[Jeff Chandler]

If the music makes you want to hold hands and sway or if it sounds as if it belongs in a Disney Princess movie . . .

[defconw]

I hear you! My masculine side must be stronger than I thought. I am thinking back now on the difference between parishes where the liturgical minister has been a male as opposed the ones where it has been a female. (moved a lot). I am trying to think if it made a difference in how I perceived the parish. I think it did. Even though it was subconscious.

[Salvation]

I think the main point of his article is “Let’s get back to reverence.”

Even when leaving church.

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[dsc]

“If the music makes you want to hold hands and sway or if it sounds as if it belongs in a Disney Princess movie . . .”

I like to use the date/digit method.

You look at the date of the composition. If it only has three digits (e.g., 967) then you’re good, and that music may be used.

If it has four digits, then you must examine the first digit. If it is a 2, then the composition is to be avoided at all costs.

If the first digit is a 1, then you must look at the second digit. If it is a 9, then the composition goes on the compost heap with the 21st century garbage.

If it is an 8, then the composition must be evaluated for intellectual and theological maturity. If the third digit is a 7 or lower, the composition is almost certain to be acceptable.

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=8485
http://www.crisismagazine.com/2009/the-hidden-hand-behind-bad-catholic-music