Is it sinful to not sing as loud as possible at Mass?

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It’s understandable. We are all human, both you and your father. Parents make mistakes too.
 
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It is not that I don’t like to sing or refuse to sing, but at Mass i tend to be a quiet singer i suppoze. I think I just sing in a way that just sort of blends in, but I’ve been told otherwise. I do try so tiny loud enough, but I also enjoy being able to hear the congregation sing.

As the header asks, is it sinful or wrong to not be singing as loud? There’s more to it, but I do sing.
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No. It’s not sinful to sing less loudly than you can.
In fact it’s not sinful to refrain from singing at all.
Mass is an act of worship, not a competition of any sort.
 
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As the header asks, is it sinful or wrong to not be singing as loud?
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Please use common sense. Think about the 10 commandments and which one would this be a sin against? The answer: none of them. Don’t be scrupulous.
 
As I have mentioned earlier, sinful wasn’t the right term, and I should have just said “wrong” instead.

Although it is wrong to not participate in the Mass, if you aren’t absorbed and only there because it is an ‘obligation’. And not partake in worship, which I assume is what my dad thought, though not the case

Not to seem rude, but that is a bit of a harsh response. Thus a reason why I hardly come on here anymore. I really dislike comments that makes someone feel stupid, especially when they shouldn’t. SOrry for the miscommunication though, i should have clarified better 🙂

As with that, thank s to all who responded i will unlikely return for a while (reason above) i do understand it isn’t sinful, especially if i am truly still worshiping. I just needed to make sure I wasn’t getting upset and offended for the wrong reason. God bless!
 
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It is not that I don’t like to sing or refuse to sing, but at Mass i tend to be a quiet singer i suppoze. I think I just sing in a way that just sort of blends in, but I’ve been told otherwise. I do try so tiny loud enough, but I also enjoy being able to hear the congregation sing.

As the header asks, is it sinful or wrong to not be singing as loud? There’s more to it, but I do sing.
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I would say sing to blend in is the best. Like the angels of the heavenly hosts, the harmonious voice of the faithful in songs and hymns is both lovely to hear and music to the ears and worthy sacrifice to the Lord.

As for your question, is not a sin. In fact, too loud can distract the others, remembering that some people do mind to hear you dominating the noise level.
 
Singing comes from the heart. I do not think it as much about volume as it is about effort.
 
It’s not sinful … but for God’s sake, give singing the old college try. You don’t have to sing nearly as loud as possible, but one can sing loudly enough to be meaningfully participating in the hymn. There’s such a thing as a happy medium … and as a recent convert, I’m a little puzzled why this is so hard to grasp for Catholics.

It’s not sinful to refrain … but all things being equal, why not join in?
 
Does he intimidate you to sing louder, but then add, “but don’t do it because I said so”?
 
I am quite glad that my singing is so terrible because I would probably be more inflated by pride than I already am.
 
No, it is not sinful to not sing as loud as possible at Mass.

A gentleman at one of my masses has a fine voice but bad timing and sings very loudly from the first row of the church - about as loudly as my amplified voice when I am the cantor/song leader. Even the organist in the choir loft in the back of the church can hear him. I have to really concentrate in order to stay in proper time so that he doesn’t throw me off and thus slow down the entire assembly. He means well but, really, there’s no need to sing as loud as possible for every.single.musical.piece.

I’ve had people come up to me and apologize for him and his loud voice. I think one of them was his wife. I just say, “Oh, no need, he means well, if only everyone were so enthusiastic.”
 
If everyone we’re singing as loud as possible, I think that would sound awful. That would be more like bellowing, and not singing IMO. I think your post is a good reminder to parents on here not to nitpick everything about their children…
 
Indeed. I’m sure parishioners appreciate that I keep down the tone.

But there’s a woman at my parish who, although she has a somewhat decent voice, she sings LOUDLY. It’s uncomfortable to sit near her, particularly when she tries to hit high notes. If she’s near you, she’s all you can hear.
 
It’s like the ROSARY - I listen to others - while harmonizing with the group tone.
You always got one LOUD MOUTH - who wants to crank out - above others.

With songs…most people are just too lazy to pick up the hymnal and look up the song.
If they do, they are so slow, the song’s half way over, before they sing.

Some lady sat two rows in front of me, I quietly sang towards her, as a prayer…
I was astounded to see her reading the hymnal, after the song was done !

Even after mass, she sat there, for a few minutes, reading the lyrics…
I have a good voice, and know many songs intimately…but NEVER belt it out.
 
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If you heard me sing, it may be a sin if I were to sing as loudly as possible at mass.
 
Ethel Merman supposedly said, if you can’t sing good, sing LOUD!
 
One movie I enjoy watching is Sister Act.
I think most of us think that we sound like the choir there before Sister Mary Clarence took charge of things. We think we sound like the before. But I think to God, we sound like the choir after Mary Clarence, fantastic!
 
The minimum required by Canon Law is merely lip sync.😎

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