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Posted 22 February 2012 - 10:29 AM
Never knew that.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 11:02 AM
CRAZY DOPE POST, YO!
No, but our parishioners are convinced that Fish Fry Fridays are!
Seriously, I'd rather people not know that its not HDO, so they will go. It's better for them.
Seriously, I'd rather people not know that its not HDO, so they will go. It's better for them.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 12:07 PM
I know it's not but I still prefer to go to Mass on Ash Wednesday anyway because I always have
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 12:08 PM
Whoa! I thought it was a holy day of obligation. I'm still going though! I love going for the begging of Lent! 
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 12:38 PM
It's the busiest day of the year at our campus parish. A lot of students think it is a Holy Day of Obligation. The priests/people that know just don't say anything; we want them to keep coming!
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 12:40 PM
Lisa, on 22 February 2012 - 12:38 PM, said:
It's the busiest day of the year at our campus parish. A lot of students think it is a Holy Day of Obligation. The priests/people that know just don't say anything; we want them to keep coming!
It sounds like you have a really strong Catholic center. Someday when the time comes, I'll look into the schools that are not only Catholic, but have good Newman Centers. I'll remember your college.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:20 PM
Because its the one day of the year people come together and are VISIBLY Catholic. People do yearn for that in these anonymous times. Smells and bells are popular for a reason. We NEED them
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:42 PM
I was shocked to find out that it wasn't. However, our family has always practiced like it was. So, God be with us all today
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:45 PM
CRAZY DOPE POST, YO!
What I don't get is that they come in DROVES for Ash Wednesday, but no one shows up on Sunday.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:48 PM
MissyP89, on 22 February 2012 - 01:45 PM, said:
What I don't get is that they come in DROVES for Ash Wednesday, but no one shows up on Sunday.
I like to think that some of the people who do that in my parish must attend elsewhere on Sunday (because I attend on a military base so people who work here but live off post may still come, and soldiers who live off post)... but I still have that nasty little thought in the back of my head when I see them "Where were you on Sunday?"
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:55 PM
Funny, a lot of Christmas/Easter Catholics also seem to think that Ash Wednesday is an HDO.
This is the first year I'll not be going to Mass on Ash Wednesday since I was probably 7 or 8. I miss my ashes...
This is the first year I'll not be going to Mass on Ash Wednesday since I was probably 7 or 8. I miss my ashes...
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 05:22 PM
fides, on 22 February 2012 - 01:55 PM, said:
Funny, a lot of Christmas/Easter Catholics also seem to think that Ash Wednesday is an HDO.
This is the first year I'll not be going to Mass on Ash Wednesday since I was probably 7 or 8. I miss my ashes...
This is the first year I'll not be going to Mass on Ash Wednesday since I was probably 7 or 8. I miss my ashes...
Sad! I think I've missed maybe once in my entire life. Going to Catholic School had its perks. We kind of didn't have a choice in going. Will your wife and baby be able to go? John Paul even got ashes, though they got rubbed off quickly with the fifty million wardrobe changes we had to do today, due to leaky diapers...
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 05:26 PM
cmotherofpirl, on 22 February 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:
Because its the one day of the year people come together and are VISIBLY Catholic. People do yearn for that in these anonymous times. Smells and bells are popular for a reason. We NEED them
Exactly.
MissyP89, on 22 February 2012 - 01:45 PM, said:
What I don't get is that they come in DROVES for Ash Wednesday, but no one shows up on Sunday.
Because you get FREE ASHES!!!!
Seriously. It's the only reason. It has to be. There is no difference otherwise.
Sadly Ash Wednesday turnout is really what you should be getting most, if not all, Sundays.
There are 3 days to get an idea of how many in-name Catholics are out there. Christmas, Easter, and Ash Wednesday. Each of these turnouts is an indication of who the Church is missing each regular Sunday.
As for people mistaking Ash Wednesday for a holy day of obligation, another example of the lack of catechisis. Although if I was a priest, that would be the last thing I would tell people.....
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 05:30 PM
eagle_eye222001, on 22 February 2012 - 05:26 PM, said:
As for people mistaking Ash Wednesday for a holy day of obligation, another example of the lack of catechisis. Although if I was a priest, that would be the last thing I would tell people.....
Yup. The priest at my parish is precisely taking advantage of this. Ash Wednesday services was announce and emphasized over and over and over.
I think imho he's smart. Shoot -- I forgot that it wasn't a holy day of obligation!
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 05:56 PM
I kind of wish priests would mention in their sermons on Ash Wednesday and Easter that every Sunday is an obligation.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 07:50 PM
We were practically hanging from the rafters. Church and Overflow were packed! A Good Sign. After Mass, our priest even thanked everyone for coming.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 10:49 PM
The spanish Mass was standing room only ... people were lined up on the side aisles. Lots of people. No where to sit.
I arrived 1/2 hr beforehand, and I was stuck sitting towards the back (I'm usually in the 3rd or 4th row). I went to confession (and left my coat and purse there) and when I came back even my coat and purse barely had a seat (so I had a seat somewhat ... knelt on the floor though).
Father's said during Mass (100% paraphrased):
"If you come to Church, and as soon as you walk out that door you yell and scream at your spouse, what are you doing?
