[My hearts in London - Everett]

Sorry they lost my attention when the mindless repetitive chanting began. ;~) No disrespect intended! Just my personal view. I much prefer a Baptist service where we read the Bible verses to ourselves during the service, so everyone knows that what the preacher is preaching is IN the Bible and he's not leaving anything out or changing God's Holy word. The Catholics and former Catholics I have known have all said that at mass, Catholics do not read God's word along with the “Father”. Maybe they were just lazy Catholics, I don't know! I take my Bible to church every time I go and read along with the pastor.

[narses]

“The Catholics and former Catholics I have known have all said that at mass, Catholics do not read God’s word along with the “Father”.”

Total nonsense. That is what a Missal is for, so that we CAN read the Holy Writ together with the Priest. We all celebrate TOGETHER with the Holy Bible as the base for what we teach and are taught. That you closed your mind is your issue, that you base the lies you tell on that closed mind is simply wrong.

[jbarntt]

I take my Bible to church every time I go and read along with the pastor.

I would assume then that you read the translation your pastor told you to read, otherwise you might hear something different than what you read.