Going to Mass on Christmas Day?

publicious

Well After Hours, tomorrow is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Will ye be going along in your Christmas finest and swanning up for Holy Communion (like a fashion parade) so as to keep the parents happy? Or will ye be going along because you like to feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Or will you avoid like the plague so you can get up to speed on the latest happenings on Facebook or Netflix?

Please don't turn this thread into yet another anti-church hate-fest.

WIZE

No

no fcuk off

publicious

WIZE wrote: »

No

I don't see the point in getting hammered when there's nothing to celebrate.

mikemac1

Going to midnight mass instead

Oh wait, midnight mass is at 7pm!

keith16

You're the one who has likened it to "the plague".

DarkJager

It's a day for gettin wrecked and giving presets, nothing more.

paddy147

mikemac1 wrote: »

Going to midnight mass instead

Oh wait, midnight mass is at 7pm!

8;30pm in my local parish church.

I used to love going to mass as a kid with my mam and dad,Propper midnight mass at midnight.


Now due to thugs and thieves robbing OAPs its back to 8;30pm these days.:(

dilapidating

DarkJager wrote: »

It's a day for gettin wrecked and giving presets, nothing more.

What about the dinner?

P_1

Haven't been inside a church since 2008, can't see that changing for a while...

paddy147

publicious wrote: »

I don't see the point in getting hammered when there's nothing to celebrate.

Having family and friends and loved ones around you.

Seeing your childs face on Christmass morning as they are opening presents

Having a roof over your head and clothes on your back

Plenty to celebrate


Seeing and realizing how very lucky you really are,when you see sad things from around the world and civil wars/enviromental disasters on the TV/News.




So in fact you have lots to be thankfull for and to celebrate.:)

e_e

No, and I am not treating it as a piss up either (fed up of it). Just gonna enjoy food and good company and maybe play a few games too.

Holsten

Nope, haven't been in many years.

GRMA

Yes, I like Christmas mass

OneArt

I go to Mass usually if I'm with the family because it's a big thing for my mam.

But you wouldn't ever catch me dead taking communion, kneeling or praying. I just sit there politely and try not to get turned into a pillar of salt.

AK333

Well I was planning on going out in about an hour but feel lousy. Have a cold and sore throat so see how I feel tomorrow. I like "Midnight Mass", love the carols, the feel good factor, love it all. I might pray for a speedy recovery!

publicious

OneArt wrote: »

I go to Mass usually if I'm with the family because it's a big thing for my mam.

But you wouldn't ever catch me dead taking communion, kneeling or praying. I just sit there politely and try not to get turned into a pillar of salt.

Would you ever grow up and show some maturity.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/archbishop-urges-lapsed-catholics-to-leave-the-faith-2959884.html

mikom

publicious wrote: »

Will ye be going along in your Christmas finest and swanning up for Holy Communion (like a fashion parade) so as to keep the parents happy? Or will ye be going along because you like to feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Or will you avoid like the plague so you can get up to speed on the latest happenings on Facebook or Netflix?

A choice between fiction, fiction, and fiction.
How will I fit it all in?

Lapin

publicious wrote: »

Please don't turn this thread into yet another anti-church hate-fest.

Two hopes of that and well you know it.

Its why you started this stupid thread.

Jogathon

Mass with whole family at 11. Opening presents after. I love Christmas.

smellslikeshoes

publicious wrote: »

Would you ever grow up and show some maturity.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/archbishop-urges-lapsed-catholics-to-leave-the-faith-2959884.html

Pity they made it impossible to leave the RCC.

El Guapo!

Nope.
I only go to mass for weddings, funerals, and christenings.

juan.kerr

publicious wrote: »

I don't see the point in getting hammered when there's nothing to celebrate.

And for those of us who don't drink...

Sunnyisland

Bring my grandchildren to mass tomorrow, all one of them :-)

publicious

Dean09 wrote: »

Nope.
I only go to mass for weddings, funerals, and christenings.

Oh, so you're "one of those" a la carte types.

The very type who goes crying for a priest in his hour of need, yet doesn't support his parish because you want to be in the "hip-and-cool-I-hate-the-church" gang.

You're the reason I won't get a seat tomorrow.

super_furry

I'm keeping it real and celebrating Yule.

supackofidiots

Yeah. Will hit the ten pm mass tonight. I love the christmas mass, it's a really nice one to attend.

mikom

publicious wrote: »

You're the reason I won't get a seat tomorrow.

