Author Topic: Judas - the first Catholic to leave Mass early (Read 3279 times)

Matthew · « **on:** September 02, 2012, 10:04:48 PM »

I thought this was funny because it's true.

Catholics take heed! Stick around until the recessional hymn is over.

Iuvenalis · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2012, 12:00:36 AM »

Mass is over after Ite Missa Est.

Matthew · « **Reply #2 on:** September 03, 2012, 01:21:17 PM »

Quote from: Iuvenalis

Mass is over after Ite Missa Est.

Yes, but unless one's wife is in labor (or a similar emergency), it wouldn't kill a person to stick around till after the priest leaves the altar...

Iuvenalis · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2012, 03:34:03 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

Quote from: Iuvenalis
Mass is over after Ite Missa Est.

Yes, but unless one's wife is in labor (or a similar emergency), it wouldn't kill a person to stick around till after the priest leaves the altar...

LOL, indeed. We 'linger' a bit after mass to say some prayers as a family in a couple side chapels where we have particular devotions, so we are usually out after everyone has cleared out anyway, including parking. I don't know when it started, we've just always done that.

Apparently it's odd of us.

One time a couple months back we were travelling and stopped into the local parish for a daily Mass (it wasn't a HDoO, but it was a Saint day that was important to us). Needless to say, it was NO and we knew we were rolling the dice but anyway but we were travelling and there were certainly no SSPX or SSPV for 100 mi, they had a weird practice (even for NO) where after the priest said "the Mass has ended..." he just stood at the bottom step and started chatting and the parishioners started their own side conversations.

It was really abrupt, like they couldn't wait for the Mass to end and to start chatting. It was like the next words after he said the Mass had ended was "How have you been Charlie?" like it was one contguous sentence and the side conversations broke out so *immediately*.

I know you're probably not surprised, but I guess we don't get into NO churches much so it still shocks us.

Anyway, so we make our way over to Our Lady and we all kneel and start praying Aves, and the *priest* just stands there chatting us up about where we are from and where we are staying and doesn't care one whit that *we are in prayer* and it is audible (the cacophany is around us with everyone chatting like a Starbucks) and he doesnt stop(!). Then we were at the Infant Jesus of Prague and, again, kneeling and praying audibly minding our own business and he asks more chit-chat questions from the front where he is (and we are all the way at the back now!) to ask what our kids' names are.

Polite conversation, but totally obtuse. I detected definite passive-aggression. I know we should give others the benefit of the doubt but to stand there and jabber about nonsense when people are kneeling and praying, and *continue* to jabber without stopping is not an accidental interruption.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2012, 04:21:52 PM »

Quote from: Iuvenalis

Quote from: Matthew
Quote from: Iuvenalis
Mass is over after Ite Missa Est.

Yes, but unless one's wife is in labor (or a similar emergency), it wouldn't kill a person to stick around till after the priest leaves the altar...

LOL, indeed. We 'linger' a bit after mass to say some prayers as a family in a couple side chapels where we have particular devotions, so we are usually out after everyone has cleared out anyway, including parking. I don't know when it started, we've just always done that.

Apparently it's odd of us.

One time a couple months back we were travelling and stopped into the local parish for a daily Mass (it wasn't a HDoO, but it was a Saint day that was important to us). Needless to say, it was NO and we knew we were rolling the dice but anyway but we were travelling and there were certainly no SSPX or SSPV for 100 mi, they had a weird practice (even for NO) where after the priest said "the Mass has ended..." he just stood at the bottom step and started chatting and the parishioners started their own side conversations.

It was really abrupt, like they couldn't wait for the Mass to end and to start chatting. It was like the next words after he said the Mass had ended was "How have you been Charlie?" like it was one contguous sentence and the side conversations broke out so *immediately*.

I know you're probably not surprised, but I guess we don't get into NO churches much so it still shocks us.

Anyway, so we make our way over to Our Lady and we all kneel and start praying Aves, and the *priest* just stands there chatting us up about where we are from and where we are staying and doesn't care one whit that *we are in prayer* and it is audible (the cacophany is around us with everyone chatting like a Starbucks) and he doesnt stop(!). Then we were at the Infant Jesus of Prague and, again, kneeling and praying audibly minding our own business and he asks more chit-chat questions from the front where he is (and we are all the way at the back now!) to ask what our kids' names are.

Polite conversation, but totally obtuse. I detected definite passive-aggression. I know we should give others the benefit of the doubt but to stand there and jabber about nonsense when people are kneeling and praying, and *continue* to jabber without stopping is not an accidental interruption.

It's always a shock to view the behavior patterns of the Novus Ordites.

Iuvenalis · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2012, 04:39:41 PM »

Agreed, I think trads who are squeamish about being viewed as 'schismatics' should actually attend a NO every so often-- it would remind them, as it does me, that we really are dealing with a different religion since VII.

Loriann · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2012, 04:52:32 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

I thought this was funny because it's true.

Catholics take heed! Stick around until the recessional hymn is over.

:applause:

Love it! I have never understood it--it is generally about three or four minutes more.

Belloc · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2012, 07:45:26 AM »

Quote from: Matthew

Quote from: Iuvenalis
Mass is over after Ite Missa Est.

Yes, but unless one's wife is in labor (or a similar emergency), it wouldn't kill a person to stick around till after the priest leaves the altar...

after Ita, we do the final prayers, Leonine, Last Gospel and Hymn....most of us do 1-2 thanksgiving prayers after Mass............we leave the herding to the door for the NO.....

Iuvenalis · « **Reply #8 on:** September 04, 2012, 11:15:36 AM »

I would almost prefer the NO flocks shuffle out the door instead of engaging in a coffee klatsch right in front of the Blessed Sacrament (assuming they haven't relocated Him to the side in a corner).

These people have a perfectly fine parish hall and don't use it/know what it's for. Why would we head to the parish hall to socialize when we can flap our jowls right here?

poche · « **Reply #9 on:** September 05, 2012, 04:03:43 AM »

That is so true and I intend to point that out to the children in the catachism class.

rowsofvoices9 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 05, 2012, 01:53:59 PM »

Or at least allow the priest enough time to reach the vestibule before exiting your pew.

Traditional Guy 20 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 07, 2012, 05:03:34 PM »

Quote from: Belloc

Quote from: Matthew
Quote from: Iuvenalis
Mass is over after Ite Missa Est.

Yes, but unless one's wife is in labor (or a similar emergency), it wouldn't kill a person to stick around till after the priest leaves the altar...

after Ita, we do the final prayers, Leonine, Last Gospel and Hymn....most of us do 1-2 thanksgiving prayers after Mass............we leave the herding to the door for the NO.....

Same.

I say a few prayers and wait until everyone in front of me leaves.