Things We Love About Mass

[TeresaBenedicta]

I love it when my RCIA kids, or my nephews, sit with me at Mass and they ask questions about the Mass and what the priest is doing. With me they know it's okay to make (related) comments and ask questions, and they really dive deeper into the Mass each time. I end up having a harder time praying the Mass, but I know it's worth it.

[TeresaBenedicta]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1309240125' post='2259521']
I love when people acknowledge the posts that took me twenty minutes to write.

Had to. Had to.
[/quote]

Aw

I read it and enjoyed it, if that is any consolation

[Luigi]

[quote name='dominicansoul' timestamp='1309240040' post='2259517']
i love sitting up on the Pipe Organ, playing my heart out to God during the Mass.... i make the stain-glassed windows shake...
[/quote]


Ummm... not to the point of drowning out the human voice, though, right? Because that would be... well, never mind.

[vee]

I like holding hands during the Our Father

[Nihil Obstat]

I swear I am going to throw a freakin' koopa at Luigi.
Vee will get caught in the crossfire, I'm sure.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1309240125' post='2259521']
I love when people acknowledge the posts that took me twenty minutes to write.

Had to. Had to.
[/quote]
Wrong thread.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1309240377' post='2259537']
Wrong thread.
[/quote]
WHERE IS YOUR 1-UP NOW???

[Maria]

Well, see, Nihil, your post was cool and I'm really glad you wrote it, etc, but I didn't feel like there was something natural to say in response to it, since I haven't thought about it enough to have thoughts about it.

Oh wait... I know what I can say...

Thank you!

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Maria' timestamp='1309241632' post='2259561']
Well, see, Nihil, your post was cool and I'm really glad you wrote it, etc, but I didn't feel like there was something natural to say in response to it, since I haven't thought about it enough to have thoughts about it.

Oh wait... I know what I can say...

Thank you!
[/quote]
:grouphug: I was just being silly.

ETA: I'm disappointed that the grouphug emote is gone.
ETA2: <--- That will do instead.

Edited June 28, 2011 by Nihil Obstat

[Cam42]

[quote name='Maria' timestamp='1309235577' post='2259390']
[...]

Cam, you can't just list... you're supposed to share what it is about it that makes you love it. You know, give us insights so that we don't just value tradition, but so that we love what tradition values, because after all, the reason tradition values it is because it's something worth loving...

So, why do you love chant & rubrics? (I have a sudden inclination to answer the second with a "because they're [i]red[/i]! and red is such a pretty colour!")
I love chant (when it's well done) because of its stillness and the way it draws into prayer. I think I find it hard to love 'rubrics;' I'm more likely to by struck by certain particular rubrics as seeming particularly meaningful.
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I love the rubrics because they bring a sense of stability and universality to the Mass. I know that if the rubrics are followed to the letter, then no matter where I go and no matter what language I'm subjected to I will be able to follow. And it also shows two other things, first, it shows obedience. Obedience to the will of the Church. It shows that the Mass doesn't belong to the priest or to his parish, but rather that he is offering a universal sacrifice for his parishoners and any other Catholic who may be assisting at that Holy Mass. It shows universality....that every priest at every Mass is united to the heavenly celebration, offering the proper sacrifice in the way that Holy Mother Church has handed it down to us.

I love chant because it is the music of the Holy Mass. It is how we are to sing at Mass. It is how we are to worship in the fullest way. For the faithful it is the most perfect expression of [i]participatio actuosa[/i]. We engage all parts of the Mass when we chant, both internally and externally.

[b][color="#ff0000"]DO THE RED [/color]SAY THE BLACK

SAVE THE LITURGY SAVE THE WORLD[/b]

Edited June 28, 2011 by Cam42

[Lisa]

I love the fact that the Mass comes directly from Sacred Scriptures. I was poorly catechized, so I didn't really know that until high school when one of my protestant friends asked "where does that come from"? So, throu[size="2"]gh google, I found a much deeper beauty to the Mass.

