messe

messe

"Church Mass" or "religious service."

Here, 'messe' refers to a Catholic or Christian religious ceremony.

Je vais à la messe tous les dimanches.

I go to mass every Sunday.

In this sentence, 'messe' still denotes the religious service, specifically indicating its conclusion.

La messe est finie, il est temps de partir.

The mass is over, it's time to leave.

Here, 'messe' is used metaphorically in a colloquial sense to denote a complicated and convoluted situation.

C'est toute une messe à chaque fois que nous devons nous organiser.

It’s a whole ordeal every time we need to organize ourselves.