My Thoughts on the Episcopal Service I Attended Today

[PastorBonus]

For a Church known for its liberal approach to doctrines, the Episcopalian Church (and to a certain extent, the Anglican Church) is usually traditional in their liturgy, which make me wonder why modern Catholicism is losing so many of her faithful. I mean look at us. Most of the churches I go to are extremely modern, an the Mass seem at time very rushed. Whereas the Anglicans and Episcopalians often compose and select hymns that are solemn and easy for the congregation to follow, Catholics often opt for broadway like pieces. For real guys, Dan Schutte songs are good, but can they be considered sacred music? What about Greg Proorian chant? Why is it so easy to buy a CD but so difficult to find a parish that has Gregorian chant? Why must we abandon such a beautiful tradition like this?

At the end since my conversion to the Catholic Church, sometimes I wonder why.The modern church is not the church I often see on movies or the one I see on EWTN. It is boring and rushed, an incomplete hybrid between Protestantism and Catholicism, lacking the zeal of the former, and the sacredness of the latter.

 

[Indifferently]

For a Church known for its liberal approach to doctrines, the Episcopalian Church (and to a certain extent, the Anglican Church) is usually traditional in their liturgy, which make me wonder why modern Catholicism is losing so many of her faithful. I mean look at us. Most of the churches I go to are extremely modern, an the Mass seem at time very rushed. Whereas the Anglicans and Episcopalians often compose and select hymns that are solemn and easy for the congregation to follow, Catholics often opt for broadway like pieces. For real guys, Dan Schutte songs are good, but can they be considered sacred music? What about Greg Proorian chant? Why is it so easy to buy a CD but so difficult to find a parish that has Gregorian chant? Why must we abandon such a beautiful tradition like this?

At the end since my conversion to the Catholic Church, sometimes I wonder why.The modern church is not the church I often see on movies or the one I see on EWTN. It is boring and rushed, an incomplete hybrid between Protestantism and Catholicism, lacking the zeal of the former, and the sacredness of the latter.

This is a major problem across denominational boundaries, sadly. The major problem I have noticed in my part of the Church (traditional Anglican) is that the preaching is simply often a bit flat. I see much better preaching in many Protestant churches than even the most conservative parts of the Church of England.

 

[EvangelCatholic]

I have had the pleasure and inspiration to attend Mass in Episcopalian churches and joint Lutheran/ Episcopal ordination services. I am quite pleased that Lutheran and Anglicans are in full communion with each other because Lutherans have been blessed by the solemnity and beauty of this union of common faith.

 

[Casey123]

At the Profession of Faith during the Easter Vigil. Confirmation follows immediately afterward and is when we received the indelible mark of the Holy Spirit.

Um… hypothetically speaking, what if one was bad at Catechism classes (only going to about a 1/3rd) and sort of skipped the Easter service/vigil altogether and just went to Confirmation? Personal curiosity…