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We have Curt Jester to thank for these shapshots of Catholic liturgy. A friend and fellow convert called me last week just about at his wits\u2019 end with the music in his parish. Three ancient crones with one guitar squawking out the latest goofy song as a recessional, \u201cWe can make a difference\u2026we can make a difference in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t stand it anymore\u201d said my friend. \u201cThe music is awful. Just awful. Combine that with the fact that we have a very sweet and intelligent African priest, but we just can\u2019t understand him. His accent is too strong, and because of the priest shortage he\u2019s only here for a few months, and he won\u2019t change anything. My wife and son don\u2019t want to go to Mass at all because its so awful, and its so bad I have to admit they\u2019re even tempted to go to the local Protestant mega church. We\u2019ve tried real hard to say, \u2018Yes, its the Mass and we\u2019re there for Jesus not the music, but I come out of Mass angry and surely that\u2019s not the way. Why do they choose such awful crap?\u201d<\/p>\n
I had to remind him that unfortunately a good number of the people in the pew actually do like that stuff. Yes, dear traditionalists, it\u2019s true. While many Catholics roll their eyes and endure the most execrable musical and liturgical travesties, many other Catholics do actually like the stuff.<\/p>\n
The thing is, I\u2019m not so trad that I\u2019m against rock music. We had a pretty decent Catholic rock band do a concert at school today. I\u2019m not even totally against rock music at Mass. At the giant youth rally at March for Life a decent rock band played \u2018We can make a difference\u2019 and with 25,000 kids singing it before the March for Life it was great.<\/p>\n
But for most masses on a regular basis all the trendy silly stuff just doesn\u2019t work. I don\u2019t say this just because I dislike that kind of music, but because it just isn\u2019t worship. Nine times out of ten the music and the words are all about me feeling good, not me worshiping God. It\u2019s not a matter of taste. It\u2019s a matter of what worship is, and what the liturgy is supposed to do.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s to be done? The only hope is that a new generation of priests and people will learn that Mass is not about entertainment, and they will leave all the puppets and clowns and go go dancers and sentimental music shows and concerts and try Catholic worship for a change.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 We have Curt Jester to thank for these shapshots of Catholic liturgy. A friend and fellow convert called me last week just about at his wits\u2019 end with the music in his parish. Three ancient crones with one guitar squawking out the latest goofy song as a recessional, \u201cWe can make a difference\u2026we can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n