Christmas mass

cena

So who here well be going to going to mass on Christmas eve or day?

I well be. I prefer going Christmas eve.

FunLover18

Spending Christmas was the Grandfather so not going to mass isn't an option.

Lia_lia

Haven't been to mass since school, so no! I hear mass is nice over Christmas, though. With the carols and all that.

denis160

Use to rock up to 12 o'clock mass on Xmas eve after the pub, 1 eye looking at ya, 1 looking for ya, did the job, these days its Xmas mass on Xmas eve with the kids....much prefer mass on Xmas eve.

Kevin McCloud

I love a good mass, the priest has to know how to use the alter though.

heldel00

My mam had us duped years ago that we had to go on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!
I mean I was 21/22 and chatting to someone in the pub on the way home and copped that she had been f**king with us for years!
(Still go to both! Catholic guilt is hard to shake off!)

cloud493

Christmas eve and christmas day.

anncoates

Haven't went since I was a teenager but it was great. You went down in your new Christmas threads to check out girls you fancied.

Zamboni

Ain't got time fo dat!

Banjo String

Not being the best practitioner of catholicism in the world, prob not.

Though my eldest is getting near mass going age, (where her teacher may question) I might start frequenting mass a bit more.

It's mad, back in my day you didn't dare miss mass, my mam and dad wouldn't put up with it tbh, I came from a "if you live under my roof, you go to mass" household, and it wasn't uncommon for me to ask someone for a mass booklet, find out who said mass, and what he preached about.


I don't think kids these days even bother to "Mitch" mass. They just don't bother their shyte even pretending.

kneemos

Used to go when I was young,always hated it because it was longer than normal.

ChunkyLover54

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

I love a good mass, the priest has to know how to use the alter though.

I recommend Fr Ultan Crosbie, especially his latin mass....effortless chalice work.

cena

Lia_lia wrote: »

Haven't been to mass since school, so no! I hear mass is nice over Christmas, though. With the carols and all that.

I do like the carols. It makes it the extra special in Christmas eve mass.

dalta5billion

Lia_lia wrote: »

Haven't been to mass since school, so no! I hear mass is nice over Christmas, though. With the carols and all that.

The protestants always do a miles better carol service, they pack as many hymns in as they can, and do away with the boring crap. The local reverend plays the guitar, so that always gets brought out too.

eyescreamcone

I don't go to mass during the year. I see no reason to go at Xmas.







You do know it's all a fairy storey don't you?

heldel00

Banjo String wrote: »

Not being the best practitioner of catholicism in the world, prob not.

Though my eldest is getting near mass going age, (where her teacher may question) I might start frequenting mass a bit more.

It's mad, back in my day you didn't dare miss mass, my mam and dad wouldn't put up with it tbh, I came from a "if you live under my roof, you go to mass" household, and it wasn't uncommon for me to ask someone for a mass booklet, find out who said mass, and what he preached about.


I don't think kids these days even bother to "Mitch" mass. They just don't bother their shyte even pretending.

They won't question

Gumbi

Not a Catholic, why would I go?

No doubt the sermon would take a potshot at "The Gays" or some such nonsense.

The_Valeyard

Midnight mass on Christmas Eve, no lights as such, just candles and carols. It's very nice

Always go Christmas Eve, something nicer about the mass then than Christmas morning and nice to head for a few pints after too. I go to mass regularly though so it's not a once a year visit for me.

The_Valeyard

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Midnight mass on Christmas Eve, no lights as such, just candles and carols. It's very nice

I actually been for years , maybe twenty or more. But for some today I thought about maybe going to the midnight mass, for the candles and the carols and the nice sense of peace I seem to recall.

cena

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Midnight mass on Christmas Eve, no lights as such, just candles and carols. It's very nice

Use to go the one in Liverpool for years. Got tired very quick

ChunkyLover54

Gumbi wrote: »

Not a Catholic, why would I go?

No doubt the sermon would take a potshot at "The Gays" or some such nonsense.

Nope, I've never heard a priest take a potshot at gays or any other minority group in any of the masses I've been to (although I go to mass approximately once a year).

Nearly all the homilies I've ever heard have been boring, "be nice to the people around you" type messages.

dalta5billion

Gumbi wrote: »

Not a Catholic, why would I go?

No doubt the sermon would take a potshot at "The Gays" or some such nonsense.

That doesn't happen.



If it did, Una Mullally would have written a screamy column on it by now.

Venus In Furs

eyescreamcone wrote: »

You do know it's all a fairy storey don't you?

No, nobody ever said that before - thanks!

Gumbi wrote: »

No doubt the sermon would take a potshot at "The Gays" or some such nonsense.

"No doubt"?

nc19

I can honestly say that mass over xmas or even in general never entered my head until I saw this thread

so many more important things to do like peel the spuds or cut my toe nails

RayM

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

I recommend Fr Ultan Crosbie, especially his latin mass....effortless chalice work.

