No, only on the Holy Days when others who don’t normally attend and visitors attend mass. Normally we have a strong attendance of regulars who know the mass.The Priests of our Parish have always explained it to visitors on Easter and Christmas.
They hand out a program sheet showing how the Mass will precede also explaining Communion and what is expected
PG,
That’s great.
Our Church puts the attached slide up before every communion. This as an older slide and the “catholic faith” is highlighted because it’s one that I sent to our priest where I asked him to capitalize “Catholic” and he did.
Still, I think that some people ignore the sign, but that is between them and God.
Also, I’ve asked our priest to address the Catholic position on “state of grace“ and communion and thus far, after six or seven years, he has yet to address what “state of grace” means from the pulpit. I think that he is concerned that he might offend people.
For Paul says:
1Cor 11:26-29
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord
28 A person should examine himself and so eat the bread and drink the cup.
29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and brings judgement on himself.
Ignatius
He explained that too to cross your arms and come up for a blessing if not Catholic.I will be going to the vigil tonight which is usually full to capacity. There does seem to be less people so it may not be a full as I think it will.
