When you go to mass. how long does that "warm and fuzzy feeling" last?

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I can’t say I’ve ever felt warm and fuzzy at Mass.
I like being there, I love receiving Eucharist and the enjoying the prayers of my brothers and sisters in Christ.
But warm and fuzzy?
Not so much.
Then again, I work there so I’m’ very busy and hyper-focussed on the music and the flow of the liturgy.
 
Don’t worry or concern yourself with feelings. St. John of the Cross warns against that. Instead, focus on the truth of what happens at mass.
 
If you enjoy it, if you feel warm fuzzies, if you feel like you’re hugging the Lord, then good. 🙂 More power to you.

I don’t feel that way. I just know the great and glorious privilege of being at Mass and receiving the Eucharist; ✝️ and that’s good too. 🙏
 
Amen! Again, Amen!

Warm & Fuzzy? Meh…
Great peace and contentment? Oh yeah!
 
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Allow the love of God to just embrace and wash over you, and reciprocate that love. Right back at you God!

1 Corinthians 13:4-5:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Now who wrote those words.

And these

Song of Solomon 8:6-7: “Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised."
 
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When you go to mass how long does that warm and fuzzy feeling last?
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It depends on the person. Yes, we can feel elated after a mass, after all we have just participated in the banquet of the Lord. We are humans and have emotion. Nothing wrong with that.

We, however, should not depend on our feeling because it does not last and the fact that it is not a measurement of whether the mass is true or not. We do go for mass because we believe it is proper worship at the highest level.

God bless.
 
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Depends on the Mass. If the prayers of the faithful and the homily were good and we prayed for aiding the poor and the sick and the music was uplifting and inspiring, the good feeling for me can last awhile. For days into that week or longer. Sometimes I might even have a song from the Mass in my head during the weekdays to follow. One Easter yrs ago, the small choir sang “Shout to the Lord” as the closing hymn, they received applause at the end of the Mass and it was replaying in my head for days. I’ve been known to feel so good that I will sing a song from Mass while driving on my way home.

And I still remember a Mass I once attended when we even prayed for government to help the needy and tears of joy welled into my eyes because I very much believe government has a role to play in that regard in this 21st century with the costs involved, alongside individual and faith based charity, and it was something I hadn’t heard much in other parishes. Most Catholics I personally know today are not as much inclined to such a view. So that prayer touched me greatly. Yet at another parish, something the priest said about the poor during a weekday homily, I did not see as fitting with the view I have of Jesus in regard to the poor, and I couldn’t wait to leave the Mass that day. I think I’ve been back to that parish, which incidentally is my geographical one, maybe once since, simply as a matter of convenience.

Music is very important to me though as well in my worship experience and while the second of the three parishes I previously mentioned has homilies and a general parish atmosphere more or less to my liking, the music is cantor/organ and that doesn’t do much for me. It might still be my parish of choice overall if I were picking just one. But the music does not inspire or uplift my soul. For music I would choose the one that does.

But since I am not welcome to receive at the table as I come, in the state the Catholic Church considers me to be in, that doesn’t play as much of a role for me in my experience as it does for the many others who have responded.
 
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How long does that “warm and fuzzy feeling” last for you when you go to your church services, dann?

What you refer to as “warm and fuzzy feeling” is a temporary feeling. Those disappear quickly.

For Catholics, the feeling of being in the Presence of Jesus Himself, feeling His Love throughout the whole Church, receiving Him in the Eucharist, hearing His words, taking His teachings to heart and living them is so much more than a “warm and fuzzy” feeling. For the faithful, it ls for life, for eternity.
 
Be careful if you are turning God into a “warm fuzzy feeling” when He is the Creator of the universe and also you. If the feeling makes you love God and neighbour more then it is likely a reminder from God to do that.
 
It lasts all day for me - no doubt, the rest of the day is blessed.

I’m jealous - that some people, (retired, etc.) , can go to mass every single day !

However, that doesn’t mean, that they who do, are these illuminated friendly saints - lol
 
Yes retired people use it like going bowling. A regular activity that makes you feel good!!
 
For me, it usually lasts until the Lector gets up and verbally destroys the pronunciation of most of the words in the First Reading.
 
The grace of receiving the Body and Blood of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, is spiritual in a way that can’t be described in human terms. I once recently after Holy Communion, asked Jesus for an abundance of grace in a powerful way, and felt the presence of the Holy Spirit for an entire morning filled with prayer.
 
No warm fuzzies. Not possible after joining in community, praying together, receiving the Word proclaimed, receiving instruction, receiving Eucharist, silent meditation … , then the “kicker,” when the deacon says: now get out there and put all this to work in your daily lives! (or in words to the effect)
 
Reasonably good summary. When I get the warm fuzzies, I generally look for my Lady Remington, or Nair.

The Mass is simply beyond warm and fuzzy.
 
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