If you come to Church, and as soon as you step outside you are unfaithful to your spouse, what are you doing?
If you come to Church, and upon leaving you start to gossip, or judge, or complain, what are you doing?
etc.
God is asking you to take a look at what you are doing, and change. This is the start of Lent ... it is a time to repent ... this is a time to sacrifice until it hurts, to give until it hurts. For if you sacrifice but it isn't really anything, then you're not really sacrificing at all. If you give but it is more of a token, then you're not really giving. Those of you who think you are poor and have nothing to give, there are those poorer than you and you do have something to give. Remember the Lord has given you everything, and the Lord wants everything."
YES! Amen to that!
I arrived 1/2 hr beforehand, and I was stuck sitting towards the back (I'm usually in the 3rd or 4th row). I went to confession (and left my coat and purse there) and when I came back even my coat and purse barely had a seat (so I had a seat somewhat ... knelt on the floor though).
Father's said during Mass (100% paraphrased):
"If you come to Church, and as soon as you walk out that door you yell and scream at your spouse, what are you doing?
If you come to Church, and as soon as you step outside you are unfaithful to your spouse, what are you doing?
If you come to Church, and upon leaving you start to gossip, or judge, or complain, what are you doing?
etc.
God is asking you to take a look at what you are doing, and change. This is the start of Lent ... it is a time to repent ... this is a time to sacrifice until it hurts, to give until it hurts. For if you sacrifice but it isn't really anything, then you're not really sacrificing at all. If you give but it is more of a token, then you're not really giving. Those of you who think you are poor and have nothing to give, there are those poorer than you and you do have something to give. Remember the Lord has given you everything, and the Lord wants everything."
YES! Amen to that!
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 10:53 PM
cmariadiaz, on 22 February 2012 - 10:49 PM, said:
The spanish Mass was standing room only ... people were lined up on the side aisles. Lots of people. No where to sit.
I arrived 1/2 hr beforehand, and I was stuck sitting towards the back (I'm usually in the 3rd or 4th row). I went to confession (and left my coat and purse there) and when I came back even my coat and purse barely had a seat (so I had a seat somewhat ... knelt on the floor though).
Father's said during Mass (100% paraphrased):
"If you come to Church, and as soon as you walk out that door you yell and scream at your spouse, what are you doing?
If you come to Church, and as soon as you step outside you are unfaithful to your spouse, what are you doing?
If you come to Church, and upon leaving you start to gossip, or judge, or complain, what are you doing?
etc.
God is asking you to take a look at what you are doing, and change. This is the start of Lent ... it is a time to repent ... this is a time to sacrifice until it hurts, to give until it hurts. For if you sacrifice but it isn't really anything, then you're not really sacrificing at all. If you give but it is more of a token, then you're not really giving. Those of you who think you are poor and have nothing to give, there are those poorer than you and you do have something to give. Remember the Lord has given you everything, and the Lord wants everything."
YES! Amen to that!
I arrived 1/2 hr beforehand, and I was stuck sitting towards the back (I'm usually in the 3rd or 4th row). I went to confession (and left my coat and purse there) and when I came back even my coat and purse barely had a seat (so I had a seat somewhat ... knelt on the floor though).
Father's said during Mass (100% paraphrased):
"If you come to Church, and as soon as you walk out that door you yell and scream at your spouse, what are you doing?
If you come to Church, and as soon as you step outside you are unfaithful to your spouse, what are you doing?
If you come to Church, and upon leaving you start to gossip, or judge, or complain, what are you doing?
etc.
God is asking you to take a look at what you are doing, and change. This is the start of Lent ... it is a time to repent ... this is a time to sacrifice until it hurts, to give until it hurts. For if you sacrifice but it isn't really anything, then you're not really sacrificing at all. If you give but it is more of a token, then you're not really giving. Those of you who think you are poor and have nothing to give, there are those poorer than you and you do have something to give. Remember the Lord has given you everything, and the Lord wants everything."
YES! Amen to that!
Glad to hear you had a good homily. The homily I heard was 90% composed of a comedy routine with 10% bare theology.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 11:15 PM
Oh I forgot ... the priest also made a point to focus on the need to forgive.
eagle_eye222001 sorry that your homily wasn't as good ... but hey, at least you got Jesus in the Eucharist. That is WIN.
eagle_eye222001 sorry that your homily wasn't as good ... but hey, at least you got Jesus in the Eucharist
. That is WIN.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 11:29 PM
All three Masses at Church today were jam-packed! Especially the one at 6:30am!!! 
I went to the 7pm Mass to distribute ashes and the Eucharist as an EMHC, and there was standing room only. A lot of the latecomers had to be sent to the Chapel for a seat because there were no pew spaces left. It was unreal how crowded it was. You can imagine how dry my throat was after I said, "Remember man that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," to about 100 people.
I went to the 7pm Mass to distribute ashes and the Eucharist as an EMHC, and there was standing room only. A lot of the latecomers had to be sent to the Chapel for a seat because there were no pew spaces left. It was unreal how crowded it was. You can imagine how dry my throat was after I said, "Remember man that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," to about 100 people.
