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To: RKBA Democrat

I went to Mass this past Monday. I usually don't get the chance to go to daily Mass but had the chance this time. Anway, the entire Mass took no longer than 35 minutes. It was as if the priest was in a hurry to just get it over with. I was really quite disturbing.


24 posted on 03/02/2006 8:27:19 PM PST by frankiep
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To: frankiep
You ought to have heard them back in the days of the Latin Mass!

(. . . in fact a by-word, when somebody talked too fast, was, "You should hear him say Mass.")

Our rector (he's an older priest who came up when all the classes in seminary were taught in Latin) was telling me that some priests used to cut corners and leave out a few words. You're more likely to get caught in English!

I went to daily Mass yesterday in a church near my work. Nice middle-aged Franciscan, he was paced just about right - not so speedy as to be irreverent, speaking clearly, but not dawdling over his words. (And he gave a short homily).

26 posted on 03/03/2006 7:16:49 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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