[nanetteclaret]

dsc - As a former Episcopalian I can feel your pain. LOL! The Episcopal church I attended before I became Catholic was a beautiful gothic-style church, the liturgy was Rite I, and the music was heavenly English choral with excellent organ. But it is all a “whited sepulchre” because of various reasons. Anyway, yesterday we attended the little Catholic church near our farm and I specifically wore my long chapel veil, so that I could discreetly put my hands over my ears while the “choir” was singing, accompanied by some sort of electronic synthesizer piano/organ, played in a very old-timey Southern Baptist way! Although it was hard, I “offered up” my suffering (which it literally was) and asked the angels to sing louder than the “choir.” Plus, the homily was really questionable. But Jesus was there and that's really all that counts.

[AnAmericanMother]

As a former Episcopalian I can feel your pain.

Amen, amen! We only stayed in our Pisky parish as long as we did because of the great music . . . but fortunately we found a good solid parish (very little "holy field goal" or handholding during the Our Father - visitors who do that look around and realize that it isn't done, and subside), and the music just keeps getting better and better.

We sang Faure's Requiem for All Souls, it was splendid AND elevating (and nobody applauded).

We do occasionally give a round of applause to new altar boys or so forth, but only after "Ite, missa est."

[dsc]

You guys are all doing better than I have been.

Must...do...better...