Guitars in Church

[Catholic_Prime_1]

Do you think that after Mass on Fridays, when you can do Adoration, that it is rude if someone comes in with a Guitar and starts singing while everyone else is remaining quiet doing their prayers silent or their Hail Mary’s?

I think that if they want to make Noise they should go in the Cry Room, and leave us to our meditations. Here’s a video of it happening at my Parish:

 

[Melchior_1]

Devil’s Advocate; some would consider it rude to be video taping people without their consent.

Also, this might be better suited in another section…?v

 

[Aelred_Minor]

I imagine the person did not mean to be rude, but thought they would provide some nice worship music to enhance the Adoration. I imagine you were not alone in feeling like the music instead disturbed the meditative atmosphere. I would have felt the same way. Perhaps there is a respectful way to bring the matter to someone’s attention that for you and likely for many others silence is in fact more conducive to prayer in Adoration.

 

[LSK]

Oh I bet they thought they were adding to the prayerful atmosphere. That must have been awkward.

 

[triumphguy]

Yes it is, not so much rude as …er … OK it’s rude.

It doesn’t make guitars in church inappropriate though.

BTW isn’t it disrespectful to video the Eucharist during adoration and to take other’s pictures while they are praying and post it on youtube without permission?

 

[Juliannarose]

Are you new to this parish? I’m just wondering if he has been doing this at adoration for awhile and others, the regulars, know and expect him to do it? Otherwise, yes, it is rude. It’s also rude to video tape someone without their knowledge and post it on youtube and here. Even worse is the video taping of the Blessed Sacrament.

 

[MidnightSun12]

I think it’s a really good thing to avoid letting ourselves get bothered or upset when we get interrupted during prayer! Afterall, isn’t the purpose of prayer/adoration to grow closer to God in love (and by extension of that, love for our neighbour?) It would be kind of odd to be asking God to help us love our neighbour more completely, and then get upset when the neighbour interrupts us mid-request!

 

[Rainaldo]

When she comes in next time, start singing yourself, one song after another with no breaks in between. A sung rosary, or all six verses of Pange Lingua for example. She won’t dare to interrupt you. Eventually someone will complain to the pastor - she herself may be the one, complaining she isn’t getting her turn - and he will ban such disturbances.