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  • The purpose of the Second Vatican Council was to sabotage the Roman Catholic church, and it has apparently succeeded.  The world could really use the Church today...

  • This type of performance is okay, but outside in church. Can't the dancers wait to get to the parish hall?

    The new Mass is valid, but liturgists and liberal priests have destroyed it with their silly dancing and made up rituals. May the ancient Roman Mass, which has nourished the hearts and minds of countless Christians for millennia, return in abundance to altars throughout the world..

  • Yes, this particular dance is particularly distracting in the Eucharistic setting, and should be reconsidered... BUT all y'all who think it's inherently anti-Catholic are a bunch of ignorant assholes... look at Church history and you'll see one rich in incorporating theology with indigenous traditions (Easter, Christmas, All Souls' Day all have elements of "pagan" rituals)... it gave HUMAN context to the converts. God doesn't care

  • @madaloe *** it gave HUMAN context to the potential catechumens who would have otherwise been thrown off by foreign "western" traditions. The beauty is that at its core, the Catholic Church has remained virtually unchanged for the past 2000-- who cares about external trappings that don't really affect Church dogma at all... I know God doesn't.

  • @madaloe

    Thanks for your insight. Your theology is aptly displayed by your own slur: "ignorant assholes". I have studied theology and history of the liturgy for years, and none of the Fathers or Saints shared your ridiculous position. If your abhor Catholic liturgy as handed on from the apostles, then join one of the pentecostal groups and dance to your hearts content.

  • @iotaunam1

    You're right... my slur was inappropriate and counter-productive, so for that, I apologize. There's no reason to continue widening the gap between radical Traditionalist Catholics and radical Liberal Catholics, both sides who put the integrity of the one, true, apostolic Church in jeopardy. You and I are neither, and should instead be recognizing the beauty of being on the same side, however diverse our approaches.

  • @madaloe

    Im sorry but this type of liturgical pluralism, even given the various rites and usages, is something unheard of in the history of the Church and does not sit well with liturgical rubrics and directives for the past 2000 years. I am still of the opinion that if you want to dance: go ahead - just do it at a party or in a dance hall etc. When at Mass you should pray, sing and follow the liturgy. You may consider me a radical, but I am only holding the traditional position.

  • Well, they wait until the end of Mass to abuse the church...

  • When theres something strange, in the Liturgy

    Who you gonna call?

    Una Voce!.lol

  • oh yes another hey look at me Mass

  • Looks like the scene from the "Planet of the Apes." But they danced better in the movie.

  • @capon33

    and they most likely had more sense too!

  • K of C was there too?

    Just disgraceful

  • @TheProudAmerican777 - unfortunately, yes. I was embarrased. But the K of C, as it seems to me, does not have the internal doctrinal and liturgical formation to know any better.

  • Ora Pro Nobis Sancta Dei Genetrix.

  • the bishop has EVERYTHING to do with the planning of celebrations. and if he doesn't he's negligent, and STILL responsible for the sacrilege and scandal.

  • Anyone who thinks that this is Catholic, does not deserve to call himself Catholic.

    This is an Abomination in the eyes of God!!!!

    Paganism!!!!!

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  • Liturgical Dance is licit in some areas of Catholic Civilization. North America and Europe, being of the Western Church, are not areas of where Liturgical Dance is licit, canonically.

    Never mind "Stomp The Yard" after Mass...

  • Cardinal Arinze (pro multos annos) has already definitively spoken on this.

    Being the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, he would be the final arbiter.

  • Sure he "spoke" on it...that is ALL the Vatican II hierarchy ever does in regards to ending the so called abuses. They issue statements to pacify the dumbed down laity and then they let the "abusers" go on their merry way. Wake up Catholics, its time for a new counter revolution against the heresies.

  • The Catholic Church is the same everywhere. Same Church, Same rules.

  • liturgical dance is a ministry, just like church choir. it isnt a part of the mass, or really nessicary. liturgical dancing is supposed to be full body prayer to music. it should be respectful and a bit more tasteful.

    There is a group of liturgical dancers in lorain, of who have been dancing in the masses for 15 yr.s and well accepted by the congregation and dioceses. it brings a lot to their church as well as others. they even danced for the bisop's retierment mass,and was very well recieved.

  • dance can be a ministry, in the hall... the choir is not a ministry, it is a liturgical office, and dance has never been a liturgical office. Try reading Pius X's motu proprio in 1908. As to it being "well received", that is not the basis of appropriateness. A congregation can "receive" a pro-same sex marriage couple all they want, it wouldnt change the teaching of the church.

