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Originally Posted by Quoth
I know what the difference is between High and Low Church in the Church of England, but I've not heard of High and Low Mass. Also a typical Irish Catholic Mass and one in Evesham, England differed only in the form of the rest of the service, not the bell, incense and distribution of the Host. My Belfast Catholic friend was convinced I'd directed him to a Church of England, because they had hymn books and the congregation sang from them. AFAIK they don't in most Irish & NI Catholic churches, but not being of that persuasion I've only rarely visited any.
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Vague memories of my RC childhood I seem to recall that High Mass was the full, sung mass whereas Low Mass was shorter, not sung and was in the vernacular. High Mass was longer…