How New Rite was your Christmas service?

[Simfan34]

How New Rite was your Christmas service?

Mine had maracas, way too jazzy arrangements, and the celebrant did that thing where you ask people to repeat because they are not loud enough. I miss the services on campus.

[rpryor03]

How New Rite was your Christmas service?

Mine had maracas, way too jazzy arrangements, and the celebrant did that thing where you ask people to repeat because they are not loud enough. I miss the services on campus.

That sounds horrbile, I'm so sorry for you.

Mine was the usual church stuff. No incense, but a lot of singing.

[Badger]

My bother in law is observant Catholic, and my mother nominally so, so we usually attend Mass at St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh. Up until the kids got old enough to need a regular bedtime a few years ago, we'd go to 10 pm Mass said by the Bishop. So yeah, pretty much as High Mass as you can get without being in Latin

[they don't love you like i love you]

We were waving our hands, but also concluded with a candlelit Silent Night.

[they don't love you like i love you]

And seriously, is the handwaving stuff that unusual? I've seen people do it at more "low church" Lutheran services at my parents' church before.

[Mr. Smith]

Just returned from mass since one of my folks had a gig there.

Anyway except for one obnoxious hand-waving bit, it was pretty much a standard Catholic mass.

[Simfan34]

Just returned from mass since one of my folks had a gig there.

Anyway except for one obnoxious hand-waving bit, it was pretty much a standard Catholic mass.

W.T. F.?! You had handwaving in a Catholic Mass?!?!

[Badger]

Just returned from mass since one of my folks had a gig there.

Anyway except for one obnoxious hand-waving bit, it was pretty much a standard Catholic mass.

W.T. F.?! You had handwaving in a Catholic Mass?!?!

That, and isn't the Morm in your name short for Mormon?

[ilikeverin]

And seriously, is the handwaving stuff that unusual? I've seen people do it at more "low church" Lutheran services at my parents' church before.

Ugh, I find it disturbing.  I've mostly been able to avoid it.

No hand waving, although there was surprise Spanish during the communion stuff.

[Deus Naturae]

Just returned from mass since one of my folks had a gig there.

Anyway except for one obnoxious hand-waving bit, it was pretty much a standard Catholic mass.

W.T. F.?! You had handwaving in a Catholic Mass?!?!

I once went to an Easter Vigil Mass in a largely Hispanic church (it was torturously long since they read everything twice in English and Spanish...my anti-Vatican II grandfather made a reference to the Tower of Babel) where there was a lot of clapping and candle waving at the end. I liked it though.

Anyway, this year I went to a boring Methodist service with my dad's family. Catholic Masses can be pretty boring as well, but at least you've got scenery and better music.

[Mr. Smith]

@Governor: This is the Bay Area we are talking about here, gotta expect a little craziness here and there.

And for the most part it was just one song towards the middle.

@Badger: Yeah it is, but since when does that mean I can't visit another church once in a while? And like I already said, the parish hired my Dad to do some music. It's still spiritual music related to the holiday,...so I'm not seeing the harm.

[Cranberry]

Well, it was just small paces away from being in Latin. We have an extremely conservative, old catholic priest, so he reads two Lections in stead of one, an endless sermon and all those stuff. So yeah, quite a traditional mass. Good thing I don't have to go there safe for Christmas and Easter.
Waving hands?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

There are three churches I regularly interact with, so I ended up going to two Christmas Eve services.  Would have gone to three save for a scheduling conflict. Both had communion and ended with a candlelit Silent Night.  First up was the UU church I consider my main church, at four in the afternoon.  We had two medleys to sing there as well as Silent Night, one of secular carols and one of religious hymns. I gave a bit of a talk before Silent Night about this being the hundredth anniversary of the Christmas Truce and did a solo of the first German verse before we all sung the usual three English verses.  At seven was the Lutheran church I usually do Sunday school with on my way to the UU church each Sunday.  Quite traditional service, with plenty of scripture readings, hymns, and a brief Christmas themed sermon in addition to the communion and concluding candlelit Silent Night.

[Badger]

@Governor: This is the Bay Area we are talking about here, gotta expect a little craziness here and there.

And for the most part it was just one song towards the middle.

@Badger: Yeah it is, but since when does that mean I can't visit another church once in a while? And like I already said, the parish hired my Dad to do some music. It's still spiritual music related to the holiday,...so I'm not seeing the harm.

No harm, MormDem. I was just surprised, that's all.

Do Mormans celebrate communion? If so, do they accept other Christians at communion?

[Smash255]

Where is the option for didn't go??

[Joe Republic]

Where is the option for didn't go??

^

Is this a Christmas Eve or Christmas Day thing?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Where is the option for didn't go??

^

Is this a Christmas Eve or Christmas Day thing?

Most churches around here will have one or more Christmas Eve services, but not usually a Christmas Day service.

[Keystone Phil]

Where is the option for didn't go??

Not posting in this thread.

[Simfan34]

Where is the option for didn't go??

Don't really care for your verbal onanism in that case.