[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, yeah, I get on autopilot sometimes and then have to hit the confessional for being inattentive during Mass . . . . my excuse is that singing in the choir is very labor intensive and uses all the brain cells I have to spare.

If I get on serious autopilot I find myself saying Cranmer's Creed, since I didn't convert until I was 47 and that's a LOT of Nicene Creeds since I started singing in the choir at age six.

I'm going to make a real effort to learn the new Creed correctly and get it into the hard drive. (I'm still saying Cranmer's translation of the Apostle's Creed while praying the Rosary though).

[Jvette]

I believe that what brings to the Mass is what one will get out of it.

If one comes thinking it is boring and rote, then that is what it will be.

If one comes knowing that for that hour we are truly residents of heaven, and we truly partake in the Lamb’s Supper then that hour is not nearly enough.

Having been unable to receive communion for nearly 8 years, I will never take for granted the joyous, glorious gift that is ours as Catholics.

[Vanders9]

If you alternate which leg to stand on and cross yourself every 13th syllable (not word) it brings you faster into God’s grace.