Does watching XMas mass on the TV Count as 'the real thing'?

JohnCleary

Simple question really :pac:

Venom

No chance you get off going so easy

AlmightyCushion

No but who actually gives a shít.

afatbollix

church forum is over there >>>>>>>>>>

CuppaCocoa

Yes, but only if you watch the COI Service and not the Catholic one! Better looking people and far better choir!

RadioGaGa

Im not a huge fan of the whole mass thing but my moml drags me there every Christmas. Glad I got it out of the way there earlier on. Watching mass on tv is just lazy mans mass which there is absolutely no problem with.l

Mark200

I refused to go with my family today and I refused last year too. If God does exist, they aren't fooling Him by going once a year.

InkSlinger67

Mark200 wrote: »

I refused to go with my family today and I refused last year too. If God does exist, they aren't fooling Him by going once a year.

Gangry post if you ask me! :pac:

Venom

Mark200 wrote: »

I refused to go with my family today and I refused last year too. If God does exist, they aren't fooling Him by going once a year.

Know people who only go to mass on Christmas day as well and always wondered why they bother then and not the rest of the year.

WoollyRedHat

JohnCleary wrote: »

Simple question really :pac:

Xmas mass is as boring as watching paint dry, and they always pick the most God boring priests, who so obviously want to get out of there.

Go to mass, and bring the house down with caroling, it's part of the whole season!

boardswalker

The answer is yes only if you feel that watching a tv programme showing people eating is the same as you eating a dinner!
Otherwise not the same!

OPENROAD

Mass on Sky News there a minute ago, Live from the Vatican.

Donald-Duck

They're both **** so they're the same thing:)

AlmightyCushion

boardswalker wrote: »

The answer is yes only if you feel that watching a tv programme showing people eating is the same as you eating a dinner!
Otherwise not the same!

So watching porn is the same as getting laid then. Sweet!

Agent Smith

Mass on telly freeks me out

Samurai

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

So watching porn is the same as getting laid then. Sweet!

aw man i'm such a whore

OPENROAD

Mass on RTE 1 and BBC 1, people spoilt for choice

The Walsho

You could be drinking beer and fondling yourself while watching.




So yeah it's pretty much the exact same, it counts.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

As your penance, say one Hail Mary and neck a bottle of communion wine and repeat until you don't feel guilty any more.

Mass happens every week, xmas comes just once a year. Don't waste it.

Húrin

JohnCleary wrote: »

Does watching XMas mass on the TV Count as 'the real thing'?

What do you mean by the real thing? You would be lacking the full atmosphere of the place, and miss out on any social aspect of the mass.

But if you're talking about spiritual matters, then it makes no difference whether you go or not for real. Only if you follow Jesus Christ can you know him and thus be saved.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

If you're going to go, do it properly and go. If not, stay at home and **** off to some soft port. At least you're being honest.

Sharpshooter

The Walsho wrote: »

You could be drinking beer wine and fondling yourself while watching.

Are you a priest?

giggsy664

Wow. We've gone this long without a reference to father ted? Congratulations

Sharpshooter

giggsy664 wrote: »

Wow. We've gone this long without a reference to father ted? Congratulations

Feck.:(

the_syco

xmas mass is for the old people who can't get someone to drive them to church

White_Feather

if you really cant be ar$ed going to mass you could do what i pretty much do every year!! Say your off to mass ( puts you in the good books!! ), stop in at the church, pick up a leaflet and leave. Go for a walk or something ( I have a park next to my church so its all good!) then time it. If its 11am mass, should be finished by 11.40, then head home. When you walk back into the house, you will look like golden girl / boy! Bingo!!:D