)
  • Priests actually preaching from the pulpit (instead of wandering around like a talk show host) That is where our Pastor is most comfortable - behind a pulpit!
  • The priest purifying the sacred vessels at the altar (however I recently saw an Indian priest at one local parish doing this) Purifies off to the side, but in plain view of the congregation.
  • The choir actually in the choir loft Only place we sing is in the loft.
  • Extra priests coming out at communion time to help distribute If our associate is available, he is there to help out.
  • Confessions offered immediately before Mass Every Saturday and Sunday.
  • Pre-Mass rosaries This we need to work on. We are starting to say the Divine Mercy Chaplet before Mass during Lent.
  • Post-Mass recitations of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel This we need to work on.
  • Post-Mass benedictions On occasion.
  • May crownings Check.
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I guess I am blessed to belong to a rather conservative church - we still have traditions, like Polish Bitter Lamentations, Corpus Christi processions, and Wieczor Koled (The Carols of Christmas). I would like to see more traditions started, but what we have is pretty “old-school” compared to other Parishes in our city.
 
lak611 said:
In my parish, we sing one verse after each Station. I never heard of singing the whole hymn before the Stations.
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My Father liked to get every where early (& my husband is the same way), so we usually arrived at this devotion about 15 mins. before it started. The organist played the Stabat Mater Dolorosa & usually there were a few choir members to sing it. Often times the people who were there for the Stations joined in until Father appeared. This was in the 50’s.
 
CradleCath said:
My Father liked to get every where early (& my husband is the same way), so we usually arrived at this devotion about 15 mins. before it started. The organist played the Stabat Mater Dolorosa & usually there were a few choir members to sing it. Often times the people who were there for the Stations joined in until Father appeared. This was in the 50’s.
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Ok. In my parish, when we have Stations of the Cross, after each station, we sing accappella one verse while the priest and servers are going from one Station to the next. So after the First Station, we sing “Stabat Mater dolorosa, Juxta crucem lacrymosa, Dum penebat Filius.”
 
ac_claire said:
When I was a kid, in the 80’s in New Mexico, everyone received communion on the tongue. No controversy, it wasn’t even a question; there was no other option. I wish it was still like that.

I receive in my hand now, because it’s what 98% of the other people do, and I don’t think I should draw attention to myself or “take a stand” on this issue. Because I know either way is fine…but I prefer it the old way.
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at a couple of places, I had a “Eucharistic minister” scoff at me because I wanted to receive on the tongue. I no longer receive from a “Eucharistic minister” and will get in the communion line where a priest is distributing communion.
 
In the parish DH and I were at before we moved we;
  • Receiving communion at altar rails (no but there were a lot who knelt to receive)
  • Sanctus bells -Yes 😃
  • Priests actually preaching from the pulpit (instead of wandering around like a talk show host) The pastor did both but it wasn’t fun
    and games when he was walking around.
  • The priest purifying the sacred vessels at the altar - Yes
  • The choir actually in the choir loft - Yes
  • Extra priests coming out at communion time to help distribute (no but we only had two and they served our parish and a mission parish)
  • Confessions offered immediately before Mass - Sat afternoon only but it was for 2 hrs.
  • Pre-Mass rosaries (sat and 8 am Sunday)
  • Post-Mass recitations of the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel -Yes (all the Leonine prayers)
  • Post-Mass benedictions (not all the time but often and every 1st Friday at noon)
  • May crownings (yep but I have still never been to one :(!)
Diocese we moved to a few months ago- well the signs on the churches say there Catholic. :mad:
 
I miss having a resident pastor who was available every week for confessions. We now have to go to another parish to go to confession.
 
I’m late to this thread but from what I’ve skimmed, I miss it all.
 
Wearing a Kleenex on my head.🤷

Sorry, I just couldn’t resist. In Catholic school if you didn’t bring your veil the teacher would pull out a tissue and a bobbie pin. We never forgot more than once.
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altar rails
covering of statues during Lent
I really miss too much to list.

But most of all I miss what the practices bring

Reverence, reverence, and more reverence

I also miss being able to assist @ Mass and trust that everything that is being done is in keeping with Church teaching. I want so badly to trust again.
 
I have to say, my parish must be the minority. We are fortunate to have…
  • Receiving communion at altar rails: looking to bring back
  • 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 This is actually normal practice in most churches where I live
  • The choir actually in the choir loft: Yes. I would’t sing if i were in the front.
  • Extra priests coming out at communion time to help distribute: only have 1 priest
  • Confessions offered immediately before Mass
  • Pre-Mass rosaries
  • May crownings
 
I grew up with all of these things and my parish retains or has reinstated many of them. The choir is back up in the loft and the old statues are being returned. The altar rails? Sigh. No.

But everything that has been cited, I have missed for the last 40 years.

I miss serving Novena to OLPH and seeing my mother kneeling out in the congregation. She passed away (Eternal Rest grant unto her O Lord) in 2001 and my sister and I looked through her 1962 St. Joseph Missal and found her Novena to OLPH pamphlet - so well worn and aged. And I remembered Benediction and I could hear in my mind voices singing “O Salutaris Hostia” and “Tantum Ergo”. I could hear the “clink” of the censor and I could smell the incense. And I could hear the priest chant:

Panem de coelo praestitisti eis. And everyone replying:
Omne delectamentum in se habentem.

I can still see that pamphlet in my mind’s eye and I remember and long for the Church in which I grew up.
 
The post above reminded me of something else I miss: “Remember man that thou art dust and unto dust thou shall return”.

We now hear: “Repent and believe in the Good News”. I think this is allowed, but I prefer the other. I think it’s more humbling.
 
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