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\u2026 When my son told me the children\u2019s choir was performing Lord of the Dance<\/em> at mass this weekend I was a tab bit confused\u2026 <\/p>\n

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The Boy: No, it\u2019s a real song.<\/p>\n

The Mom: Really? A song called \u2018Lord of the Dance\u2019? Will there be tambourines involved?<\/p>\n

The Boy: Noooooo. Just a guitar maybe. <\/p>\n

The Mom: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Well, let\u2019s hear this \u2018Lord of the Dance\u2019<\/p>\n

The Boy:\u2669\u266a\u266b\u266c I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced on the moon and the stars and the sun. \u2669\u266a\u266b\u266c<\/p>\n

The Mom: OOOoo. I know this one. \u2669\u266a\u266b\u266c I danced over the rainbow to get my lucky charms, I tapped my feet and I waved my arms \u2669\u266a\u266b\u266c. <\/p>\n

The Boy: What? No! It\u2019s about Jesus. Jesus dancing. <\/p>\n

The Mom: On the moon. <\/p>\n

The Boy: And the sun and the stars. <\/p>\n

The Mom: So Jesus is an astronaut. <\/p>\n

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Lord of the Dance written by Sydney Carter;<\/p>\n

Partly inspired by Jesus, and partly by a statue of Shiva as Nataraja, Sydney wrote the lyrics \u201cLord Of The Dance\u201d in 1963, as an adaptation of Joseph Brackett\u2019s \u201cSimple Gifts\u201d, and a tribute to Shaker music. He later stated, \u201cI did not think the churches would like it at all. I thought many people would find it pretty far flown, probably heretical and anyway dubiously Christian. But in fact people did sing it and, unknown to me, it touched a chord \u2026 Anyway, it\u2019s the sort of Christianity I believe in. I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality. By Christ I mean not only Jesus; in other times and places, other planets, there may be other Lords of the Dance.\u201d [source<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes. A completely appropriate hymn for a Catholic mass. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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