  • if you were to see "real" liturgical dancing im sure you can see were im coming from. im sorry this was your only experience with "liturgical dance"

  • Are you aware that the Vatican is against liturgical dance", "real" or otherwise?

  • there are quite a few things quite a few people are against. have you ever heard that "change is a good thing"

  • these are not just "quite a few people"... this is the Church... I presume you are Catholic, and in the Catholic Church there are established rules... to protect us from liturgical aberrations... liturgical dance being one of them. Change is a good think, like mchanging my underwear. Changing morals like allowing gay marriage is not a good change... you need a better catch phrase.

  • im glad you change your underwear.

  • "Among some peoples, singing is instinctively accompanied by handclapping, rhythmic swaying and dance movements on the part of the participants. Such forms of external expression can have a place in the liturgical actions of these peoples on condition that they are always the expression of true communal prayer of adoration, praise, offering and supplication, and not simply a performance."

    as long as it isnt a perfomance there really isnt a problem, its praise

  • unfortunately for you i read that entire document. I hope you did... If you are in America, especially if you are not of African, Hispanic, or Asian descent, and neither is the congregation, it is hardly conceivable for you to claim that "liturgical dance" as done here in the US is an expression of the culture. Dance is foreign to Western liturgical culture. And that was said by none other than Francis Cardinal Arinze the prefect of the congregation which wrote the document you quote.

  • actually, the dance group was founded by a german woman, with hispanic dancers. they also present and a hispanic church, of which they have been asked to dance at many american churchs. do you think that one mans opinion on a topic out rules everyone elses? regardless of how long the are in "the field"

  • If it's not done during the Mass, and they're not breaking anything or hurting anybody, I don't see what the problem is. Aesthetically, it's not to everyone's taste, but still... some people like it.

  • 1. its hurting the liturgy and what the liturgy is, as well as the sanctitiy of the sanctuary.

    2. its not a matter of likes, its a matter of what is or is not appropriate.

  • oh, gostav, you forgot one, molesting children!!!

    Dancers! Keep Praising JESUS and celbraitng in the dance! Beautiful!!!!

  • Can this really be considered a liturgical abuse sense it was done after mass, not during mass?

  • Liturgical dance? i dont think there is one. There are only two parts of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Another liturgical abuse!

    +God bless the Catholic church!

  • That was an abomination. I have more respect for Protestants than these jokers. At least the Protestants had the courage to admit their break with the Catholic Church. These jokers want to break with Catholic tradition but take the name Catholic with them. Sorry, not gonna happen. You can put makeup on a pig and take it to a movie, but it is still a pig.

  • :-)

  • WHAT THE HELL?????????????

  • It is obvious that the couple moved to another pew to get a better view of the dance.

    Why is it that people don't want to sit in the front for a most Holy occasion but they want to make sure they catch every second of that dance? That is so backwards.

    Peace

  • As good as that "dance" could have been, I would not be caught in that Church during that Mass.

    I prefer either Novus Ordo, Traditional Latin or very reverent ordinary Mass.

    Peace and God bless.

    Sandy

  • The Truth shall prevail. The Vatican II heresies and their supporters are on the downfall.

    I can already see it in my own generation, my age group thirsts for tradition and reverence, and we will find satisfaction.

    I can't wait for the Church of tomorrow.

  • If you are saying that you reject the Vatican II Council, I cannot support this comment.

  • of course not! Vatican II was a holy council of the Church. My comment against Vatican II was directed at the "Spirit" of Vatican II.

    Vatican II can only be properly understood in light of tradition.

  • In that case I suggest you choose your words wisely when you talk about "Vatican II heresies", lest you scandalize the faithful.

    ~Laurence

  • Much thanks for posting videos like this! Please inform the public as to what Catholic Parish this is, so that other Catholics may write to the Archbishop and settle this disturbing matter. I can just hear the clapping noise in the background. Quite revolting!

  • Romans 2:1 That is why you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge another; for passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself. Because you, the judge does the very same thing

  • Really ! Take a look in the mirror wonderboy!!!!!!!!. Try reading Romans 2. Of course I aa sure that doesn't apply to you because you are special!!!!!!!!!!!

  • If it is so bad, maybe he should send out a directive!

    You have got to be a Catholic Traditionalist. God are you miserable!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Actually I am pretty happy... thats what happens when you follow what the Church teaches... How does it feel to judge people, like you are doing?

  • Quite frankly, you are the one who look and sound most miserable. I find nothing constructive in your comments, except hatred for anything Catholic, traditional, sacred and reverent. Your comments have betrayed your true color.

