Liturgical Dance After Mass

This was what was witnessed by hundreds of Catholic worshippers, after Holy Mass. Keep in mind that the Bishop has nothing to do with the planning of liturgical celebrations. I will leave my commentary out of this description.

Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis!

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[TheProudAmerican777]

K of C was there too?

Just disgraceful

[pacislander4life]

@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.

[apologist1]

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

[apologist1]

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

[Gorbachenko]

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...

[epituchano]

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..

[iotaunam1]

@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.

[madaloe]

@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.

[iotaunam1]

@capon33

and they most likely had more sense too!

[iotaunam1]

@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.

[madaloe]

@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]

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

[CatholicTraditional]

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