That kind of stuff really bugs me. Are people really so busy that they can't take an hour out of their time for God. I've been to Mass a couple of times where the priest and/or the parishoners seemed like they had someplace better to be, and it felt like it was a fast food drive through service, McMass.
"That kind of stuff really bugs me. Are people really so busy that they can't take an hour out of their time for God. I've been to Mass a couple of times where the priest and/or the parishoners seemed like they had someplace better to be, and it felt like it was a fast food drive through service, McMass."
Brother, you just hit the nail on the head. In my experience, the speed-Mass is more the rule than the exception in the western church. And woe be onto you if you get in the way of the stampede to leave!
It's actually kind of funny to contrast the speed-Mass with Divine Liturgy. If Liturgy starts on time, which it sometimes does, it'll be at least an hour and fifteen minutes.
Well, since something "out of the ordinary" usually is happening, make that an hour and a half. A Baptism? Make it two hours. And then there's the after Liturgy fellowship, which goes another half hour. Maybe longer.
Sunday is the Sabbath, the Lord's day. And we can't even give God an hour or two out of our busy schedules?