The videos that circulate the internet don\u2019t look like anything Catholic I\u2019ve ever seen. There is nothing liturgically recognizable I can even discern. In fact, it hardly qualifies as a religious or spiritual function at all. At best, they remind me of the evangelical rock concerts my Pentecostal<\/a> friends would drag me to. Yeah, those were supposed to change my life as well. <\/p>\n I don\u2019t know. Tell me what you think. <\/p>\n In all fairness, this particular video was uploaded to YouTube in 2008 and uses footage from 2002; almost a decade ago. Maybe things have changed significantly in that time. Maybe not. That\u2019s why I am asking you. <\/p>\n However, the whole phenomena begs the question; why do people think teens and young adults are simply incapable of practicing their faith without a party atmosphere. And what\u2019s all this hog wash about it fostering vocations\u2026 as if no one ever considered a vocation prior to the inception of WYD. <\/p>\n I give more creedance to young people taking pilgrimages to shrines, and other locations of Catholic importance, than I do of these party atmosphere events where Eucharistic Adoration is \u2026 well, just look at it. Appalling. <\/p>\n
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