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Author Topic: The flappers are back  (Read 6613 times)

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Online St Giles

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Re: The flappers are back
« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2024, 12:39:26 PM »
A ring during the jenuflections can alert people to the elevation, and indicate to those who can't see what's happening that the elevation is over.

Offline Ladislaus

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Re: The flappers are back
« Reply #21 on: March 26, 2024, 12:45:29 PM »
LOL ... yeah, I've seen Low Masses with 6 servers, 4 of whom do absolutely nothing during the Mass.  :laugh1: 

I don't believe they even knew the responses and certainly weren't making them.  I guess it could be a way to help train the new altar servers, little by little.  I recall that the first time I served a Tridentine Mass, I was alone, and it was somewhat intimidating.


Offline ElwinRansom1970

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Re: The flappers are back
« Reply #22 on: March 26, 2024, 01:03:29 PM »
I recall that the first time I served a Tridentine Mass, I was alone, and it was somewhat intimidating.
I had the same experience for my first time serving.

Offline Matthew

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Re: The flappers are back
« Reply #23 on: March 26, 2024, 02:28:04 PM »
LOL ... yeah, I've seen Low Masses with 6 servers, 4 of whom do absolutely nothing during the Mass.  :laugh1: 

I don't believe they even knew the responses and certainly weren't making them.  I guess it could be a way to help train the new altar servers, little by little.  I recall that the first time I served a Tridentine Mass, I was alone, and it was somewhat intimidating.

That brings back memories. We did that at our chapel for a while. We had 4 servers at a Low Mass, the 2 "normal" ones who actually did stuff, and the two in the middle who did nothing. I think the idea was for a bunch of the boys to get "stick time" (to use a pilot's term) -- experience at serving Mass.

Offline Mark 79

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Re: The flappers are back
« Reply #24 on: March 26, 2024, 09:03:56 PM »
…One might conclude…

As plain as the nose on your face, "one might conclude" is NOT dispositive, but is only speculation.

I do conclude that nowhere in any of the declarative statements is there explicitly a call for a "three-within-three" rubric.

I did not ask for "what makes sense to [you]." I asked for a statement of definitive authority and received… the speculation of someone without jurisdiction. Bait and switch.

If I am silly for being bothered by this, how much sillier is the person who can only offer what "one might conclude"?

"One might conclude" that "three-within-three" is in the same canonical category as clown "Masses."