Mass or no Mass

Original post by Juliebean

Jun 18, 2010 10:34 PM

Soooo confused... Girls that are getting married in Church, what are you doing?
TIA

KrisD72310 Posted: Jun 19, 2010 01:37 PM

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Full mass

catrich942010 Posted: Jun 19, 2010 02:12 PM

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Ceremony

soonT0beMrsD Posted: Jun 19, 2010 02:17 PM

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we did a ceremony

gravemiss Posted: Jun 20, 2010 06:30 AM

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I'm doing a full mass

MrsL2010 Posted: Jun 20, 2010 10:39 AM

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we did a full mass and i was very happy that we did.

the only thing i can say is don't pick a ceremony because you think it will be faster.......i had a full mass and was out of church in about 50 minutes (i told the priest not to make the homily long because i would have my 2nd graders there). on the flip side my friend who got married 4 weeks after me had only a ceremony, and we were there for an hour

joctorre Posted: Jun 20, 2010 10:45 AM

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I'm not doing the mass. As a kid, we weren't religious, so I never went up for communion. As an adult and wedding guest, I never went up either, and ALWAYS felt awkward during that part.

I have since been baptized but, my church said that they don't do a mass at a wedding anyway.........

Soon2BMrsAlini Posted: Jun 20, 2010 11:11 AM

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no mass. too long.

MrsDtoBe09 Posted: Jun 20, 2010 01:34 PM

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Posted by joctorre

I'm not doing the mass. As a kid, we weren't religious, so I never went up for communion. As an adult and wedding guest, I never went up either, and ALWAYS felt awkward during that part.

I have since been baptized but, my church said that they don't do a mass at a wedding anyway.........

I just wanted to piggyback off of this comment. I'm Catholic, go to church every week and did not have a full mass. I find that at full masses a lot of people don't know what to do - when to sit, kneel etc and also don't know how sacred it really is to receive communion, Many non-Catholics actually go up to get communion since they don't know better.

I would say if you're going to have a full mass, be ready to receive communion yourself - go to confession first that way you are able to get communion.

Stepping off of my Catholic soapbox now...

MrsS2be Posted: Jun 20, 2010 01:44 PM

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We're doing a full mass.

Lil OC Posted: Jun 20, 2010 02:06 PM

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Greek weddings are diff so this doesnt really apply to me, but as a guest I would personally prefer the shorter ceremony (no mass). It's too drawn out and makes ppl who dont receive communion feel awkward. But if your family and friends are religious, chuch-going folks, I say go for it.