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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 09:31 am |
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Does anyone have a good article about distractions in Mass that annoy and how to overcome them? I am looking for something for my husband who seems to let everything bother him. Babies crying, people leaving early, being bothered to move during communion (we don't recieve and having to let people in and out bothers him),etc... The funny thing is I barely notice what he notices and only because he is pointing them out to me.
I am bathing him in prayer for his understanding and to not let externals kill his worship. This next question I will put in Eucharist subject as well. He wants to know why stay for Communion when we don't recieve it (though we would never leave early so I guess the question really is.... Why go to begin with?
I did read The Lamb's Supper and though I enjoyed it I believe it may be just too heavy for him right now. He needs to cover a few basics first.
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Ali
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 09:41 am |
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ReVert wrote: Does anyone have a good article about distractions in Mass that annoy and how to overcome them? I am looking for something for my husband who seems to let everything bother him. Babies crying, people leaving early, being bothered to move during communion (we don't recieve and having to let people in and out bothers him),etc... The funny thing is I barely notice what he notices and only because he is pointing them out to me.
My only advice for this is to sit in the very front pew. {shrug} You really can't avoid some distractions. Heck, even with no distractions our minds still wonder. Oh, and one more thing, never sit behind us  ROFLOL
Personally, it helps for me to get to church early and alone so I can have some quiet time in prayer preparing for the Mass. He's not looking for excuses to avoid attending is he?
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 10:09 am |
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| I wonder if he notices more for some other reason because my my inlaws SB church has loads of those kind of distractions - I assumed that it was normal in a Baptist church- candy wrappers unfolding, people gettingup and down through out the service etc.
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 11:09 am |
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Sit up front. I went to a parish this weekend where most of the families with babies were in back and the old people were up front, which also put us right under the ceiling speaker too (the acoustics there are terrible). I sat in about the 10th row and didn't notice too many problems even though there were probably about 10 babies sounding off at various times in back. There was no constant crying that drowned things out though as there are sometimes.
Getting up to let people out only bothers me when my back hurts. And then I make 'em climb over me, ha ha.
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 12:00 pm |
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"Oh, and one more thing, never sit behind us ROFLOL"
Way too funny!! He so used to having the kids 'go away' during worship service.
"He's not looking for excuses to avoid attending is he?"
Probably. But he does that at Baptist church too. He sees everyone who is leaving early. However he did say we could go Mass and I think he is trying at one level. He said he wants to be there for me and wants us to go to church as a family. I don't think he has quite reconciled that notion with his heart yet.
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 01:24 pm |
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Hi, Patty,
Be sure to thank him for attending with you.
He deserves credit for that. 
BlessingsLast edited on Mon Nov 12th, 2007 03:40 am by Intercessor
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 03:46 pm |
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Here is an article, having to do with kids, but similar considerations, anyway:
Taking Children to Mass, by Mary Reed Newland. http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=589
Thomas Howard wrote a whole book about it: If Your Mind Wanders at Mass:
If Your Mind Wanders at Mass
I thought I'd be able to find more on this with a Google search, but I'm having trouble. If it is a major problem, you should get this book. Howard is a fantastic writer, and it'll be a great read, with practical benefits.
NOTE: Edited to fix links
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