[terycarl]

This shaking hands, guitars etc...is making it a junk religion. Came back from VN in '68 and my first Mass back home was a "folk Mass." Beginning of the end for me.

WOW, you could judge against the true hurch of Christ because a youth group was singing hymns to a guitar????not real strong in your faith, were you??..The extraneous songs, motions, activities, etc do not determine the validity of the religion. You may feel more comfortable with the choir and organ music, but acapella or guitar or piano changes nothing. Go to Mass, honor your religion, and get over the trivialities!!

[netmilsmom]

>>WOW, you could judge against the true hurch of Christ because a youth group was singing hymns to a guitar????<<

YOUTH GROUP?!? How old are you? Because let me tell you, in 1970 my old Polish parish got into the “Spirit of Vatican II” and stopped using the organ (huge and in the choir loft) in favor of the guitars, drums and tamborine. It wasn’t a Youth group, it was four hippies sitting in front of the 18 foot statue of The Sacred Heart of Jesus, wailing away. Right behind the altar rail.

No, my FRiend. It wasn’t a youth group. It was every mass.

[oh8eleven]

not real strong in your faith, were you?
The Mass' environment has nothing to do with my faith.
While in VN, I attended Mass outdoors once while being hit with NVA rockets and artillery.
I found it less offensive than the dirty feckin' hippies the Church used as a ploy to get/keep that generation in the church.