Author Topic: Etiquette in the House of Our Lord (Read 484 times)

Mat183 · « **on:** **Yesterday** at 03:17:38 PM »

Saint Jude Shrine - Mass Etiquette
"When you are attending Mass and other religious services, be very reverent when you stand up, kneel, and sit. Perform each action with great devotion. Be modest in your gaze, and do not turn your head this way and that to see who is coming or going. Out of reverence for that holy place, do not laugh or look around to see who is nearby. Try not to talk to anyone unless charity or a strict need requires it.
"If you are reciting a group prayer, pronounce the words of the prayer distinctly, stop for the pauses, and never hurry through the prayer.
"In short, behave in such a way that all bystanders are edified and, because of you, are moved to glorify and love the heavenly Father.
"When you leave the church, have a calm and collected demeanor."
Words of Padre Pio, July 25, 1915

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I recently came across this same sage advice from Padre Pio in a more amplified/extended version of it in the book The Last Mass of Padre Pio (Angelus Press) on pp. 190-1. The long-extended quote of the saint to his spiritual daughter Anita Rodote starts off: "In the house of God, in the church, which the Divine Master likes to call 'house of prayer,' I exhort you in the Lord to practice the following:"

Author Topic: Etiquette in the House of Our Lord (Read 484 times)

Mat183

Etiquette in the House of Our Lord