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When I went to mass in Utah we rarely sang more then 2 verses. The church building was also very Catholic with statues and such. When I got to Tulsa, OK the church I go to rarely sings less then all the verses. I can only recall one song with like 6 verses that was not sung all the way through. We sing long songs all the way through here. Of course my new church is UG-LY! Not much in the way of statues or reminders. It looks, well, almost protestant.
Perhaps the difference is the bishop? The priest? Perhaps the parish just likes one way or the other? Go and talk to the priest and tell him what you think about it.
By the way, I prefer my old church building but my new parish singing ALL the verses! We do not live in a perfect world, just a perfect Church!
Your question was great and I hope we have someone that can answer it better.
By the way, when I was younger back in the 60’s or very early 70’s, we had a priest that interrupted the song. He asked the parish why we even pretended to sing since they refused to partake? Only a couple of people actually sang outside the “paid” singers! Some/most Catholics just don’t even bother singing! Perhaps another thread to ponder that question?
One last thing, come home to the Catholic Church because you have Faith. Don’t join just to give lip service. You can raise your kids Catholic and you can marry a Catholic but don’t become Catholic to make your family happy, do it to make both you and God happy. Faith is the most important thing in your life. It is more important then your life, your family or anything else. I would rather see you a Methodist and married in the Catholic Church then a Catholic without Faith. Follow the Holy Spirit wherever He leads you no matter what. When one follows Him they will always end up Catholic though.
St. Mt 10:32-38 (DRV) "32 Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. 34 Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
*35 “I came to set a man at variance”… Not that this was the end or design of the coming of our Saviour; but that his coming and his doctrine would have this effect, by reason of the obstinate resistance that many would make, and of their persecuting all such as should adhere to him. *
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36 And as a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household. 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me."
My wife is protestant and I am Catholic by “desire”. I know what it is like to sit in the pews while others receive Christ. I’ll settle for a blessing any day rather then go back to my former protestant ways believing whatever mutation of theology felt good at the time. If my wife doesn’t like it, she can hit the highway! God first always! Every time!
Gods peace be with you,
WELCOME HOME!
When I went to mass in Utah we rarely sang more then 2 verses. The church building was also very Catholic with statues and such. When I got to Tulsa, OK the church I go to rarely sings less then all the verses. I can only recall one song with like 6 verses that was not sung all the way through. We sing long songs all the way through here. Of course my new church is UG-LY! Not much in the way of statues or reminders. It looks, well, almost protestant.
Perhaps the difference is the bishop? The priest? Perhaps the parish just likes one way or the other? Go and talk to the priest and tell him what you think about it.
By the way, I prefer my old church building but my new parish singing ALL the verses! We do not live in a perfect world, just a perfect Church!
Your question was great and I hope we have someone that can answer it better.
By the way, when I was younger back in the 60’s or very early 70’s, we had a priest that interrupted the song. He asked the parish why we even pretended to sing since they refused to partake? Only a couple of people actually sang outside the “paid” singers! Some/most Catholics just don’t even bother singing! Perhaps another thread to ponder that question?
One last thing, come home to the Catholic Church because you have Faith. Don’t join just to give lip service. You can raise your kids Catholic and you can marry a Catholic but don’t become Catholic to make your family happy, do it to make both you and God happy. Faith is the most important thing in your life. It is more important then your life, your family or anything else. I would rather see you a Methodist and married in the Catholic Church then a Catholic without Faith. Follow the Holy Spirit wherever He leads you no matter what. When one follows Him they will always end up Catholic though.
St. Mt 10:32-38 (DRV) "32 Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. 34 Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
*35 “I came to set a man at variance”… Not that this was the end or design of the coming of our Saviour; but that his coming and his doctrine would have this effect, by reason of the obstinate resistance that many would make, and of their persecuting all such as should adhere to him. *
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36 And as a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household. 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me."
My wife is protestant and I am Catholic by “desire”. I know what it is like to sit in the pews while others receive Christ. I’ll settle for a blessing any day rather then go back to my former protestant ways believing whatever mutation of theology felt good at the time. If my wife doesn’t like it, she can hit the highway! God first always! Every time!
Gods peace be with you,
Jay Damien
Christians did not sing at all in Church until the 16th century and the so-called Reformation, when Luther substituted singing for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
