They had this special flower display and everyone was invited to take pictures, it represented planet Earth. I felt like screaming, 'I'm a Catholic and I'm here for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!'
It made me want to puke. Was it really the Eucharist they gave me? How can I be sure? What a Nightmare. Also 5he Scriptures that read seemed to me totally distorted.
I spotted two other people without masks. One of them was the lady who led the rosary, which she did superbly. It's like invasion of the Body snatchers. I would have felt far more at home in a Protestant Service
. Conventional old fashioned Protestant Service from years ago. The supposed Scriptures they read this morning were almost unrecognisable to me and the tinned music was New Age. It was all make it up as you go along.
I am hungry for the Eucharist but am so sick of this. I am not sure, I think I will just avoid it tomorrow. These people are not Catholic as I have ever known Catholic. I don't think they are even Protestant. Protestant and Scripture I could recognise I might enjoy..
I know what you mean Where was the priest? When was the Blessed Sacrament consecrated? Maybe make a Spiritual Communion? I’m not competent to give any advice under these circumstances.
I understand when the priest is absent a layperson can lead a service. But this, this morning, was totally, totally, bizarre. I'll be glad to get back home. I thought to myself this morning. 'Totu you're not in Kansas anymore!'
You know they didn't even do the regular mass readings they picked their own , about one sentence each concerning Ecological issues. But the tow sentences they quoted were distorted. They were not actually Scripture. Then it went on and on...God forgive me for throwing too much plastic into the sea. Lord forgive me for using up too much of the Earth's resources..
I saw the lay people preparing before as if for some kind of performance like amateur dramatics. My heart sunk... A million times I thought... I'm a Catholic ...I only came here for the Mass... ...scream
..however...on the plus side..I am only guessing but that lady who said the Rosary minus the mask...I reckon she knew...
Ugh. My heart goes out to you, @padraig. This has happened to us several times over the years while we were vacationing, but usually if I learned before or early during the “service” that it wasn’t an actual mass, we got up and left. A couple times we were able to find an actual mass not far away. Which makes one wonder why the original parish was engaging in such nonsense when an actual priest was offering mass just down the road.
The music was , ' Open my Heart' (In Irish) Sung repetitively 50 million times..not God open my heart...Just open my heart... I'm own dire thoughts regarding the guy leading the performance was. ' You Prissy Prick!' ...and he was indeed..with Spades