[Iscool]

You might as well be going to some non-aligned protestant offshoot church with a santuary in a shopping mall if your priest has the latitude to pull this kind of shenanigan.

That's what I'm attracted to...A place where the preacher prays from his heart instead of repeating some mindless, repetitious phrase that is engrained in his head...

[Yardstick]

Yeah, I was attracted to that too, then I gave up on that.

It’s complex, I guess.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Iscool, I go for all of it. Really, I do. I go for heartfelt improvisation, I go for the "White Spirituals" of the Shape Note tradition, and the deep, moving Black Spirituals too. And I love the glorious cadences of the sacred Latin Liturgy.

If you think that's “mindless repetitious phrases,” I wonder how you will enjoy Heaven, where the blessed saints join the angels ceaselessly repeating their "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts," in eternal light and bliss?

Liturgy is a privileged place where earth and heaven meet. I can hardly believe there exists anyone utterly unable to see the good in something which nurtured and still nurtures countless God-loving souls, something profoundly significant and so, so beautiful.

“Diffrent strokes” and all, but that's sad.