He gives good mass.

Warper

Mass in ur face

Willfarman

Celebrate the birth of baby Jesus who we now eat in the form of wierd biscuits.. Nom nom nom... Hark the herald Angels sing!

Gumbi

Venus In Furs wrote: »

No, nobody ever said that before - thanks!

"No doubt"?

You should listen to what the Catholic church has preached and proposed to legislate for the masses over the years. Shocking stuff, so I hear.

SMJSF

no. Haven't been to christmas mass in probably over 10 years!

Lyaiera

I always hated the secondary school people they got singing, some on the tin whistle, a teacher on the keyboard or guitar. Far too enthusiastic for me.

r93kaey5p2izun

No, haven't been in nearly 20 years. I quite liked Christmas Eve mass though (didn't mind mass in general tbh) and in some ways would love to go.

Pherekydes

My mass goes up substantially over Christmas.

So my Christmas mass is about 10kg.

IsaacWunder

RayM wrote: »

He gives good mass.

Father Clippett does a good, long mass, three hours since he had his stroke.

Ruu

Used to go to the midnight mass with my gran but after she moved on from this realm, I never bothered much with it. We have a celeb doing our mass now anyway.

vicwatson

Id self combust if I walked into a church.

Chucken

Ruu wrote: »

Used to go to the midnight mass with my gran but after she moved on from this realm, I never bothered much with it. We have a celeb doing our mass now anyway.

If it's the celeb I'm thinking of, I'd nearly go to hear him

vicwatson

"Father, is there anything to be said for another mass"

Zamboni

vicwatson wrote: »

Id self combust if I walked into a church.

There is more evidence for SHC than there is for the existence of a deity in fairness :pac:

Galwayguy35

Yes will be going on Christmas Eve.

P_1

Standing in a crowded unheated building in the middle of flu season never struck me as a good idea so I shan't be partaking again this year.

JaseBelleVie

I was always brought to Christmas Eve mass when I was a kid. I much preferred it, as it meant you could spend all day on Christmas Day just opening presents and not having to leave the house. Fighting with the brother over what presents were his and which were mine and all that.

One year, however, the trauma of it all. It was too stormy to go to mass on Christmas Eve. Myself and the brother were delighted as we thought we'd dodged mass altogether. Imagine our dual horror when we were dragged from bed at 8am the following morning, out to the car and down to a 2 hour long mass. We felt like it would never end. I was 8 and he was 5, so we were both just aching to get to our presents.

I'll probably go this year, the local church has mass at 9pm and I'll go with the parents and the brother just to do a family thing. It's usually spot on too, with some Christmas carols and stuff, so more entertaining than the usual mass.

6541

I will be going for the sake of Irish Tradition, then I will do the xmas swim !

Manach

Usually wait.for midday mass. Easier to spot anyone else bearing coal.

ChunkyLover54

JaseHeath wrote: »

One year, however, the trauma of it all. It was too stormy to go to mass on Christmas Eve. Myself and the brother were delighted as we thought we'd dodged mass altogether. Imagine our dual horror when we were dragged from bed at 8am the following morning, out to the car and down to a 2 hour long mass. We felt like it would never end. I was 8 and he was 5, so we were both just aching to get to our presents.

Your folks brought you to mass before you opened your presents? That's practically child cruelty.

cloud493

My traditional christmas day when I was a kid

6am - christmas walk to mass
8am - mass (the church was a good hour and a half walk from us)
10am - walk back from mass.
12pm - open one present
1pm - walking
4pm - finally eat some food that wasn't communion wafer
6pm - mass
8.30pm - finally open the ****ing presents.

iguana

I'd rather boil my head. Next year I might take my son to a pre-Christmas carols concert that's held in the local CoI cathedral as he loves choral music and he should be old enough to enjoy it as part of the build up to Santa's birthday. But that's it. An evening of well regarded singers belting out a few carols might be fun, no need for a lecture to go with it.

shruikan2553

Haven't been to mass for any other day the past 10 years, see no reason to start now. Rest of the family tend to go though.

JaseBelleVie

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

Your folks brought you to mass before you opened your presents? That's practically child cruelty.

I know, right! I think my little brother actually did cry in the car on the way. I sulked more than cried. But it was all forgotten and we got what we asked for so it was all blissful afterwards. But it says something when I can still remember the "incident" nearly 20 years after it happened. :P

cena

iguana wrote: »

I'd rather boil my head. Next year I might take my son to a pre-Christmas carols concert that's held in the local CoI cathedral as he loves choral music and he should be old enough to enjoy it as part of the build up to Santa's birthday. But that's it. An evening of well regarded singers belting out a few carols might be fun, no need for a lecture to go with it.

I hope your not telling your son its Santa's birthday on the 25th?

Sure its Jesus birthday.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Christmas eve is for the pub until such time as I have kids.

Christmas morning is for mass and trying to shake off a hangover while listening to the screams and cries of the products of our latest baby boom.