On the contrary, the Psalms are sung at Mass. This document is referring to liturgical dance, which has been banned in the US. That has not impeded certain bishops and pastors from ignoring the ban and allowing - even encouraging! - youth in the parish to perform the dance.
In the catholic church, we believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. At ALL TIMES, a candle burns next to the Tabernacle, a reminder to us of His presence amongst us. Here is why liturgical dance is banned in the this country.
Dance is not allowed whatsoever. The document Dance In The Liturgy contains a full explanation. To summarize:
"[In western culture] dancing is tied with love, with diversion, with profaneness, with unbridling of the senses: such dancing, in general, is not pure."
"For that reason it cannot be introduced into liturgical celebrations of any kind whatever: that would be to inject into the liturgy one of the most desacralized and desacralizing elements; and so it would be equivalent to creating an atmosphere of profaneness which would easily recall to those present and to the participants in the celebration worldly places and situations."
The Bishops have expressly prohibited any and all forms of dancing in the Liturgy.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS (BISHOPS' COMMITTEE on the LITURGY) NEWSLETTER. APRIL/MAY 1982.
"FROM THESE DIRECTIVES, from the NATIONAL CONFERENCE of CATHOLIC BISHOPS, all dancing, (ballet, children's gesture as dancing, the clown liturgy) are not permitted to be 'introduced into liturgical celebrations of any kind whatever.'"
Jesus is present at all times in the heart of the believer, and the witness of the Holy Spirit confirms this.
The Bishops have expressly prohibited any and all forms of dancing in the Liturgy.
I see. The Bishops have this prohibited. But where does God prohibit it?
