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jacki
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| Location: | Essex, England, United Kingdom |
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| First Name: | jacki | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | baptised in the church of england (I am a brit) ... |
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Posted: Mon Jun 9th, 2008 12:22 am |
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We are having issues with our parish at the mo - namely its unfriendly and the priest gives communion to anyone even knowing htat they are not Catholic - an yes I have spoken to the bishop and written to no avail - what do I do next?
anyways back to the topic because of the above we have been doing some driving to Mass recently and decided today we wold go to Chelmsford at 18.30 hours - this is the latest Mass we have come across - so of we go park in an empty car park knew something was not right - no one home - I mean church open but empty - no one in the priests house no signs anywhere and no Mass.
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Posted: Mon Jun 9th, 2008 12:41 am |
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On the first question, you might want to find out who is the dean of your deanery and schedule an appointment with him. If your pastor is the dean, then make an appointment with the bishop. But remember that the mass is valid and the Eucharist is present even if the priest is unorthodox. You attend mass for Jesus, not for the priest.
On your second question, mass schedules change. It is always wise to call a parish if you look up the mass time online or find it from any other source that might not have been updated recently. Also, occasionally, parishes hold mass at a location other than the local parish church. On our honeymoon, my wife and I found mass at a local parish church was being held outdoors to kick off a festival, so we started hunting for the KC hall. We found it just in time, attended mass, and even got invited to lunch! We learned our lesson, and now I make sure to call the parish and confirm the mass times if we're away from home.
You did fulfill your mass obligation by making your best effort.
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Ali
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| Joined: | Sat Jan 6th, 2007 |
| Location: | Ohio USA |
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Posted: Mon Jun 9th, 2008 12:30 pm |
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My first thought was that you are going straight to Hell for committing such a horrible sin! But that doesn't jive with the new church message of love. So, ok, you can have a free pass this time. And, yes, I am the one who decides who gets a free pass an who doesn't. So be nice to me!
My second though was, hey, military time!  And I know that's really 6:30. High fives for me!
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BodRod
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| Location: | Apple Valley, California USA |
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Posted: Mon Jun 9th, 2008 02:13 pm |
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jacki wrote: We are having issues with our parish at the mo - namely its unfriendly and the priest gives communion to anyone even knowing htat they are not Catholic - an yes I have spoken to the bishop and written to no avail - what do I do next?
It is my understanding that if a person accepts the Holy Eucharist, who should NOT be accepting the HE, eats damnation to him/herself and we do not need to worry about it because God will take care it in His own way. The positive side to all this is that the person may sometime realize the problem, repent, correct the situation and then receive correctly. Either way, it is not our problem. The problem is between the person and God.
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Gratias agamus Domino Deo nostro.
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