Norseman82 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 jasJis, your parish sounds fantastic. tell the Pope about it, that sounds like how it should be done. parishes in my area are sadly depressing compared to yours, especially in the realm of the youth. there's travel programs for the elderly, but that's about all the church-provided opportunity there is for fellowship. Maybe the demographics of your parish/neighborhood is more elderly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Solemn, serene, scripted, zzzzzzzzzzzz Well, again referencing Acts 20, people fell asleep at Mass even in apostolic times.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Maybe the demographics of your parish/neighborhood is more elderly? I live in an old mill town witrh an elderly population. We have very few young families with children. Most fled to the suburbs years ago. Most of our parish activities are geared to senior citizens. You work with what God gives you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle_Master Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 and why did Ezra make everyone stand when he read the law? SO THEY WOULDN'T FALL ASLEEP :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 It's funny, I was thinking about this yesterday. My parish in downtown Indianapolis is relatively small, and we serve Hispanics and Gringos, so on holy days we often do bilingual services. Yesterday's Mass was bilingual, which I love, and the songs were all in Spanish, which I also love, but one of the singers, God bless her, was horribly off-key through ALL OF THE SONGS. Through the first couple of songs I thought seriously about ripping my ears from my head, it was SO BAD. I don't think I can emphasize this point enough. But then I thought, you know, this is still worship. We may be horribly bungling the form of it, but God sees our hearts, and the attitude of our hearts before God is what matters. Cmom is right that we work with what God gives us, and yesterday God gave us really bad singers -- and we were still able to worship Him. It was amazing, right in the middle of the service, my heart changed and I found that horrible singing to be really beautiful. I think the same has to be true in a situation where you find the mode of the service dull. Our outward actions should be reflecting the state of our hearts. If I am just going through the motions of whatever style of worship I'm engaging in, but my heart isn't in it, I am not experiencing the full depth of worship. Ritual is only as good as the state of the worshiper's heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce S Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 I think the same has to be true in a situation where you find the mode of the service dull. Our outward actions should be reflecting the state of our hearts. If I am just going through the motions of whatever style of worship I'm engaging in, but my heart isn't in it, I am not experiencing the full depth of worship. Ritual is only as good as the state of the worshiper's heart. Praise God Almighty! [Hands held high here!] :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Blaze Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 I guess Catholics are just plain boring...... *remembers the time half the congregation was jumping and clapping in the pews singing "Yes Lord, Yes Lord Yes Yes Lord!!!!* (grins...) <--Sonicflood is ooookkkk lol *remembers the cool dance my priest does at church events to up- beat prasie and worship music* (grins a lil more.....) * remembers WYD 2002, walking around, playing, dancing and praising in different languages with literally hundreds of thousands of Catholic youth* (gets a warm tingly feeling inside ^_^ ) haha that's all I wanted to say....lol ~S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasJis Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Hey, we sang that after the closing song which was 'Joy to the World'. We sing all the verses of all the songs and Fr. didn't leave the altar until after the 4th verse of the Chorus of Joy. Then he was starting to leave and the band went to "Yes Lord". Fr. Laughed and said he'll leave us to rock the roof. Most of the congregation stayed for the whole thing. It was tremendous singing Joy to the World beforehand. These things happen sometimes when you preceed Mass with a 40 minute Eucharistic Adoration service and 125 Teens. Catholics are never boring. Sometimes we're loudly spiritual, sometimes quietly spiritual, but always powerfull!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Catholics are never boring. Sometimes we're loudly spiritual, sometimes quietly spiritual, but always powerfull!! Very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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