Suffer little children to come unto me.

supackofidiots

realies wrote: »

Bring my grandchildren to mass tomorrow, all one of them :-)

and more importantly doing it sober rather than hungover!
Congrats pal, and happy christmas to you

Pilotdude5

No as I'm not Religious. I will however be celebrating the glorious secular holiday of Christmas! I worship Annual Gift Man who lives on the moon.

Talib Fiasco

Well I go to mass every weekend so yeah tomorrow at some stage. I hate Christmas mass though...too much bullsh*t choir music and all the spoilt children are on display....no thanks.

TheChizler

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

Pity they made it impossible to leave the RCC.

Damn church with their mind control powers...

philologos

publicious wrote: »

Well After Hours, tomorrow is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Will ye be going along in your Christmas finest and swanning up for Holy Communion (like a fashion parade) so as to keep the parents happy? Or will ye be going along because you like to feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Or will you avoid like the plague so you can get up to speed on the latest happenings on Facebook or Netflix?

Please don't turn this thread into yet another anti-church hate-fest.

I'll be going to my home church tonight because I want to be there.

Sunnyisland

supackofidiots wrote: »

and more importantly doing it sober rather than hungover!
Congrats pal, and happy christmas to you

Same to you

Biggins

No.

efb

No.

I'm not welcome in the Church of Rome! Which suits me cos I wouldn't partake in such a bigoted organisations rituals

The Big Red Button

I'm not religious, so no, I won't be attending any religious ceremonies tomorrow.

SilverScreen

No.

I might go for a jog or a cycle instead of going to mass. More beneficial and worthwhile. Have to open the presents first though

Rayne Wooney

Free bread and wine? I'm there.

But seriously, no I'm not going to mass. I'm going to spend the whole of Christmad Day with the family.

Drafty122

yea boyyy

Stinicker

Not going to Christmas Mass for the second year in a row. I have been to Church twice since 2010 both times for funerals of people I knew. I did it to show my sympathy to their families.

Madam_X

publicious wrote: »

Well After Hours, tomorrow is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Will ye be going along in your Christmas finest and swanning up for Holy Communion (like a fashion parade) so as to keep the parents happy? Or will ye be going along because you like to feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Or will you avoid like the plague so you can get up to speed on the latest happenings on Facebook or Netflix?

What's with the confrontational, snide questions? You could have asked are people going because they're religious, or are people not going because they're not religious. Your hostility doesn't seem very christian.

publicious wrote: »

Oh, so you're "one of those" a la carte types.

The very type who goes crying for a priest in his hour of need, yet doesn't support his parish because you want to be in the "hip-and-cool-I-hate-the-church" gang.

Yes, people who don't believe in god and have a problem with the catholic church organisation are just trying to be "hip and cool" - keep telling yourself that.
Surely going to church just for hatches, matches and dispatches is done out of respect for those celebrating/mourning rather than being an a la carte catholic, and where is there even a hint that that poster would go crying for a priest in his hour of need?
I'm the same as him - it's because I think it would be wrong of me not to attend those ceremonies, as they are my friends'/relatives' days, not mine; a la carte catholicism doesn't come into it.
Bet you'd be bitching at people who choose not to attend weddings/christenings/funerals if held in a church.

Mint Sauce

Going tonight, work in the morning.

Wont be receiving though, still have that implanted belief, that I cant receive if have not been to confession after missing Sunday Mass. Actually like midnight mass (even though its not at midnight) at Christmas, its one of the only times I go barring weddings and funerals.

Wattle

Can never really understand Christians who only go to mass at Christmas. What about the other 51 weeks a year? Don't you need Jesus then?

branie

We have Mass tonight at 10pm, and I will be there with my parents

AK333

Feeling better already so heading for the Friary for 9pm. Merry Christmas everyone

mckenzie84

I'm agnostic and yes I'll be going. I go every year. It's a family tradition really. It's only an hour or so out of my life so what harm.

Agricola

Nah, stopped being a hypocrite circa 2001

LordSutch

publicious wrote: »

Going to Mass on Christmas Day?

For the sake of all Christian denominations you should have titled the thread "Will you be going to Church on Christmas day" . . .

Yes.

keano_afc

Not Catholic so I wont be going to Mass, but I will be going to church in the morning.

juan.kerr

LordSutch wrote: »

For the sake of all Christian denominations you should have titled the thread "Will you be going to Church on Christmas day" . . .

Yes.

Next you'll be questioning the use of the term 'Christmas'. For our muslin brothers.