Is it considered rude to leave early if one must? At early morning masses, is it typical for being to come late/leave early?
2007-09-30 04:58:16 · 10 answers · asked by Eric S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
33 minutes. 37 minutes if it's a feast day and the Gloria is said or sung. Leaving early and coming late are bad form and considered disrespectful. Would you go to Jesus' Home for Supper and come late and leave early?? Same thing.
2007-09-30 05:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Weekday masses where I am vary between 30 and 45 minutes, give or take a few. The 8:10 Mass is the school mass and that goes about 45 minutes because of all the kids there to receive the Eucharist. The noon mass actually starts at 12:10 and ends at 12:40 to allow office workers to come by on their lunch hour & still have a few minutes to grab a bite to eat. Noon mass on a Holy Day, however, is usually packed and goes 60-70 minutes with 2 priests and 2-3 Eucharistic ministers.
Coming late and leaving early ought never be done by habit, but on the rare occasion it can't be helped, it's forgivable.
2007-10-01 03:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by sparki777 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Is it considered rude to leave early if one must? At early morning masses, is it typical for being to come late/leave early?
2015-08-24 03:39:22 · answer #4 · answered by Carlota 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Parish priest says a great, respectful Mass, including a short homily in 15 to 18 minutes. He knows we all have other commitments and are making time for God in our busy lives.
In another Parish, where I go to daily Mass occasionaly, there is a longer homily and lots of singing and it is usually 45 minutes.
Many of my non-Catholic friends are surprised to find that Catholics celebrate the Mass daily. It is a true blessing for us that we can worship every day. In my city, there are about 140 Catholic Churchs and over 300 Masses each weekend.
2007-10-02 06:46:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends if there are children there or not.
With children, figure at least 30 minutes, without- 20 minutes tops.
One should always try to arrive on time and stay for the entire Mass, but with daily Mass everyone knows that some people need to get to work.
2007-10-01 09:56:10 · answer #6 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Weekday Masses are between a half-hour and forty-five minutes long. It is not proper to arrive late or leave early for weekly Masses, therefore you can safely assume it is not proper to arrive late or leave early at weekday Masses as well.
2007-10-02 02:42:49 · answer #7 · answered by Daver 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you live, here the weekday mass is 30 minutes and the mass on Saturdays and Sundays are 45 minutes. It is very rude to come late or leave early. The final blessing marks the end of mass.
2007-09-30 05:08:34 · answer #8 · answered by Corroborate 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It all "depends". It depends on variables that are chosen by the attending priest, it depends on whether there is music or singing (of songs), it depends on the speed of "readers", it depends on the number of people in the community that share in the Eucharist (take communion), it depends on the age of the priest and deacons as to their speed, it depends on the length of the homily (sermon) after the reading of the Gospel. But averaging it out I guess between 40 minutes and 60 minutes are close to reality.
One goes to mass to not only share with the community but to partake in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the final part of the mass, so to leave before would exclude one from taking communion. When I see people sneaking out of mass early, it is usually "after" they have taken communion and I always have the same thought..."You couldn't have waited a few minutes more not to disrupt the flow?"
So while it's not exactly considered to be rude to leave early or arrive late... it's more of "you've disturbed the community in their spiritual practices".
2007-09-30 05:21:55 · answer #9 · answered by a seeker 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You get there before the priest gets into the sanctuary and you leave ONLY after the priest has left the sanctuary. A few out of necessity come late and/or leave early because of the need to get to work.....or they just got out of work and wish to attend Mass before going home.
I've seen morning Mass be anywhere from 20 minutes to 35. I just got out of Sunday Mass......it was 90 minutes today! We commissioned all 114 of our religious education instructors, aides and substitute teachers.....took awhile to call them all by name. No-one minds....our parish is growing and growing.....
2007-09-30 05:24:32 · answer #10 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