Going to the Latin Mass, I never have to deal with the handshake sideshow. On the rare occasion I have to go to a Novus Ordo in order to attend mass at all, I dread that particular portion the entire time.
Agree
Awful, peculiar intrusion thanks to the 1960s. Shaking hands with people you’re going to try and kill getting out of the parking lot ten minutes later.
Also, what’s that horrible raising of palms I’ve occasionally seen at suburban Masses? Yuck!
That was the reason I quit going to the NO originally (in 70s, I suppose?). Then I discovered all the more important reasons.
My mother was a Baptist, but she thought the Sign of Peace was one of the more beautiful parts of the mass.
not only do I not want to shake hands with anybody during Mass I also do not want to “turn around and greet your neighbor” at the beginning of Mass and I certainly do not want to hold hands during the Our Father....
It’s all part of that PC attitude that the Church assumed after Vatican II.
Our parish even mentioned something about the end of Ramadan in their weekly bulletin.
I regret not being able to attend a traditional Roman Mass. Last time I did, I was a graduate student serving at Mass in 1965.
I would probably have an emotional breakdown if I heard the words, “Introibo at Altare Dei”.