Dancing around the altar

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I also concur - we should ask ourselves, did Jesus and the Apostles ‘physically dance’ at the Passover ‘Lord’s Supper’? I think not.
 
I’ve seen a recording of stately folkdancing done to a specific folkmusic-style mass concert, in church, but not during actual liturgy. Compare Mozart’s Requiem, which is pious and solemn and worshipful, but not what I’d expect used at mass/service.
And that ’mass music’ was approved by the Archbishop, focusing on praise, God’s blessings and weddings. Definitely something to borrow a hymn or a kyrie from, but rare to see it in full.
 
Ah, interpretive dance. Where is Squidward Tentacles when we need him?
 
It’s not either / or. The Mass is a great mystery. It is definitely true that Christ is not re-crucified. The living Christ is present on the altar, not a dead Christ. For this reason the Mass is joyful (which is why we don’t celebrate it on Good Friday). We encounter the Risen Christ and unite our own offerings to His perfect living, unbloody sacrifice to the Father.

Yet, all that being true, the one sacrifice of the cross is mystically present as well. That same sacrifice is re-presented to the Father in an unbloody manner. You are right that Christ isn’t actually dead on the altar, but the same saving work, the same sacrifice of the cross is present.
 
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@(name removed by moderator) what about dancing on the altar.
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Dancing ON the altar?? (I am assuming this is in the Latin Church, where the term “altar” refers to the actual table?)

That is just downright dangerous, to say nothing else. And unsanitary. I won’t even get into the liturgical laws govering it, as others are more qualified to do that.
 
I think the Ethiopic and Eritrean Rite is the only one that can claim beautiful, meaningful, dignified, and reverent liturgical dance:

 
Traditions and customs change over time. Just because it happens in contemporary society doesent mean it was contemporaneous to Christ.
 
Aren’t Hula dances pagan since before Catholicism came the natives worshipped a fire god and just like the african tribes worshipped their false gods though dancing
 
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It was as prominent in the Ancient Jewish culture as it is today.

Read the psalms, sing and dance to the Lord is in there.

Jim
 
It depends. We’re you commissioned by your pastor as a Liturgical Dancer? 🕺💃

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For those who feel afflicted, let them pray. For those who feel joyful, let them sing the Psalms. NO DANCING PLEASE!
 
Is it described in Exodus when God lays down the ceremonies and rituals for the Passover?
 
If I were to see dancing on the altar at my church, the next mass I would bring in a pig and start a bonfire. :roll_eyes:
 
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At the time of the actual Passover itself. The remembrance of the Passover as the Jews practiced ever since, changed just as the Mass isn’t exactly the same as it was at the Last Supper.

Jim
 
Let’s GIRM holds supreme.

Dance, however, need not be irreverent. King David danced in worship and when Michal reprimanded him for that, she became barren. Be careful, when you stop a true worship from the heart, you can be barren, spiritually.
 
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Dancing ON the altar??
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Well, if there are no pins handy so that you can dance on the head . . .

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If I were to see dancing on the altar at my church, the next mass I would bring in a pig and start a bonfire. :roll_eyes:
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That would be silly. Everyone knows to dig a hole in the parking lot, put in hot stones, a layer of dirt, the pig, and then fill with more dirt.

You just can’t cook a pig properly on a bonfire; the outside gets burnt and the inside never reaches the USDA temp and sends half the congregation to the hospital!

😜

hawk
 
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