From this website comes the gem below.
Thursday, November 25th         Mass on the Grass
Happy Thanksgiving! Plan to attend this Mass and experience the calm and tranquility before madness begins. If you have never attended, you must plan to do so this year. Bring a chair or blanket and a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy the morning sun, the racing squirrels and the Liturgy of the Word among the oak trees and fresh air. All are welcome.
I certainly, certainly, certainly hope that this is just full of typos and they aren’t actually suggesting that I bring my coffee to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass! If so, and if someone from that parish reads this, you might want to pass along this information:
Canon 919
1. One who is to receive the Most Holy Eucharist is to abstain from any food or drink, with the exception only of water and medicine, for at least the period of one hour before Holy Communion.
2. A priest who celebrates the Most Holy Eucharist two or three times on the same day may take something before the second or third celebration even if the period of one hour does not intervene.
3. Those who are advanced in age or who suffer from any infirmity, as well as those who take care of them, can receive the Most Holy Eucharist even if they have taken something during the previous hour.
Their header says “Mass” on the grass. Then they refer only to the Liturgy of the “Word”. Could this be a type of morning prayer they are trying to have? Oh dear. Please don’t tell me this is in MY parish bulletin. I can only take so many blows per week.
Not to mention that by Canon Law Mass is supposed to take place in a sacred building, not in the great outdoors, except under extenuating circumstances.
http://catholicexchange.com/2010/08/27/133740/
Excellent point, Suzanne, totally did not think about that one!
Paulette. what was the blow this week?