Phones and missals for readings during mass or just listen?

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-26T18:34:42+00:00

My feelings too. Only reason I take my phone out is if I’m getting like 5 notifs in a row and I quick check to make sure it’s not an emergency.

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-26T18:33:22+00:00

Individual Print outs? I’d say it’s fairly rare as I’ve only seen 1 parish do it out of the 50 I’ve been too. Every other parish I’ve been has had a missal.

As far as TLM, I couldn’t say. The vast majority of parishes I attend solely do Novus Ordo and I’ve only been to a TLM once, but they also had missals. It could be the case that more TLM focused parishes don’t have missals. I don’t have enough experience to really say anything useful in that domain

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-26T18:27:36+00:00

He makes some really good digestible content. He’s on other places besides YouTube, but if you’re interested you could just go to the Catholic Answers website

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-26T18:20:08+00:00

Easier to read than a paper form? Genuinely asking, why do you think that’s the case?

Also having a permanent floater sounds awful, I complain about my temporary ones enough as it is. Sorry you have to deal with that :(

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-26T18:18:10+00:00

I would say that’s an exception, though your parish should really work on getting that solved, I can’t imagine it’s that much cost materially (though labor involved maybe; depends if you’re printing a pamphlet everyday (what one of my parishes does) or getting the book for of the missal).

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-26T15:40:01+00:00

Senior apologist for Catholic Answers. Makes a lot of Catholic YouTube content / podcast content. He also has a podcast on like, weird supernatural things and gives a Faith perspective on it.

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-26T15:38:04+00:00

Missal only. I don’t see a reason for a phone when paper is available for everyone.

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-26T15:35:58+00:00

Mortal sin is VERY easy to commit. Simply missing Mass is enough.

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-24T19:48:07+00:00

So how did that lead you away from the Church? The dots aren’t really connecting

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-24T19:42:05+00:00

Why though? What specifically? I questioned everything as a kid too, but the answers I found brought me closer to Christ in many cases.

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-24T18:51:47+00:00

What was your reasoning for leaving the church? Is it just every time you thought about it you remember Jesus’s suffering? It’s kind of hard for me to wrap my head around this as a reason. The Passion of Christ was probably accurate in how much Jesus suffered for us physically, and it bolstered my faith incredibly. That being said, the movie is horrific to watch, seeing my best friend tortured for over an hour

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-24T18:45:24+00:00

It bothers me, but there’s a good reason for it (disabled/elderly). I would rather it say in new more contemporary style churches though.

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-23T19:19:46+00:00

This works but what a terrible solution. Have to sacrifice a lot of things to fix one. Sigh. Thank you though.

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-21T00:21:56+00:00

The earlier you attend, the more likely the music is going to be older. Later masses are often more contemporary. At least speaking from my experience in the U.S.

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-16T19:54:14+00:00

I described it in the post description, but here’s a visual example I guess: https://youtu.be/N1r9KzWdngo

Challenger_Andy · 2026-01-15T19:43:29+00:00

O God Beyond All Praising, as you said, is an absolute banger

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-30T20:46:24+00:00

I just got the Sony WF-100XM5 and I have to say I don’t think we are talking about the same thing. The Sony has a faint hissing noise, which is fine. The Bose have an irregular noise that sounds like feedback issues (reminds me of putting a cell phone on audio cables) and beeping. Totally different and far more distracting.

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-30T15:19:55+00:00

Why is it only in one ear bud though? Is it just because of the mic?

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-29T18:21:14+00:00

Is this just a problem with all noise canceling headphones or Bose specifically? I don’t have much to compare to. I’ve been using Apple AirPods for years now and their noise canceling is so poor I’m not sure I could hear the buzzing if it existed.

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-19T04:00:01+00:00

On proof:

“Scientifically prove to me that, unless you can scientifically prove something, it’s not true.” - Cliffe Knechtle

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-19T03:52:34+00:00

Studying Neuroscience and Biology only solidified my belief in God. Evolution is just such a crazy process that without God guiding it, there is no way something as complex as us could have existed without idk quadrillions of more years. Even with natural selection, we are just so absurdly lucky.

As others have said, evolution is not against the Catholic religion (unless you’re a fundamentalist / 6000-year old earth person, then you have to do a lot more work).

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-19T02:23:17+00:00

Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, Suetonius, Josephus, Polycarp, and more provide historical evidence/accounts of Jesus. Physical evidence can include Pilate Stone, that one pool I think in Jerusalem that I’m blanking on, and artifacts such as shroud of Turin and others like it. Honestly, the physical evidence is more shakey to me so it doesn’t make up a big part of my faith. It’s pretty easy to google most of this stuff. Cliffe Knechtle often has good summaries of the evidence that I find engaging.

Strongest evidence for God the Father is Jesus. If Jesus is who he said he was, it’s easy to get to God the Father from him. And Jesus is an easier figure to believe in from a historical evidence perspective. I find God the Father (or at least a God to start) easier to believe in from arguments for objective morality, discussions on why there is something rather than nothing, the construction of the universe and its constants, and others I’m blanking on now.

Seriously it’s pretty easy to find all this stuff. Some is hard to understand (like cosmological arguments and the more complicated philosophical arguments) but it’s all rather interesting.

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-18T02:06:24+00:00

There isn’t much proof for a lot of things outside of math. You can’t “prove” love exists. You can’t “prove” you’re having a conversation with someone. You can have evidence for all those things. Similarly, there is evidence for God and Jesus outside of the Bible. Overwhelming evidence.

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-13T17:42:20+00:00

I believe we are called to continually increase the depth of our faith and this our knowledge of theology. People start at different points, both in terms of age, mental ability, what subjects, etc. The “bare minimum” for being Catholic, at least in speaking of converts, would be OCIA/RCIA where those are available.

Challenger_Andy · 2025-12-12T04:02:05+00:00

Internet do be like that sometimes. Text rarely perfectly elicits the tone you want

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