Frühmesse (Early Mass) by Giovanni Segantini, (1885-1886)
In the Roman Catholic liturgy, the early Mass is a Massive Mass, which is commissioned in the early hours of the morning to enable believers, especially the peasants, to attend this ceremony before commencing to go to work Sometimes this miss starts at 6:00 in the morning. Especially in the winter it can still be quite cold in the church. Even today, in many churches there is a daily Mass in the morning.
The schoolchildren were also encouraged to attend such a school before school time. In particular, attending a number of misses on a series of consecutive first Fridays was valued as a special achievement.
The early childhood is a so-called silent miss or read miss, which lasts no longer than half an hour. On Sundays there is also the High Mass, at a later date. This is a sung miss, which lasts an hour.
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