Dancing around the altar

[AlNg]

I’ve seen this kind of thing with my own eyes.

I have also seen women dancing during Mass.

 

[AlNg]

But it wasn’t at Mass,

Here is part of a Roman Catholic Mass celebrated by the Catholic Bishop Remi de Roo:

 

[JimR-OCDS]

I’m skeptical that it was a Catholic Bishop celebrating this Mass.

For one. he’s using a glass chalice, which a Bishop would never use.

Second, again it’s in a hall of some sort, not a church.

Third, even if all this was indeed true, the Bishop was wrong and this is a rare event.

JIm

 

[anon10271182]

Saw some bifocals fogging up, there…

 

[anon10271182]

What’s a glass chalice, when you have scary nightmare puppets and dancers on acid?

 

[JimR-OCDS]

Well you don’t like it, but it doesn’t mean it was an actual Catholic Bishop celebrating Mass.

It certainly wasn’t a church.

The dancer was pretty good though.

That being said, I hope the Church never allows liturgical dance at Mass.

The image of some I know who would jump at the chance, presents an image you don’t want imprinted into your mind.

Jim

 

[anon10271182]

Oh, who said I didn’t like it? Why, I can’t even begin to express the range of emotions…???

 

[JimR-OCDS]

OK excuse me, I thought you were being critical about it.

Jim

 

[anon10271182]

It transcends mere verbal description. It simply…is.

 

[Reuben_J]

Can we really see a dance around the altar during mass? If someone kind enough to show us some photos or video. I mean really real one, not someone dancing on the field or hotels or after having too much to drink.

 

[KMG]

There were also no women at the Last Supper, and they spoke a language that was no longer the vernacular.

 

[ComplineSanFran]

I’m skeptical that it was a Catholic Bishop celebrating this Mass.

For one. he’s using a glass chalice, which a Bishop would never use.

Second, again it’s in a hall of some sort, not a church.

This Bishop is a well known Canadian Bishop. No problem there.

A glass chalice? Why not?

And I had no idea that a Mass had to be celebrated in a churchy-looking building. I have seen masses held outside, on the back of a truck, in a school auditorium, and at the bedside of a hospital patient.

 

[Reuben_J]

Never had seen glass chalice being used in the mass. Glass? Come on, we are Catholics. One can see something is not quite right when the basic of the mass deviates from something that is not normal.

 

[ComplineSanFran]

There were also no women at the Last Supper, and they spoke a language that was no longer the vernacular.

There is no RECORD of women at the Passover Supper. That doesn’t mean that there were none.

 

[wiggbuggie1]

King David did it:grin:

 

[bobperk]

Your post brings up something I have wondered about - if we do Eucharistic adoration, why not adoration of the Blood using a clear chalice? Perhaps another post…

 

[PianomanD]

During Mass-DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!

During Adoration-I would refrain from doing so, myself, but if the Holy Spirit is moving you to do so, then don’t try to resist. If the dancing is a truthful form of prayer for you, then I would say it’s okay.

 

[PianomanD]

Oh Goodness, NO! There are stories at my parish concerning clear vessels. Don’t use clear vessels aside from the Luna, and only use clear chalices if absolutely necessary. The principal chalice should not be clear. Patens and Ciboria should not be clear either. This is just my opinion though. It’s ultimately up to your bishop and pastor.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

There were probably women in the next room as was often the custom.

Do you suppose Jesus left his mother at home for the Passover ?

In the book, “The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich described the Last Supper where the Blessed Mother and the wives of the Apostles were in a room directly below the room Jesus established the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. In her dream, Catherine Emmerich sees Jesus descend through the floor to give his mother the consecrated bread.

Yes it’s private revelation which doesn’t have to be believed, but there’s probably more that took place at the Last Supper than what we’re given in the gospels.

Jim

 

[2towers]

This is the Mass: entering into this passion, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus; when we go to Mass it is as if we were to go to Calvary, the same.

Yes. Imagine dancing at the foot of the cross during and after the Crucifixion, in front of the Mother of God. It makes no difference to me what Protestants incorporate into their services, it makes a huge difference to me what Catholics do.