Day 19. Bad Church Music...

I want to direct everyones veiw to the Madison Cathoic Herald
http://www.madisoncatholicherald.org/guestcolumn/3548-2012-10-18-fassino.html


This article if you are to lazy to click and read, talks about the music of the Catholic Church. It starts by talking about an article that Sister Roccasalvo talks about how the music in the Catholic Church needs to change slightly.

It says that this article should not be stated as an attack on the Catholic Church and it's new secular music. The article says that people are offended because "they think that music that makes them feel good is proper for mass."

The writer continues to say that he wants to hit his head on his desk multiple times because of this quote. I agree.

There are two great points:

1) Active participation at the Mass has nothing to do with singing at every possible moment, carrying dishes and banners around the sanctuary, or orchestrating giant liturgical puppet shows. I would direct anyone who doubts this to actually read the documents of Vatican II, and also to note the effect that this mentality has had on the Church over the past 50 years.

(2) The value of proper liturgical music has nothing to do with how you personally feel about it, or what your personal opinions are about music. Just think about what would happen if the only criteria for proper liturgical music were that it peripherally mentions God and/or that it makes you feel fuzzy inside — why, we might start singing songs by John Denver or Elvis or Simon and Garfunkel or the Beatles! What a crazy, screwed-up world that would be, huh?

~Nico Fassino - Guest Column:Why I Hate Bad Church Music.




Seriously, If you didn't read the article go back up to the top, click the link, and read it. It is worth it.




I wish SO BADLY that I could show this to my parish at home.

The music they play at my church is stuff that you could hear on the christian radio station in your local town.

There is an enormous amount of drum, guitar, and there is sometimes a cowbell or tambourine.

It is starting to make me sick... My focus, and I wouldn't doubt others in the congregations focus is not focused on the altar and the mass, instead it's focused on the preformance the rock band is doing.

Don't get me wrong. It is quite beautiful and I can tell that these talent people have put in a lot of time. At the same time, I don't think that Mass is the time to put on a show. I wouldn't mind a little praise and worship after mass is over, or even a day specifically for Praise and Worship during the week. That would be fantastic.

I pray for some guidance. I pray that there will be a revelation for change. I pray for those that aren't informed.

Godspeed <3