Should We Remove Holy Water and Cover Statues in Lent?

“Should we remove holy water and cover statues in Lent?” This question opens a discussion on the practices of the season, while also addressing the nature of the Mass as a true sacrifice, the challenges of explaining its mystical elements to Protestants, and the historical changes from the Latin Mass to the new order.

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Questions Covered:

• 01:27 - Should We Remove Holy Water and Cover Statues Doing Lent?
• 12:25 - Is the sacrifice of the Mass symbolic or is it actually Christ continually being sacrificed through time and space in the Eucharist?
• 17:14 - How do you deal with a Protestant who struggles with the mystical or supernatural aspects of the Mass. I mean, consuming flesh and blood is pretty out there.
• 37:10 - After the collect, does the congregation need to wait until the priest sits down before we sit down? We did it that way when I was a kid, but not anymore.
• 42:25 - Why did the Mass change from the Latin Mass to the new order?
• 47:43 - I’m in OCIA. I wanted to attend a Church that has a Latin Mass. What do I need to know beforehand? I saw on a parish website times for high mass and low mass. What is this all about?