Author Topic: Why Catholics Cant Sing (Read 613 times)

Vladimir · « **on:** November 11, 2011, 10:49:24 PM »

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824511530/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0824511530&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20

Gregory I · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2011, 12:33:36 PM »

They're not Protestant.

LordPhan · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2011, 12:57:59 PM »

Catholics can sing, my friend is a great singer, he performs ave maria like a professional.

We have a great concert last Sunday after mass at a studio owned by one of our parishioners.

I assume this is about singing during mass or singing protestant type songs like the Novus Ordo?

Vladimir · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2011, 01:00:53 PM »

This book is a written critique of Protestant influence in the post-Vatican II church and how it relates to the banality and proliferation of songs like "On Eagle's Wings", etc in the conciliar religion. Also highlights the transformation of the choir as a liturgical office meant to give glory to God to moving it to the front of the church as a performing group that gets applause, etc.

here is the review from Amazon:

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Day, head of the music department at Salve Regina College in Rhode Island, accurately and wittily skewers what passes for culture in American Catholicism, particularly as expressed in church music. He takes aim at the "Irish-American" repertoire of songs that comprise Catholic music in this country, and assails other less felicitous liturgical practices in vogue since Vatican II, such as applauding during Mass. "Liturgical post-modernism," according to Day, has resulted in noisy and forced participation from the laity, and encourages a church-wide narcissism that is a serious threat to individuals as well as the institution. No mere nay-sayer, Day makes positive suggestions for nurturing the latent vitality he perceives in the American Catholic community. This is an informative, insightful and entertaining critique.