'Go Forth And Tell It Like It Is': Roskam Raps At Hip Hop Mass

Episcopal News Service ^ | July 6, 2004 | Matthew Davies

[Dajjal]

I saw a link to this at Irish Elk, 7/13/04.

I'm sure the Catholics will have one of these for the next World Youth Day -- probably including a Liturgical Break Dance!

[broadsword]

I wonder if there were lines about capping the cops and slapping the hos?

[GeronL]

and where was the religion in all of this??

[stripes1776]

I wonder if there were lines about capping the cops and slapping the hos?

LOL. I can't wait for the Book of Common Prayer in Ebonics.

[Dajjal]

Liturgical shout out -- I mean ping.

[stripes1776]

"And here's the aforementioned bishop gettin' jiggy wit' it:"

[Dajjal]

Word up, homies!

'Salm 23

The Lord is all that, I need
For nothing
He allows me to chill.
He keeps me from being heated
And allows me to breathe easy.
He guides my life so that
I can represent and give
Shouts out in his Name.
And even though I walk through
The Hood of death,
I don't back down
For you have my back.
The fact that you have me covered
Allows me to chill.
He provides me with back-up
In front of my player-haters
And I know that I am a baler
And life will be phat
I fall back in the Lord's crib
For the rest of my life.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

I read this last night and thought, "I can laugh or I can cry." I laughed.

[Loyalist]

The International Committee on Ebonics in the Liturgy cannot be far behind. Fo' shizzle my nizzle!

[Maximilian]

I laughed.

I laughed too as I thought, "Oh those crazy Episcopalians. What will they think of next? Thank God I'm a Catholic." Then I thought of Fr. Stan Fortuna and I thought, "Let's hope he doesn't see this article and get any ideas."

[ArrogantBustard]

Then I thought of Fr. Stan Fortuna and I thought, "Let's hope he doesn't see this article and get any ideas."

Fr. Stan's rap act ends when he begins Mass. He seems to know that there is a time and place for the rap, and a time and place for reverence. Furthermore, most of his music is other than rap. FWIW.

[Siobhan]

Sista ain't no bishop.
Mess ain't no Mass.

Word.

[Aquinasfan]

and an Episcopal bishop rapping and feeling the beat.

Man.

When I was a teenager, there were few things I hated more than adults trying to be "relevant." Come to think of it, I still feel the same way, although today I feel pity more than anything.

[GirlShortstop]

When I was a teenager, there were few things I hated more than adults trying to be "relevant." Come to think of it, I still feel the same way, although today I feel pity more than anything.

Hip hop is the culture; it's the people. When it began it was all about speaking to the oppressor. Hip hop is the new civil rights.

A'fan, when I read the above quote, my thought was like yours, "poor, misguided person".

[AnAmericanMother]

All those kids are looking at this chubby short haired middle aged white lady and thinking, "Man, she is NUTS!"

[sockmonkey]

Two dozen Episcopal, Lutheran, Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy and lay people have so far joined in the development and celebration of the Hip Hop Mass

Names, I want names.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

An Irish rapper, lol.

[sockmonkey]

An Irish rapper, lol.

Hey, I'm impressed. She knows Gaelic, French, and Rap-erian.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

She needs a stage name for her new hobby!

[Dajjal]

Prayers for the repose of the soul of my Dad

Prayers for your father and family.

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in Pace. Amen.