Nothing more annoying.
I have a great parish. We have the finest Roman Catholic tradition.
I am 100% likely to hear Mozart, Bach, Palestrina, Victoria and Byrd during any given year.
I am 0% likely to hear "I Am the Bread of Life" during any given year.
We have beautiful vestments, Latin and Greek classes, Rosary Crusades, and all sorts of other neat things.
I will never hear a priest dance around the topic of birth control from the pulpit.
I will never hear a priest condone immorality under the guise of "loving thy neighbor."
Still, I know that the vast, vast majority of people not only don't have access to Palestrina at Mass, many of them have heard and continue to hear heresy preached as Gospel.
I am very happy with my parish. I love it, love it, love it.
I have a sister who always says, "Oh, will you stop prattling on about your parish for five seconds! We know it's cool. We. know. it's. cool. We get it."
Some people who have a great parish (and I've been guilty of this myself) seem to be laboring under the delusion that all is right with the world, simply because their parish is fantastic.
They cannot post on an outrageously ugly vestment without mentioning how pretty theirs are. They cannot post on a beautiful Papal Mass without mentioning that yes, their Masses are just that beautiful too.
If I done this to you, I am sorry.
Because it's highly annoying. It's my latest pet peeve.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
P.S. I am *not* talking about posting about something beautiful that happened at your parish, or leaving an *on-topic* comment about, say, the Mozart Mass you heard last week when the discussion is "Has anyone heard Missa in C recently?"
I am not talking about suggesting to visitors that they come to Mass at your parish, which you justifiably want people to see.
Those are all *good* things.

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