Our diocese in CA immediately shut down Masses, for months. The third month, our parish began having Mass again, but had many rules about how to act and where to sit in pews. Most old parishioners continued to stay home. Last month, after our governor’s latest edict, our parish switched to outside Masses, in the heat. Again, most of the older parishioners, the backbone of the Church, stay home.
The time to show leadership was at the first directive to shut Mass down. It’s been very disappointing.
I’m sure there are some people, like me, who refuse to participate in a government-modified Mass. I watch a nice, reverent, simple Mass each week online, in spiritual Communion. I don’t miss all the “performers” who sing at Mass. I will go back in person when this is over.
Hopefully, our Church Militant will have learned some valuable lessons about how to proceed against tyranny in the future.
The only change in our Mass is that it is outdoors, I don't like it but they have made the altar as beautiful as possible. The government cannot modify the Holy Sacrifice which takes place at every Mass regardless of locale. My ancestors processed at midnight to a secret place with a flat rock and prayed the Mass. They risked their lives to worship.
I’m sure there are some people, like me, who refuse to participate in a government-modified Mass. I watch a nice, reverent, simple Mass each week online, in spiritual Communion. I don’t miss all the “performers” who sing at Mass. I will go back in person when this is over.
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I watch on line anyway. I’m a Baptist and Hubby is Presbyterian. When we moved here, we went to all the different protestant churches. Too much gossip and talk about other people’s religion being wrong and how they were the “right” ones.
I used to go to the non-denominational community Bible study once a week(all churches in the community come to that)-but that always shuts down for the summer anyway. So I just read and study and use the internet. I can even listen to the same sermon from my great niece’s church, and she lives a couple of hundred miles away.