  • Did God strike David dead when he danced before the Ark of the Covenant? You like everyone else is entitled to your own opinion.

    You don't like it, fine!

  • We are not talking about the Ark of the Covenant are we? Yes, I am entitled to my opinion and I suppose so is Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict...

  • How to spot a Catholic Traditionalist

    That is easy, anybody who doesn't agree with them ( including the Pope ) is wrong. They will tell you that anything that happened during or after Vatican 2 is wrong and of the devil.

  • look up what Cardinal Arinze said about "dance" in the Mass.

  • "The cultic dances of the different religions have different purposes-incantation, imitative magic, mystical ecstasy- none of which is compatible with the essential purpose of the liturgy of the "reasonable sacrifice"."-Ratzinger, Spirit of the Liturgy

  • "It is totally absurd to try to make the liturgy "attractive" by introducing dancing pantomimes (wherever possible performed by professional dance troupes), which frequently (and rightly, from the professionals' point of view) end with applause."-Ratzinger

  • "I myself have experienced the replacing of the penitential rite by a dance performance, which, needless to say, received a round of applause. Could there be anything farther removed from true penitence? Liturgy can only attract people -when it looks, not at itself, but at God, when it allows him to enter and act."-Ratzinger

  • "Then something truly unique happens, beyond competition, and people have a sense that more has taken place than a recreational activity. None of the Christian rites includes dancing."-Ratzinger, SoTL

  • Back in 1999, John Paul ll had people from various Asian countries dancing at a Mass when he was in India.

  • Doesn't mean he approved of it.

  • Liturgical dance is approved in Non-Western areas.

    Rome have spoken the mater is closed.

  • Here is What Cardinal Arinze says: None of the Christian rites include dancing. What people call dancing in the Ethiopian rite or the Zairean [Congolese] form of the Roman liturgy is in fact a rhythmically ordered procession, very much in keeping with the dignity of the occasion. It provides an inner discipline and order for the various stages of the liturgy, bestowing on them beauty and, above all, making them worthy of God.

  • ". It is totally absurd to try to make the liturgy "attractive" by introducing dancing pantomimes (wherever possible performed by professional dance troupes), which frequently (and rightly, from the professionals' point of view) end with applause. Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment.

  • Such attraction fades quickly - it cannot compete in the market of leisure pursuits, incorporating as it increasingly does various forms of religious titillation.

  • Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian liturgy. In about the third century, there was an attempt in certain Gnostic-Docetic circles to introduce it into the liturgy. For these people, the Crucifixion was only an appearance. . . . Dancing could take the place of the liturgy of the Cross, because, after all, the Cross was only an appearance

  • no dance has not been approved. Cardinal Arinze explains that the approved gestures is NOT dance. I can show you the document if you are interested.

  • That was not the holy Father who put those dancers in - it was his master of ceremonies, Piero Marini, who is now out of a job for a very good reason...

  • Psalm 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance

    Psalm 150:4 Praise him with timbrel and dance

  • David danced before the Ark of the Covenant

  • Do you think the Vatican approves this kind of dance in the Sanctuary? Do you think they would approve this in the Mass? If you do, please read Spirit of the Liturgy by Ratzinger, or what Cardinal Arinze says about "dance".

  • Nothing says miserable like Catholic Traditionalism!

  • hey its not about Catholic Traditionalism (I am not a traditionalist) or about being miserable, there is a place for everything and this is not place for it. To disobey the Church is to disobey Christ and the Church has spoken on what it thinks of liturgical dance.

  • Damn pagans. what they (the enemies of the Church and all of its' infiltrators) have done to the Church is an offense beyond words.

  • It's an abuse! It shud take place outside the mass, no exception. They dun understand the meaning of mass... But, No, it's not the fruit of Vatican 2.

  • It is after Mass... not during... still don't like it...

  • It shudn't take place inside the Church where there's the host in the tabenacle... It shud take place in a place like parish hall or else...

  • Agreed

  • A good example of the banality and stupidity of todays catholic liturgy - no wonders that so many of the faithful since these "reforms" does not bother to visit the Sundays "mass".

  • Hot dogs! Popcorn--get yer POPcoooorn!

  • Ladies and Gentleman! The fruits of Vatican II in center ring!

  • Y'all come back next Sunday for Riverdance.

  • The whole religious mentality is very different than 40 years ago, and the sense of reverence and sacredness inside a church is rarely found nowadays. Sadly many faithful don't think there is anything wrong with various "creative" activities inside the church, and to many of them, church or sanctuary is really not that different than a performing stage.

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