[metmom]

Considering the volume of most of the worship bands I’ve heard in churches, I doubt this man’s tambourine in the back of the sanctuary is making it impossible for someone to hear.

Your comments indicate that you’re exactly the kind of person this woman is writing about.

[MamaB]

Amen.

[vladimir998]

“I doubt this man’s tambourine in the back of the sanctuary is making it impossible for someone to hear.”

So people were complaining for no reason at all? Really? You don’t think that people RIGHT NEXT TO THEM might not have had a problem hearing the music?

“Your comments indicate that you’re exactly the kind of person this woman is writing about.”

Maybe I am, but the problem might be this woman’s inability to see that she is helping to cause a problem that might be easily adverted if she were as generous of spirit as she demands everyone else be.

I don’t mind crying babies at Mass - I expect plenty of them in my parish where every single family follows Humanae Vitae. What I can’t stand is when parents allow their kids to wail, scream, and shout for minutes at a time rather than simply remove the child from the sanctuary for a few minutes.

[Hoodat]

Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.

Matthew 18:2-5

[txrefugee]

Worship is not primarily for our enjoyment. It’s not what we “get out of the service,” but what we put into it. I believe God was especially pleased with this man’s joyful tambourine playing. Could the praise band match his sincerity?

[editor-surveyor]

No Kidding!