Un-Christian impulses
I went back to St. J. this evening since I didn’t manage to make it out of the house on Saturday. I thought I’d give them a chance when it wasn’t a holiday.
Well.
I have never walked out of a church with such an overwhelming desire to drag pastoral musicians out back and beat them senseless with their hymnals. (The guitar edition of Breaking Bread could probably do a number.)
If you’re going to miss cues, at least stay sort of remotely close to on pitch.
If you’re going to be wildly off-pitch, at least hand someone a tambourine so you’re all remotely on the same measure at the same time.
If you can’t accomplish any of that…just don’t pick songs that sound like theme songs to ’80s soap operas. (I’m looking at YOU, Haugen!)
There were a few things that would make people other than me cry “liturgical abuse,” and it bothers me profoundly that people there are not in the habit of kneeling during any part of the mass whatsoever.
Those are things I could almost overlook if the music there weren’t so wretched. As a former musician, it distracts me to no end.
Fidei Defensor said,
May 1, 2007 at 5:49 am
one other thing, do you have an email address you use for blogging? I want to get in touch with you regarding some stuff for my upcomming indepth posts on France, I need the bennifit of your wisdom! If you could send me an email at Fideidefensor04@aim.com that would be great!