tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post1853258878851985203..comments2024-03-26T12:56:54.350+00:00Comments on LMS Chairman: Children at MassLatin Mass Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951084157414901564noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-56947511082242561822016-10-08T21:40:09.520+01:002016-10-08T21:40:09.520+01:00This article is spot on. Until my son was seven we...This article is spot on. Until my son was seven we attended a "child centred" Mass as this was a condition of his making his First Communion. Afterwards we stumbled upon a beautiful neo-classical church with a traditional choir. At the end of this Mass my son, entirely unprompted, asked that we never go back to the other Mass. When asked why he replied "because the music and the building are so beautiful". Despite being a very ordinary seven year old, he instinctively responded to a reverent and meaningful liturgy and went on to serve in the church, until driven out by the advent of guitars and youth Masses at 16, when he decided "if the Mass can be reduced to this, then there can't be much there".Joanna Francescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129263225442222415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-26267351590235529172016-10-08T21:40:05.498+01:002016-10-08T21:40:05.498+01:00This article is spot on. Until my son was seven we...This article is spot on. Until my son was seven we attended a "child centred" Mass as this was a condition of his making his First Communion. Afterwards we stumbled upon a beautiful neo-classical church with a traditional choir. At the end of this Mass my son, entirely unprompted, asked that we never go back to the other Mass. When asked why he replied "because the music and the building are so beautiful". Despite being a very ordinary seven year old, he instinctively responded to a reverent and meaningful liturgy and went on to serve in the church, until driven out by the advent of guitars and youth Masses at 16, when he decided "if the Mass can be reduced to this, then there can't be much there".Joanna Francescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129263225442222415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-26276384076721048932016-10-08T13:33:31.472+01:002016-10-08T13:33:31.472+01:00Having seen examples of Childrens' Liturgy whe...Having seen examples of Childrens' Liturgy when they leave Mass to do other things I begin to wonder how children brought up in this atmosphere will ever know the Faith. Perhaps they think that adults do something equally inane in the church while they are out painting pictures etc. In my childhood we learned about the Mass by being present with a parent & using a child's missal which clearly explained what was happening on the altar. We also, even at Infant School, learned of the Mass & what it was. How can children be expected to know about the Real Presence if they aren't instructed - &, from what I've seen, this doesn't happen in thei socalled liturgy.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.com