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Subject: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: Mrrzy Date: 04 Sep 12 - 09:18 PM A very dear friend who is a priest will be saying a mass in Paris for Mom the day of her memorial service here in the US... Which makes me wonder, and I have looked around on the Internet without finding what I'm looking for... What exactly is involved in having a mass said "for" one? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: gnu Date: 04 Sep 12 - 09:23 PM Involved? It depends on how much money you make and how many people know how much money you make. Sorry... I can nevr resist a joke. Light a candle for me, eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: bobad Date: 04 Sep 12 - 09:40 PM I'm long lapsed but from what I remember it's not much more than "dedicating" the mass to the person and interjecting a few "pray for the soul of _____" in the liturgy, but things may have changed since I last attended one. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: Rapparee Date: 04 Sep 12 - 09:46 PM Same deal. No change. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: gnu Date: 04 Sep 12 - 09:51 PM Oh my. I was severly taken to task in an email regarding my previous post and the emailer was correct. My post was absolutely callous. I could simply apologize and cite similar circumstances which are on my mind but the fact is that my absecence of mind and decorum pisses me off too. FWIW... sorry. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: GUEST,leeneia Date: 04 Sep 12 - 10:43 PM Sure, gnu. We'll even light a candle for you. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: Monique Date: 05 Sep 12 - 04:14 AM Mrrzy, you should put "faire dire une messe" and "our friend Google" will find a whole bunch of French sites like this one |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: GUEST,Eliza Date: 05 Sep 12 - 04:46 AM "We have loved them in life; let us not abandon them in death, until we have conducted their souls to heaven by our prayers." I think this sums up the aim of offering a Mass for our dear departed. Paix a son ame Mrrzy. Amen. Eliza |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: Amos Date: 05 Sep 12 - 09:27 AM Gnu's point deserved to be made, callous though it was. I refrain from replying in terms of bosons and "c". A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: GUEST,olddude Date: 05 Sep 12 - 12:45 PM You are dedicating the service for a loved one. The priest will say "today's mass is dedicated to xyz" It is a beautiful thing to do for one that is Catholic. And no you don't have to pay anything. It is common to give the parish a donation but it is not required. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: CupOfTea Date: 05 Sep 12 - 05:40 PM As I spend a portion of my day dealing with scheduling and publishing the intentions for a large church, I find I actually KNOW something about a Mudcat topic! (Even though I haven't licked a cat in my life,) I have to disagree slightly with the darlin OldDude about payment, and agree with his correct definition about "having a Mass said" = dedication. It may vary from place to place, but in the diocese of Cleveland, the "usual stipend" (translation - donation) at all parishes for having a Mass said is $10. Many people will call it "buying a Mass Card," (decorative card listing the place, time, date, intention and person who requested the Mass) which is then given as a token of the gift of having a Mass said. Other places may have a different way of working it. Many missionary societies "do Mass cards" and have Masses said at missionary stations all over the world. With the decreasing number of priests and Masses, it's sometimes hard for someone to have a Mass said, particularly in small towns and rural areas. The funds that come in may be directed differently, but basically, the priests need to make a living - so call it an honorarium, fee, stipend, cost, donation, what you will - it supports the priest who says the Mass. The Mass intention is read at that Mass. In many churches, the list of names for the Mass intention will be printed in the bulletin. Here, most Masses are "In Memory of -----" but there are also "for the intention of ----" Masses for the living as well. Different people take this gesture in different ways. I've known whole families who'll show up for a Mass intention for a loved one, others just look on the Mass card as one more version of a sympathy card. A Mass on the anniversary of a death is very common. Mrrzy - the fact that the priest is a friend of the family, and is saying the Mass in memory of a deceased friend makes it so much more personal than all the things that come through a church office (where I work). Sorry for your loss, and hope the Mass, and the kind and loving thoughts it represents, find you comforted. Joanne in Cleveland |
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Subject: RE: BS: Help from Catlix - What's In A Mass? From: GUEST,Mrr Date: 05 Sep 12 - 06:39 PM Thanks - and you were fine, gnu. Man alive. |
