The unholy sacrilege of the mess
St. Stephen's Musings "offers" us this bizarre assortment of travesties on the Catholic Mass.
As a Lutheran, I'm all too aware of such nonsense. It seems odd that the denominations which retain the ancient liturgy (and, in the Lutheran case, the most glorious musical tradition in Christendom) feel compelled to resort to bad music whose words house worse theology sung while engaging in bizarre behavior instead- all in the name of attracting people hungering for spiritual nourishment.
What they get instead, of course, is spiritual junk food- sometimes involving literal, "consecrated" junk food!
As a Lutheran, I'm all too aware of such nonsense. It seems odd that the denominations which retain the ancient liturgy (and, in the Lutheran case, the most glorious musical tradition in Christendom) feel compelled to resort to bad music whose words house worse theology sung while engaging in bizarre behavior instead- all in the name of attracting people hungering for spiritual nourishment.
What they get instead, of course, is spiritual junk food- sometimes involving literal, "consecrated" junk food!
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