Which time do you prefer to attend Mass?

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baliano said:
I do have the option of attending an FSSP parish 10 miles away, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Littleton, CO, and did for a couple of years. I returned to an OF parish to keep peace in the family.
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And Our Lady of Mt Carmel has 3 Sunday masses (2 low masses and 1 Missa Cantata). Though if you don’t like kids I wouldn’t go there. Generally 1/2 of the pews are filled with kids under 16.
 
Usige said:
And Our Lady of Mt Carmel has 3 Sunday masses (2 low masses and 1 Missa Cantata). Though if you don’t like kids I wouldn’t go there. Generally 1/2 of the pews are filled with kids under 16.
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I too attend an FSSP Mass and have noticed an increasing number of younger folks in attendance and many of them without their parents. 🙂
 
AKDee said:
Question- what does FSSP and OF stand for?
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FSSP - Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri (aka Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter). Offers the Mass according to the 1962 missal (aka traditional latin mass). Also called the extraordinary form/EF.
OF - Ordinary Form of the latin rite. Basically the post Vatican II mass most Catholics experience now adays.
 
Usige said:
FSSP - Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri (aka Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter). Offers the Mass according to the 1962 missal (aka traditional latin mass). Also called the extraordinary form/EF.
OF - Ordinary Form of the latin rite. Basically the post Vatican II mass most Catholics experience now adays.
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Thank you!
 
ProVobis said:
I too attend an FSSP Mass and have noticed an increasing number of younger folks in attendance and many of them without their parents. 🙂
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That’s true in my area. I’ve seen a small, but growing number of young adults in their early to mid twenties coming by themselves or with a friend or two. Some are college age kids that used to attend with their parents that are introducing their friend to the beauty of the EF. Others seem to be young married couples. It seems in my neck of the woods it is becoming known as a family friendly parish that is atractive younger parishioners.
 
baliano said:
Why? I prefer to actually hear the readings, the Homily and the choir without having to strain through a cacophony of yelling crying, crunching of cereal and banging of toys on the pews. There is a balance between the goodness of a family going to Church together and respect of those around trying to pray that seems to have all but disappeared. Letting children get away with whatever they want to do in Church does not make me confident they will be the future of the Church.
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You hit the nail on the head…the pastor told the ushers not to reprimand the kids or their parents because they will leave the church & the collection will suffer.

The parents seem to think morning mass is breakfast time for the kids & it does become very distracting.

The old people are going into the cry room to get away from the kids in the pews.
 
For a bit of time, my wife and I preferred the 7:30 am Mass. We enjoyed being around fewer people, or at least I did, because it helped me to focus a bit more.

But these days, we usually attend the 9 am Mass. This Mass is our parish’s most “solemn,” and frankly, the music is usually quite wonderful. Our other Masses, aside from the 7:30, have incorporated forms of music I don’t at all care for.

Regarding children at Mass: thankfully, our parish’s little ones don’t go overboard, at least not at the Masses that I attend. I love hearing babies and children at Mass. 🙂
 
I like to go with my dad and grandpa on saturdays at 5. I focus better at this time, mornings are not good for me :nope:
 
In my parish it is more a question of which language I wish to hear the liturgy rather than the time. The one English mass is at 9:30 on Sunday morning, so that is the liturgy I prefer. However, if I’m alone and in a bit of a contemplative mood, I will attend the 8:00 A.M. mass in Japanese.
 
My parish has a Saturday evening and a Sunday morning, as I’m sure almost all parishes do. I prefer the Saturday evening, but do both.
 
I really love Saturday Vigil, but 11:30 Sunday morning works better for me.
 
Hello.

I prefer the 4pm Saturday evening Mass where I go to church because I get to go to Confession, then we say the rosary, then it’s time for Mass.

That way, if I stick to this routine, I always get the 5 Holy Saturdays in more than once, it’s just that sometimes I forget to specifically ask for prayers for the Pope and for this particular indulgence.

I usually change this routine only if Christmas is on a Sunday and when it’s Divine Mercy Sunday.

my two cents…
 
They’ve changed the music up in the other two Masses and while it’s dumb I actually have more trouble remembering the words when the music is unfamiliar.

This…me too. Also, I have trouble remembering some of the prayers if they are spoken instead of sung, for example, the Gloria.
 
10:30 am on Sunday.

For several reasons…most of them kid related.

The kids wake up between 6:30 and 7:00 am…which is early but too late to make it to the 8:00am Mass time.

Saturday vigil is just a disaster waiting to happen. They are amped up from naps and are hungry.
We’ve tried it and it was ridiculous.

The late morning Mass is perfect because they are usually tired already from playing around for a few hours and have had a good breakfast and a snack…so they’re ready for Mass.

Plus…a vast majority of the Parish families attend this Mass too…so it’s a kid fest and you don’t feel so bad when one of your kids melts down…you’re usually in good company!
 
Early and often! 😃

I go to daily Mass 6 days a week at 7am and Sunday Mass sometime that morning as their are many more options.
 
If I am to go to my uncle’s house on that Sunday for the customary family and relative luncheon, then we, as a family and some relatives would go for the 3pm/4:15pm/5:30pm or 7pm Mass in the parish near my uncle’s house. But, if not, then I would go alone for the 8 am Mass in my parish.
 
I often attend the Saturday Vigil Mass at my parish – confessions are before that Mass, and during the school year, a children’s choir very prettily sings traditional hymns. I would not go to the 6:15 AM Sunday Mass unless I had stayed up all night and intended to go to bed after attending Mass (I did that once). The 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM Sunday Masses are not my favorites (the former because of the time and the latter because it is so crowded), but I like the 9 AM Sunday Mass – there is an adult choir at that Mass which sings traditional hymns. The noon Mass (which I might attend occasionally) is more laid-back and has more contemporary music. The 1:30 PM Mass at my parish is in Spanish – the music is very lively and uplifting, but my Spanish is not good enough to understand the homily. (I can read Spanish better than I can understand spoken Spanish.) Although I attend the Sunday evening Mass from time to time, it is designed for youth and has contemporary religious music of the Hillsong type (some of which is quite inspiring, even if I find the instruments used at that Mass off-putting).
 
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