That's a good perspective. I can see the benefit for families with little kids and I thank you for reminding me of that.
Fortunately I haven't experienced the mid-morning mass being the only one offered, but I have definitely lived in places where the only evening holy day mass is the vigil, leaving me unable to attend holy day masses on the days themselves.
That's a good perspective. I can see the benefit for families with little kids and I thank you for reminding me of that.
Fortunately I haven't experienced the mid-morning mass being the only one offered, but I have definitely lived in places where the only evening holy day mass is the vigil, leaving me unable to attend holy day masses on the days themselves.
I agree with you about vigils. I like the Easter and Pentecost vigils because they are their own thing with their own traditions, but the other days don't have that feel to them, at least not anymore. I suppose I could broadly include Midnight Mass for Christmas in there too.
(This reminds me also that our parish is short on servers for the vigil of All Saints...hmmm...what would a lot of children be doing in the evening hours on October 31, I wonder...)
Children unavailable to serve would be a weekly problem in my parish, since religious ed is between the two middle Masses, and kids tend not to attend the earliest or latest Mass. We just have adult servers, problem solved.
That's a good perspective. I can see the benefit for families with little kids and I thank you for reminding me of that.
Fortunately I haven't experienced the mid-morning mass being the only one offered, but I have definitely lived in places where the only evening holy day mass is the vigil, leaving me unable to attend holy day masses on the days themselves.
I agree with you about vigils. I like the Easter and Pentecost vigils because they are their own thing with their own traditions, but the other days don't have that feel to them, at least not anymore. I suppose I could broadly include Midnight Mass for Christmas in there too.
(This reminds me also that our parish is short on servers for the vigil of All Saints...hmmm...what would a lot of children be doing in the evening hours on October 31, I wonder...)
Children unavailable to serve would be a weekly problem in my parish, since religious ed is between the two middle Masses, and kids tend not to attend the earliest or latest Mass. We just have adult servers, problem solved.