[NYer]

Francis Cardinal Arinze

[NYer]

Gotta love him!

[mrs. a]

I said it before and I'll say it again...liturgical dance is neither!

[RonF]

Well, then, but what about Psalm 150:

¹Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

²Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

³Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

⁴Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

⁵Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

⁶Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

[xzins]

We're men, we're men in tights
We roam around the forest looking for fights
We're men, We're men in tights
We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that's right
We may look like sissies
But watch what you say, or else we'll put out your lights
We're men, we're men in tights
Always on guard defending the people's rights

La, la, la, ....etc

We're men, manly men, we're men in tights Yeah!
We roam around the forest looking for fights
We're men, we're men in tights
We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that's right
We may look like pansies
But don't get us wrong, or else we'll put out your lights
We're men, we're men in tights, tight tights
Always on guard defending the people's rights
When you're in a fix, call for the men in tights
We're Butch!!

[Old_Mil]

The fundamental problem surrounding liturgical dance, speaking in tongues, holy laughter, and all the other nonsense that the Charismatic movement has been spreading is that Charismatics know no authority other than their own emotions. Neither pope, nor pastor, nor scripture will sway them from an opinion if that opinion is felt to be a spiritual one.

The only problem is that Christianity is a faith of externally revealed divine truth, not internally discovered divinity...and Charismaticism is therefore incompatible with it.

[hellinahandcart]

When the people finish dancing in the Mass and then when the dance group finishes and people clap -- don't you see what it means? It means we have enjoyed it.

Or maybe it means that the congregation are just immensely relieved that it's over and they don't have to pretend to enjoy that silliness anymore.

I've been through some bad times in churches, but thank God, I never had DANCE inflicted on me...

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Hey, I'm a CONSERVATIVE Protestant. I'm not a prude. I don't think dance itself is sinful. But if someone started doing that dancing stuff in the front of my church I'd grab the kids and nudge the missus and walk down the middle aisle of that church faster than you can say fruitcake.

Hooray for this Cardinal. I might not agree with him much about RC theology, but I agree with him that worship is where God's people focus on GOD. If there's clapping for anyone, it's wrong.