I also love the Sanctus, especially in Latin! The amount of times in the Mass that we give glory and praise to God should remind us that it's not about how we feel, whether something in the homily "clicked" with us, etc. It's about His sacrifice, and the honor that should be given to the Lord [/size]
[size="2"][quote] [color="#595959"][font="arial, verdana, sans-serif"] It shows that the Mass doesn't belong to the priest or to his parish, but rather that he [/font][/color][color="#595959"][font="Arial"]is offering a universal sacrifice for his parishoners and any other Catholic who may be assisting at that Holy Mass. It shows universality....that every priest at every Mass is united to the heavenly celebration, offering the proper sacrifice in the way that Holy Mother Church has handed it down to us. [/quote][/font][/color][/size]
[color="#595959"][font="Arial"][size="2"]I like this a lot! Thanks Cam! I also love the universality of the Catholic Church and how you can go to a Mass on another continent, and even if you are only remotely familiar with the vernacular language, you can understand and worship through your actions! I'd imagine it would be even more amazing to go to an EF Mass in another country![/size][/font][/color]
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[color="#595959"][font="Arial"][size="2"]And Nihil (for some reason multi-quote wasn't working on my computer): That seems really cool- I haven't yet been to a Latin Mass just found out that there is one in my diocese and am planning on going this coming month! Thanks for pointing that out- those are the subtle things it probably takes years to see/understand![/size][/font][/color]
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[color="#595959"][font="arial, verdana, sans-serif"][size="2"]ETA: new thoughts.[/size][/font][/color]

Edited June 28, 2011 by Lisa

[Aragonn]

My favourite part of the Mass is definitely the offertory prayers. When I was investigating the Catholic Church I used to offer myself up on the paten and in the chalice asking God to transform me as He would the bread and wine. I never really believed it would work, but here I am preparing to be baptised. Prayer is a dangerous thing



[size="+1"][color="#cc0033"][b]A[/b][/color][/size][size="+1"][color="#999999"]ccept, O holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this unspotted host, which I, Thy unworthy servant, offer unto Thee, my living and true God, for my innumerable sins, offenses, and negligences, and for all here present: as also for all faithful Christians, both living and dead, that it may avail both me and them for salvation unto life everlasting. Amen.

[/color][/size][size="+1"][color="#cc0033"][b]W[/b][/color][/size][size="+1"][color="#999999"]e offer unto Thee, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, beseeching Thy clemency, that it may ascend before Thy divine Majesty, as a sweet savor, for our salvation, and for that of the whole world. Amen. [/color][/size]

[Cam42]

[quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1309262049' post='2259624']

[color="#595959"][font="Arial"][size="2"]I like this a lot! Thanks Cam! I also love the universality of the Catholic Church and how you can go to a Mass on another continent, and even if you are only remotely familiar with the vernacular language, you can understand and worship through your actions! I'd imagine it would be even more amazing to go to an EF Mass in another country![/size][/font][/color][color="#595959"][font="arial, verdana, sans-serif"][size="2"].[/size][/font][/color]
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Yes, when you marry Latin to the rubrics it becomes that much more clearer....One language, one action. That shows the true universality of Holy Mother Church. Since I've made the move to assisting at the Traditional Latin Mass exclusively, I know that no matter where I go in the world, I will be able to understand the words and recognize the actions.

Far too often we lose sight of that. Far too often we don't see that. That is what I love about the Mass. It makes it even better when the Mass is sung, because then chant is employed and the the true earthly vision of the Heavenly liturgy is expressed.

[Papist]

The words of consecration and then hearing the bells ring 3 times.

Love all the bells and smells!!! [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/pope2.gif[/img]

[Maria]

[quote name='Cam42' timestamp='1309261195' post='2259620']
... It shows that the Mass doesn't belong to the priest or to his parish, but rather that he is offering a universal sacrifice for his parishoners and any other Catholic who may be assisting at that Holy Mass. It shows universality....that every priest at every Mass is united to the heavenly celebration, offering the proper sacrifice in the way that Holy Mother Church has handed it down to us...
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Yes! recognizing that the Mass is bigger than any of us, that we're not so much doing something (on our own) as entering into the worship of heaven...