Posted on 06/26/2006 11:48:53 AM PDT by FJ290
Vatican City, 26 June (AKI) - Pope Benedict XVI has called for traditional sacred music to be played during mass, condemning the ongoing custom of contemporary music at religious celebrations. "Updating sacred music is possible, but this cannot happen unless it follows the tradition of Gregorian chants or sacred polyphony," the pontiff said on Sunday on the sidelines of a concert in the Sistine Chapel. A skilled pianist with a predilection for Bach and Mozart, Benedict XVI spoke against a custom reportedly appreciated by his more informal predecessor John Paul II, who worked very hard throughout his papacy to make the Church more appealing to the younger generations.
In an interview published in Turin-daily La Stampa on Monday, the former Archbishop of Ravenna, veteran Cardinal Ersilio Tonini also condemned the practice saying that "Benedict XVI is right, mass is a meeting with God and to meet God sacred music is better than the turmoil of electric guitars, hand clapping and the husstle and bustle of disorderly sounds."
Tonini said that 40 years ago after the Second Vatican Council "making mass more popular and inviting could be understood." However, the cardinal added, "we exaggerated and now I believe it is legitimate to consider as over this season of breaks with tradition."
This also: Oremus Hymnal
Ya put yer right arm in,
Ya put yer right arm out,
Ya put yer right arm in,
And you shake it all about,
Ya do the 'Hokey-Pokey'
And ya turn yerself around,
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!!
OBTW, the group of 'ladies' in that picture really is a howlingly mind-bending absurdity.
True. Neither are we admonished to praise Him only with old music; quite the opposite:
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. - Psalm 96:1
I'm guessing Methodist?
AAM, the more I troll these threads the more in awe I become of your musical knowledge. :)
Now, of course, I'm going to have to look up these styles you mention!
They're all in stretch pants. I bet some of them are stirrup.
You mean the "Leader of Song." Careful, I used to do that, LOL!
Music after 1900; lyrics after 1000. :^D
I was raised in a high-church Episcopal tradition, where it seemed we spent half the service on our knees. Now that I am older and wiser, I know that the discomfort of spending fifteen minutes kneeling, with the relief of standing to take communion, followed by the warm glow from a healthy slug of sweet red Port, is an allegory for how our suffering in this world will be replaced by joy in God's presence.
I still miss the 1928 Prayer Book liturgy and the old Episcopal hymnal, even though we have returned to Mother Rome. I wish there were an Anglican Use parish in our diocese.
-ccm
I'm not real fond of the one-armed salute that is so prevalent in worship these days. I find it mildly alarming, to tell you the truth.
Your photo is a good example.
It is a disgrace.
No. Your lyrical cut-off is too early. I propose precisely 07MAR1274.
Really strange note: It seems all the charismatic Catholic groups in the DC area are incorporating Latin Hymns and Eucharistic adoration...
They're raising their hands, because they're "Sure".
hahaha!
Think we are the only ones getting this???
I'm certainly not one to do that.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it ...
Supposedly, that is some sort of "empowerment" gesture of defiance which feminists and alternative lifestyleoids have picked up along the way. Although the most familiar use of that we all remember with some horror (Germany: 1933-1945), it derives from older occult groups like the Vril Society and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. History is stranger than fiction... sometimes.
What if the Hokey-Pokey really is what it's all about?
Funny things start to happen when you call on the Holy Spirit. :)
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