What happens at a Catholic mass?

Question

Hey do you guys think you could be anymore judgmental? I haven't gotten my daily dose of annoying ignorance yet.

Answer 1

A regular scheduled miracle. Almost effortlessly, the priest transforms the wafer and the wine into the body and blood of Christ. And even more miraculously, no one can see the change.

Answer 2

We pray to God.  We listen to readings from the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Gospels.  We sing inbetween, (sometimes a psalm) Then we pray again to God, asking him to help us and others.  Then we receive Communion, pray, and leave.  We ask all of this through Christ, our Lord.  

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Answer 3

Well Ms. M, why don't you get up this Sunday morning and come to Mass and find out as an eye witness? You would be welcome.

I'm sorry Ms. M, if you had put that about the paper being due in your question, I would have given you a far more detailed answer about the Mass.

Answer 4

There are two lectures given by members of the parish, and evangelism(main lecture) by the priest, explanation, or sermon, about the evangelism, prayers, consecration of the cross, communion.

Answer 5

Wonderful things. :)

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Answer 6

We praise God as a community, we hear His word, we bring our petitions before Him, we offer the fruit of our labor to Him, and we receive Him in the Eucharist.  

If people really understood that Jesus Christ is present at the Mass in the Word proclaimed, in the gathering of the people, in the person of the priest, and in the Eucharist, they would not find it boring.

Yes, at a Baptist service the communion is symbolic.  At a Catholic Mass, it is really Jesus Christ.

A very good "walk through of the Mass can be found at http://www.americancatholic.org/newslett...

Answer 7

I am NOT CATHOLIC.....I am Baptist, but I have read up on catholic mass.

The priest invokes the spirit of christ which "magically" turns the bread and wine into his actual body and blood to which they bow down to and then consume.  It is full of rituals and repetitive prayers.

I believe the lord's supper is meant to be symbolic....the bread and wine are SYMBOLS of his body and blood that we take in remembrance of what He did on the cross.

Answer 8

you sit, you kneel, you stand, you eat, you pray, you listen to the preist, you try to stay awake while listening to the priest

Answer 9

At the beginning of the service, there is a procession. The priest, acolytes (altar servers) and other people will come into the church as the congregation sings a hymn. There are prayers and Scripture readings, including a psalm. There will be some more hymns. The focal point of the Mass is the Holy Eucharist (Communion). Communion in Catholic churches are closed (meaning that non-Catholics can't take it). After Communion, there is usually a post-Communion prayer and a hymn. Then the service is over.

Answer 10

nothing its boring

Answer 11

many wonderful things such as standing and sitting and kneeling to pray.

Answer 12

It's a re-enactment of the Last Supper.

There are 2-3 readings from the Bible

There is a sermon.

However the main part of the Mass is turning bread & wine into the Body & Blood of Jesus Christ....and the Communicants receiving this in Holy Communion.