I'm going to be talking about Sunday Mass. There are lots of services that the Catholic church has, but the service we most often go to is a Sunday morning, packed church, all ages with a children's liturgy in a different room, and music.
In fact, I'm going to talk about today's Mass, but although the hymns and the readings change, the rest ('the ordinary') is pretty constant through the year. There are oddities - like no saying 'Alleluia' during Lent or praying the Gloria during Lent or Advent - but most of the year is pretty similar.
( It's about an hour long so I thought I'd put it behind a cut )
In fact, I'm going to talk about today's Mass, but although the hymns and the readings change, the rest ('the ordinary') is pretty constant through the year. There are oddities - like no saying 'Alleluia' during Lent or praying the Gloria during Lent or Advent - but most of the year is pretty similar.
( It's about an hour long so I thought I'd put it behind a cut )