There are two things in this to be considered. You are absolutely right when you say meditation should be in a silent way. We do meditate in a silent way, but praises should not be in a silent way. For G-d we praise as loud as we can, but we pray in a silent way. God loves praises and even Angels in heaven do so.
God Bless
Jesus died, resurrected from the dead fulfilling the Law and the Prophets which was an outer covenant for example circumcision. Jesus gave us a New and everlasting covenant in his blood. God desires to live in the hearts and minds of men, where we worship in Spirit and Truth. this Spirit and Truth is the presence of Jesus body, blood, soul and divinity where we meet God himself. Our flesh does not avail nothing, it is the Spirit that gives life.
(John 6:63 It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life).
The Spirit is not a symbolic spirit, and the Spirit of God is not how one feels emotionally. We must not confuse the gifts of joy and peace with the True Presence of the Holy Spirit revealing the body and blood of our dear Lord Jesus with our emotions.
It is good to raise hands, sing and dance unto the Lord in community before and after worship.Worship is a participation with the Angels, Martyrs and Saints in heaven which includes the new songs of salvation sung in the presence of Jesus on earth as it is in heaven. But when Jesus is not present in his body, blood soul and divinity, we are in community singing, dancing, raising hands, glorifying God in anticipation of his coming “parousia”.
Here is what happens in the Mass in time from eternity;
Revelation 5:
They sang a new hymn: “Worthy are you to receive the scroll and to break open its seals, for you were slain and with your blood you purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.
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**You made them a kingdom and priests for our God, and they will reign on earth.” **11
I looked again and **heard the voices of many angels who surrounded the throne and the living creatures and the elders. They were countless in number, **Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, everything in the universe, cry out: “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor, glory and might, forever and ever.” 14
The four living creatures answered, “Amen,”
and the elders fell down and worshiped.
(Catholics recite this proclamation after the liturgical prayer Jesus gave us in the Our Father prayed in community).
Revelation 7:9
After this I had a vision of
a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches 6 in their hands.
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They cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation comes from 7 our God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb.”
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**All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God, **
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and exclaimed: “Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving, honor, power, and might be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
That said, The liturgy of the Mass remains as in heaven, although different cultures, peoples and tongues may reflect reverence to God, in raising hands, standing, kneeling etc. as long as it does not remove one from worshipping God in the True Presence of Jesus Christ.
Hebrew 10:19
9 Therefore, brothers,** since through the blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary **
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10 by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
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11 and since we have “a great priest over the house of God,”
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**let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience 12 and our bodies washed in pure water. **
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Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy.
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We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works.
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We should not stay away from our assembly, 13 as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Hebrews 11:1
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Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence 2 of things not seen. 2
Because of it the ancients were well attested.
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By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, 3 so that what is visible came into being through the invisible.
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5 But without faith it is impossible to please him, **for anyone who approaches God must believe that he exists **and that he rewards those who seek him.
Hebrews 12:22 …
you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering,
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and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, 6 and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect,
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and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled blood that speaks **more eloquently 7 than that of Abel. **
