Ping!
Dance can be a form of worship . . . when you’re alone outdoors or alone indoors.
The purpose of the SACRIFICE of the Mass is the Eucharist. This is where Catholics and Protestants meet the fork in the road. For Protestants the purpose of Church is the Sermon.
Dance doesn’t belong during the Sacrifice of the Mass.
Any more than the idea that we have to hold hands when we pray or sing/pray the Lord’s Prayer. (A custom I particularly disagree with.)
I apologize for not being able to read every repy to this thread but it is late and I need to work tomorow. Can we please agree that the current Pope has indicated his belief that the the Church can be a smaller, more vibrant body of Christ? I have already told my wife that I expect my funeral Mass to be in Latin according to the 1962 Missal. If that is not possible, then, what do I care as long as I have had last Rites according to the proper Catholic Tradition?