born and raised catholic,I finally left and just read the bible on my own,I think I got more out of reading the bible on my own in 2-3 years then the past 20 plus years of going to church...
2007-01-10 17:05:20 · 17 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
+ Ritual +
The Mass is many things. One is that the Mass is a ritual, some things stay the same and some things change. No matter what church you go to (Catholic or non-Catholic) you will find ritual.
Rituals are all around us. Humans are ritualistic beings. We make rituals out of everything.
In our everyday lives, kissing your spouse hello and goodbye, shaking hands with friends and strangers, prayers before meals and bed, celebrating holidays the "family" way, even doing your morning toilette.
Rituals also give reassurance to children, adding a sense of confidence through repetition. Family members are brought together and bonds are strengthened.
Society has rituals: graduations, inaugurations, the Independence Day, New Years, Halloween, parades, the Olympics opening ceremonies.
Religion also has rituals, like baptism, marriage, and funerals.
This is the way humans live, celebrate and rejoice. This is also how we pass our values and traditions onto future generations.
+ The Bible +
The Catholic Church would say that you should have been reading the Bible all along.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says: The Church forcefully and specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful to learn ‘the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ,' by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. ‘Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.'
Although some Catholics that do not read the Bible on a regular basis, we all listen to the Word being proclaimed and explained in every Mass.
In every Sunday Mass there are at least four Bible readings
+ First Reading - usually from the Old Testament
+ A Psalm is prayed by all
+ Second Reading - usually from a New Testament Epistle
+ Gospel Reading
+ then the priest bring them all together and helps us apply them to our lives in the homily
With love in Christ.
2007-01-11 15:49:49 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because there is a ritual involved. Many religions have been following the same rituals of praise for millenia. There is no need for it to change, because its mystery comes in part from its age. Knowing what comes next helps people to be intthe moment, without thinking about what to say all the time. Imagine a Protestant Sunday morning, where no one has to find all the hymns in the hymnal, figure out how to sing the newer ones, and wonder if they'll ever sing it again. I'm not even Christian, but I still find an old-fashioned Greek or Latin Mass to be a truly stirring spiritual experience. Plus, when a priest has to do the same thing daily for years on end, I'm sure he'd get pretty tired of rewriting it every week!
2007-01-10 17:20:14 · answer #2 · answered by Angela M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Participating at Mass and studying the Bible are two totally different things.
The Mass accomplishes God's work of salvation, before your very eyes.
The Bible simply provides some of the background material to help explain it.
You obviously need a couple more years in order to harmonize the two.
If you're serious about your Catholic faith, send me an email with a postal mailing address and I'll send you a free Catholic Resource CD, which will explain everythng you need to know about the Mass, the Bible, and everything else, in a way that will be both simple and enjoyable.
2007-01-10 17:42:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I learn the primary side of your query, I instantly inspiration of the SSPX. There's no main issue with you favoring the Tridentine Mass, however your outward disdain for it is counterpart, the Novus Ordo, stinks of SSPX-"ism". Low and behold, while I clicked for your query to learn on, I see you bringing up the SSPX! Do I understand my stuff or what? The SSPX is is excommunicated from the Catholic Church. They don't seem to be "Catholic". Most folks believe the Church excommunicated the SSPX on account that it celebrates the Tridentine Mass. No. The cause the SSPX was once excommunicated was once on account that it authorizes annulments. A legitimate annulment can most effective come from the Vatican. Henry XIII was once one other person who was once excommunicated - for the equal cause - while he took it upon himself to annul his possess marriage. Since you are new to Catholicism, the worst factor you'll do is fake you realize extra approximately the Catholic Mass than Catholics who've been attending it their complete lifestyles. Perhaps you have to upgrade upon your possess capabilities of the historical past of the Catholic Mass on the whole - then you'll comprehend the Novus Ordo, and the truly Tridentine Mass. As a Catholic (no longer SSPX, I imply a "truly" Catholic), there is not anything flawed with you favoring and attending the Tridentine Mass. There is anything so grossly out of whack along with your perspective because it relates to the Novus Ordo. Favoring the Tridentine Mass does no longer imply you must regard the Novus Ordo with disdain. Might I endorse, within the most powerful viable phrases, the booklet, "We Worship: A Guide to the Catholic Mass", by means of Father Oscar Lukefahr.
2016-09-03 20:20:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't supposed to change. The mass is supposed to be a recreation of the celebration of the last supper, and the sacrifice that Christ made for us. And Catholicism is not a simple religion. it is not meant to be just a Sunday thing. Every day the study is important. Books like "the Liturgy of the Hours" are used in daily devotion and prayer. Daily mass is important as well, and also making the effort to really understand and learn what Catholicism is all about.
2007-01-11 04:47:41 · answer #5 · answered by me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You never got the message. The Mass is the re-creation of Calvary. Padre Pio (St. Pio, now) said, "The world could exist more easily without the sun than without the daily sacrifice of the Mass". He was in a position to know. You are not. In order to "get" something out of the Mass, your life has got to be "giving" something. You have to be living the truth of the Gospel. Also, by separating yourself from the Eucharist, you're missing out on the greatest gift this side of heaven. Keep reading Scripture. It sanctifies your mind.
2007-01-10 17:19:07 · answer #6 · answered by Babs 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yep, me too. In fact, I never learned anything that was actually Biblical in Catholic school, mass, or sunday school. Except maybe the story of the three children in Daniel.
Even the Apple story in Genesis isn't Biblical. Keep on studying on your own - best idea you ever had. Oh, by the way, God will reward you greatly for it. Why? Because you seek truth, not just a hour social session on Sunday morning.
2007-01-10 17:12:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Now if you would just put down the bible and watch a South Park marathon you'd get more in 2 or 3 hours than those 22 or 23 years combined.
2007-01-10 17:10:48 · answer #8 · answered by Dave P 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I left the RCC also for that reason as well as doctrinal issues. The RCC is into dead religion. It is just a religion like all other religions. you need a relationship with God. Unfortunately they believe by doing things over and over they will some how win favor from God. It's like working your way to heaven. I can get to heaven by all the religious things I am doing.
God bless. Seek out a good church. They are out there.
2007-01-10 17:12:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
After 1700 or 1800 years you kinda get in a rut.
2007-01-10 17:13:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