Apparently, the Archdiocese of Harrisburg must not allow its priests to say a Mass that is under an hour.
It's quite a long haul, actually.
I've seen little ones totally lose it around 55 minutes.
I know people complain when parishioners cut out before the final blessing, but I also think that a priest essentially invites them to do so after the forty-five minute mark. Of course, where I've been going to Mass, we haven't even gotten to the consecration of the Bread and Wine by then.
There must be some kind of law of conservation of Mass time that is forcing me to make up for all of the fifteen minute Masses at UMD.
Haha, the Law of the Conservation of the Mass.
Posted by: Matt | August 21, 2008 at 08:45 PM
The Law of Conservation probably applies to the liberal/conservative nature of Masses as well. The whackier some parishes get, the more conservative groups that spring up around it. The problem right now is that Mass weirdness has become so pervasive that its caused hyper-concentrations of reactionaries.
Posted by: Peter Terp | August 22, 2008 at 12:08 AM