SubscribeOur family goes to mass every Saturday. We attend the anticipated mass service because there’s less people in the church and it seems more solemn to us.
Every Saturday, I feel the need to give the church some feedback regarding the celebration of the mass. Last Saturday, the priest droned on and on during the homily. Nothing wrong with reiterating the point of what he’s talking about. But then if you are listening attentively to these kind of priests, they are redundant. They repeat themselves over and over again to make them look like they are spewing a lot of good. When in fact, they make the churchgoers sleepy with the drone of their voice. It would be good to make it short and sweet. People have short attention span when inside the church. They should always remember that.
And then after the homily, because he took his sweet time with it, he now glosses over some parts of the mass. He would rather recite than sing a song. For me, one of the most important parts of the mass is the singing of Our Father. He recited that instead of singing because I think he’s running out of time. Or he might be going somewhere? My sister and I looked at each other when the priest started speaking fast. Sigh.
Last night, the priest seemed so bored.
San ka pa ba naman makakakita ng maayos na nagmimisa? I think the best Catholic mass services that I was able to attend were those by SVD priests. They give the best homilies and are not fast or slow with the liturgical rites. They sing songs. The Our Father is always sang beautifully which is the right way to do it because we are speaking directly to our Father.
Priests need to step up. With the scandals and churchgoers leaving by droves, I don’t think they can afford to be neglect of their Holy Mass duties. Calling Sto. Domingo Church priests!
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