non catholic christian church music

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Cathdefender said:
It is ok to praise and worship God without jumping all over the place and constant clapping for hours. I as well as most Catholics focus on the Passion of Christ, His dying on the cross, because if he hadn’t died, there would be no Resurrection.
My church is holy as Jesus was/is holy. We are in prayer a lot. I love the holiness of my faith.
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It is OK to dance before the Lord.
It is OK to lift up; holy hands unto the Lord.
Holy means seperate not somber.
 
Hisalone said:
It is OK to dance before the Lord.
It is OK to lift up; holy hands unto the Lord.
Holy means seperate not somber.
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**In the time of Moses, the Tabernacle, or tent of worship, had rooms called the Holy place and the Most holy place (Hebrews 9:1-3). These rooms were hallowed, Sacred, dedicated, set apart for God and devoted to his use.
THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE “HOLY”.

Another word for holy is Sanctification. Sanctification or holiness is what makes people saints----a bible term for Christians, God’s holy or sanctified people. Saints enjoy purification from evil.**
 
Hisalone said:
It is OK to dance before the Lord.
It is OK to lift up; holy hands unto the Lord.
Holy means seperate not somber.
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Yes, but not at the foot of the cross on Mt. Calvary. Would you dance before the Lord on the cross? Unlike Protestant worship, the Catholic Mass is participation in the perpetual sacrifice of the cross.

Since this concept is so easily misinterpreted by Protestants, it’s worth exploring more deeply before responding glibly:

catholic.com/thisrock/2001/0109sbs.asp

catholic.com/thisrock/2000/0009bite.asp

catholic.com/library/institution_of_the_mass.asp

Personally, I prefer traditional Catholic liturgical music and chants because they are spiritually profound. Happy, clappy doesn’t take me very deeply into the awesome mysteries of Christ and our faith. Since non-denominational and other Evangelical services are just religious social events, I can understand why happy, clappy and not Catholic liturgical music is the order of the day, though.

This Catholic one is simply, too beautiful to express in words:

youtube.com/watch?v=Syd43A5DWgA

To me, this is too goofy for church, but more importantly, the music is about the performers and watching their choreography, rather than about elevating one’s mind to the sacred:

youtube.com/watch?v=utpBDWrsqgU

Not really sure what this is because I can’t hear the lyrics, but it sounds happy and clappy. Look even at the surroundings. Industrial and uninspiring. It certainly doesn’t elevate one to the sacred, the way the Salzburg Cathedral in the first video does:

youtube.com/watch?v=fzTkNWHpHAk

I’ll take the Catholic music over the others any day. It’s sad that some Protestants can’t appreciate the beauty and depth of our music. 😦
 
wow! i’ve been thinking so much about why the difference is so striking, yet couldn’t articulate the essence of that difference…you hit it on the head…the Mass is about re-presenting ourselves at His passover,at His cross…not a celebration of how lucky we are to be saved, but a carrying of the cross as Simon was called to do, and our response of ‘Yes Lord.’
 
asthmaticus said:
wow! i’ve been thinking so much about why the difference is so striking, yet couldn’t articulate the essence of that difference…you hit it on the head…the Mass is about re-presenting ourselves at His passover,at His cross…not a celebration of how lucky we are to be saved, but a carrying of the cross as Simon was called to do, and our response of ‘Yes Lord.’
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But Christ has risen and I will shout and dance for He has beaten sin and death, The Joy of the Lord is my strength.
 
Depends on the Protestant church.

I grew up evangelical and there were pre-Reformation hymns in our hymnal, including one that we sang quite often, the Gloria Patri.

In the last ten-twenty years, a lot of evangelical Protestant churches have virtually eliminated hymns and hymnals in favor of Praise and Worship choruses and overheads (with no music). Perhaps that’s why you see no “Catholic” music.

Interestingly, though, I am finding that many of the Protestant P and W choruses are much more meaningful to me as a Catholic than they ever were when I was still Protestant. On Sunday, I played for the cantor who sang a Communion mediation “Heavenly Father, we appreciate you.” The chorus is “we love You, adore You, we bow down before You.” Now all Protestants love Jesus, but “adore Him?!” What does that mean? And I can count on one hand the number of times that I “bowed down before Him” while I was Protestant! (Technically, we never “bowed down before Him” because there was no Blessed Sacrament. We only bowed down before God omnipresent.)
 
Yerusalyim said:
The Ave Maria was written by Satan? So, Satan is the author of scripture? Ya might want to point out this ludicrous proposition to your wife.
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I certainly think that saying Satan wrote the Ave Maria is whacked but I still would never sing it again. My praise be only to God. A Mighty Fortess Is Our God, a bulwark never failing.
 
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