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Kerry77
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Went to Mass at a different parish this weekend. It was…different. Very different. Just for context, I usually go to an Ordinary Form Mass, so this isn’t a comparison to the TLM. I will write the things that were different from any other Mass I have ever been to…
Anyway…So, at the beginning, the cantor welcomes everyone and asks everyone to say Hello to your neighbor. This causes all kinds of head nodding and all that. Ok. Then she says, “Please find your “Worship Aid” in front of you.” This turns out to be a piece of paper with all of the songs for the Mass on it.
Then, the music starts. It’s a guitar and drums duo playing in the choir loft. Loud. I think they had amps going. The entrance hymn is something quite…er rocking. The people seem happy though, everyone is singing quite loud.
The readings were as usual. Then the Offertory. Another rocking song. Then the Eucharistic Prayer starts. I am not kidding…the guitarist kept playing through the whole Eucharistic prayer. The only pause was during the Consecration, after “Do this in memory of me.”
During the Eucharistic doxology (Through Him, with Him, in Him…), the cantor jumps up on the altar and the rock music starts going again. I mean rock music. And all of the people sing the entire part right up through the Great Amen. I have never, ever heard that before in my life.
During the Our Father, the people were using Orans position, but I’ve seen that elsewhere. The Our Father was sung by everyone, but again, it seemed to be a contemporary composition. Very contemporary. Rock music.
I remember seeing a lot of people also using the Orans position every time they would say, “And with your Spirit”
The Lamb of God seemed to be freestyle. Again, rock music. I don’t know if you are allowed to add words, but they did.
Then after the Lamb of God, no one kneeled, everyone remained standing.
After Communion, the priest stayed seated for the final prayers. And there was nothing wrong with him, believe me, he was all over the place.
So my questions…
Is this allowed? I grew up in the 80s and I saw my fair share of “folk Masses” but I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.
This parish was run by an order, not the diocese. Does that have something to do with it?
I will say some positives…people were singing really loud. People seemed really engaged. The Mass was packed, standing room only, people out the door. The priest seemed friendly when he was outside saying goodbye as you were leaving.
Anyway…So, at the beginning, the cantor welcomes everyone and asks everyone to say Hello to your neighbor. This causes all kinds of head nodding and all that. Ok. Then she says, “Please find your “Worship Aid” in front of you.” This turns out to be a piece of paper with all of the songs for the Mass on it.
Then, the music starts. It’s a guitar and drums duo playing in the choir loft. Loud. I think they had amps going. The entrance hymn is something quite…er rocking. The people seem happy though, everyone is singing quite loud.
The readings were as usual. Then the Offertory. Another rocking song. Then the Eucharistic Prayer starts. I am not kidding…the guitarist kept playing through the whole Eucharistic prayer. The only pause was during the Consecration, after “Do this in memory of me.”
During the Eucharistic doxology (Through Him, with Him, in Him…), the cantor jumps up on the altar and the rock music starts going again. I mean rock music. And all of the people sing the entire part right up through the Great Amen. I have never, ever heard that before in my life.
During the Our Father, the people were using Orans position, but I’ve seen that elsewhere. The Our Father was sung by everyone, but again, it seemed to be a contemporary composition. Very contemporary. Rock music.
I remember seeing a lot of people also using the Orans position every time they would say, “And with your Spirit”
The Lamb of God seemed to be freestyle. Again, rock music. I don’t know if you are allowed to add words, but they did.
Then after the Lamb of God, no one kneeled, everyone remained standing.
After Communion, the priest stayed seated for the final prayers. And there was nothing wrong with him, believe me, he was all over the place.
So my questions…
Is this allowed? I grew up in the 80s and I saw my fair share of “folk Masses” but I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.
This parish was run by an order, not the diocese. Does that have something to do with it?
I will say some positives…people were singing really loud. People seemed really engaged. The Mass was packed, standing room only, people out the door. The priest seemed friendly when he was outside saying goodbye as you were leaving.
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Amen. I can’t see a rock singer thrashing around like a wounded eel in front of our Lord hanging on the cross.
…Sorry I am laughing only because just a week or so ago I wrote about the "ALL SKATE Hillbilly " music in my parish which I nearly thought I was in the wrong place. Drums, deepsouth fiddles played poorly and a Gee Tar which was dredful,just dredful. Honestly I was waiting for someone to start to play the spoons.
