DH's (almost) entire side was/is not catholic but very much respected the rituals,the entire worship with us..his mom joined with my mother in the lighting/joining of the candles after communion.
"Again, and for the last time.... RC's are FULLY aware that there is a "closed table" MEANING that you can NOT receive the bread and wine UNLESS you have received your communion. I have been to masses where there would possibly be others who are NOT RC (baptism's, communions, weddings) and never ONCE was there an "announcement" of a "closed-table" or anything to that "idea"."
How many RCC masses have you attended in different churches or with different priests? I think telling people who have attended RCC's for 30-40 years with different priests that the "priest is not doing their job" is just coming from someone who is not familiar with the actual tradition and weekly masses.
Why is it "not nice" if somebody dislikes your lifestyle? I don't get that. I once got reamed out by a person who drove a green car when I remarked (about another person's new green car) that I liked the model but would have chosen a different color. Evidently it is an act of hostility not to like somebody's choice of car...or lifestyle. As long as they are not saying that I should live their lifestyle, they are free to think whatever they want of mine. And I am glad that my lifestyle is somebody else's version of hell. Jobs in academia are scarce enough as it is.
Well, I have never been to a mass after VBS, and it turns out, neither have you, but I have been to masses with lots of non-members present, and when that happens, such as at a wedding or a funeral, the priest almost always -- nicely -- talks about who is welcome to participate and why. I had sort of guessed that a VBS mass (which turns out to be a phantom mass anyway) might include the same kind of announcement.
Well, about a thousand posts ago I asked her if the "mass" she posted about was a mass, and she seemed gob-smacked by the question, as if only an idiot would ask such a thing. And then it turns out that a "mass" and a mass are two different things after all.
closed /kloʊzd/ –adjective 1. having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch. 2. brought to a close; concluded: It was a closed incident with no repercussions. 3. not public; restricted; exclusive: a closed meeting; a closed bid at a private auction.
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Yes, my miliage does vary greatly. I interpret those words
my wedding WAS a full mass.
DH's (almost) entire side was/is not catholic but very much respected the rituals,the entire worship with us..his mom joined with my mother in the lighting/joining of the candles after communion.
LOL Cnut, a fellow catholic, disagrees.
"Again, and for the last time....
RC's are FULLY aware that there is a "closed table" MEANING that you can NOT receive the bread and wine UNLESS you have received your communion.
I have been to masses where there would possibly be others who are NOT RC (baptism's, communions, weddings) and never ONCE was there an "announcement" of a "closed-table" or anything to that "idea"."
I think telling people who have attended RCC's for 30-40 years with different priests that the "priest is not doing their job" is just coming from someone who is not familiar with the actual tradition and weekly masses.
Again...Sigh....So the communion prayer
and i'm sorry that they would think how another church practices it's worship is wrong.
/kloʊzd/
–adjective
1. having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
2. brought to a close; concluded: It was a closed incident with no repercussions.
3. not public; restricted; exclusive: a closed meeting; a closed bid at a private auction.
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