This saddens me beyond words. Someone other than a priest "directing" a service and distributing communion? Taped "music" at a "funeral"? No wonder the New Order church is is such bad shape. I will keep you in my prayers.
Last year, I attended the funeral of a much loved NYS Trooper, member of a bagpipe group. After communion, they played a taped recording of the same trooper singing "Amazing Grace", a hymn that has been embraced by many catholics, despite being doctrinally incorrect. Many teared up ... personally, I thought it was in poor taste. But, this is the Albany Diocese, where just about anything goes.
No wonder the New Order church is is such bad shape. I will keep you in my prayers.
Thanks but I attend a Maronite Catholic Church, where the entire liturgy is chanted and totally unaffected by these novelties.