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To: AnAmericanMother

The parish I belong to is VERY high, very rich, and very liberal. Actually I prefer the high church because I enjoy all the ritual. I’ve never attended a low church. I have heard that CC is very conservative. I don’t know why I keep dithering around. I should just go and see for myself. I’d hate to miss all the Christmas masses and I know my son will wonder why I’m not there too.


84 posted on 12/09/2007 2:24:19 PM PST by wayoverthehill
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To: wayoverthehill
I know it's tough to get off the dime.

We found that we could manage to get motivated by 'visiting around' on Sundays. But our new parish was only the second one we tried, and it 'took'. We never made it over to the Latin Mass parish.

Is there a Latin Mass or Extraordinary Rite parish near you? If you like 'high', that is likely to be far more to your taste than some Ordinary Rite Catholic parishes, which can be very modern and decidedly UN-ritualistic. Some folks threw out the baby with the bathwater.

We are fortunate that our parish, although there is no Extraordinary Rite Mass, is extremely reverent and highly orthodox. We do chant the Ordinary of the Mass (the parts that don't change - Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, etc.) in Latin on First Sundays. The music is excellent too (even by Episcopalian high church standards -- I'm still singing a lot of the same music I sang down the road, Tallis, Byrd, Farrant, Batten, etc., plus we get Palestrina and Victoria, too.)

Just do it. Write it on your calendar and go. You don't want to miss Christmas, even in a Low Church parish that should be a big deal.

91 posted on 12/09/2007 2:49:25 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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