[rogator]

Concur with your comment about ordination.

The thing I have noticed about GIRM implementaion is that it seems to be different everywhere, with each diocese emphasing the points their establishment likes best and ignoring the others and even slipping in changes which are not in the GIRM.

As to the noise before Mass, frequently our church is so noisy the the assembly cannot hear the reader when she asks them to "stand and greet each other."

[SoothingDave]

As to the noise before Mass, frequently our church is so noisy the the assembly cannot hear the reader when she asks them to "stand and greet each other."

She asks them to what?

Praise the Lord for sparing me the happy clappy!

Some people actually like to pray in Church, even before Mass. Chatting with the neighbors can occur someplace other than in the nave.

SD

[As you well know...]

As to the noise before Mass, frequently our church is so noisy the the assembly cannot hear the reader when she asks them to "stand and greet each other."

Well, it is not as though a Catholic Church is Sanctified and dedicated to the Worship of the one living and true God and so one can't reasonably expect it to be as quiet as, say, a library.

And "stand and greet each other" really says it all about where we are expected to direct our focus.

Go to a Chapel/Church where the 1962 Roman Missal is used vs your local Church where the N.O. is used. The difference is stark.

[B Knotts]

As to the noise before Mass, frequently our church is so noisy the the assembly cannot hear the reader when she asks them to "stand and greet each other."

You have made me feel very thankful and fortunate. That would not be a pleasant experience.

"Stand and greet each other?!?"

Wow.

[TradicalRC]

I'm hoping that the silence before the Mass will also purge the Church of the "standing and greeting each other" nonsense.