I was raised Catholic. We always called it the sermon. Also called it the homily. Either term was understood. |
PS, I'm now an atheist and I still know my Catholicism well |
No, it’s only because I AM a lifelong Catholic that I can get away with it. |
Not that well apparently |
A lot of Catholics were not really paying attention or learning anything. Like the self professed life long Catholic on here recently who had never heard about crossing arms during Communion. It's still not called a sermon despite what you think you were taught. |
Was the listing of this sin etched into the third tablet? |
| If the priest can’t keep his typical Sunday mass to 60 mins, I have no personal reaction to folks leaving during the concluding rites. However, in such situations, I do believe that the “exiters” should not use the center aisle. |
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As to homily vs sermon in the Catholic context, I found this an interesting read, especially as to how the age of the priest may contribute to the usage decision.
https://www.catholicnh.org/assets/Documents/Worship/Our-Faith/Understanding/HomilyVsSermon.pdf |
Was coming here to say the same thing! I think the rush to leave is just yet another hallmark of the societal lack of manners that has been increasing for years. The prevailing attitude is when we’re done, we’re done and the heck with anyone else. We’re on track to become the most self-centered generation ever. |
| People used to duck out after communion all the time when I was a kid. This is not new. |
| We grew up going to Sunday mass with my mom and she liked to leave at Communion bc she never went to communion! Because she rarely went to confession lol. We always sat in the balcony so we could sneak out. |
Understood, maybe, but one is not correct. Your family might have had converts who couldn’t shake the habit. |
| OP. Catholics are no more moral than anyone else. This is rude behavior but its human. Once you stop expecting people to actually be moral who attend mass this type of behavior makes more sense. |
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Oh, do enlighten us. Technically, the sacrifice is complete with the priest’s communion. The communion of the faithful historically is kind of an add-on. But it would seem odd, would it not, for the deacon to tell people to “Go. The Mass is Ended” (Ite. Missa Est) if that had already occurred and they’d just been randomly hanging out waiting for the news. |