tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post85544368024111647..comments2023-06-18T05:01:03.708-05:00Comments on Popin' Ain't Easy: Concern Over DivisionThrowbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-13544945294350796182009-08-13T11:35:45.092-05:002009-08-13T11:35:45.092-05:00Thank you very much for the comments. I really do ...Thank you very much for the comments. I really do appreciate feedback on these sorts of things.<br /><br />Roisin- At some point, I'll have to post about the Mass that my wife found so offensive that she beat me to the declaration that we'd never go back. And she was a Protestant then with no inclination of converting.<br /><br />CaL- On the particular points you raised, I recall a very recent conversation sparked by our priest's being out of town. An Indian priest filled in. The aftermath of Mass was generally a lot of discussion about how "we just couldn't understand a word he said."<br /><br />Yeah, I know that we celebrated the celestial liturgy with the entire court of heaven and Jesus showed up and all for the purpose of giving HImself to us, but that accent really threw me off.Throwbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-50210528351410117692009-08-13T06:34:31.887-05:002009-08-13T06:34:31.887-05:00The reason that you are considered schismatic, Thr...The reason that you are considered schismatic, Throwback, is that you understand that the purposes for attending Mass are to participate in the offering of the Sacrifice of Christ to the Father, to receive Christ's gift of Himself to you, and to unite your own living sacrifice with that of Christ. You do not go to be entertained or to get some kind of emotional high. Ask the parishioners who favor the "disco" liturgy whether they "get more out of" a Mass with rock music than one in which Gregorian Chant is accorded the pride of place the Church desires it to have. I bet they will say they do get more out of a rock Mass, and very enthusiastically so. So there is the division - between those who understand what the Mass is about and those who don't.Chants a Lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518418713994381645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-56916908635998195622009-08-12T09:23:17.626-05:002009-08-12T09:23:17.626-05:00Couldn't agree more. Growing up, my father dr...Couldn't agree more. Growing up, my father drove us nearly 20 minutes out of the way to another parish because the one closest to us had, what he liked to call, the "Cha-Cha" mass.Aileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747726548047410492noreply@blogger.com