MMMCCXCIX-WHERE Are The Young People At "Folk" Masses?
I have the Unmitigated Gall to ask this question & with Good Reason, as I was at a "Folk" Mass this past Sunday. It is at these Liturgies where ALL of The Hymn is sung, as if this was a Sarum Rite Mass, except that in The Sarum Rite, the Music is STATELY, Solemn & Beautiful:
The "Folk" Mass is used to draw the Young People to Mass. WHERE are they? Yet, whenever I am at St Agnes at East 43rd Street, which now is most Sundays and Holy Days Of Obligation, I find young people & they are attracted to both the Traditional Latin Mass & The Ordinary Rite, which also features Gregorian Chant with some prayers chanted or sung in Latin. Many prefer to kneel at the Altar Rail instead of standing in the queue to receive Holy Communion. These Young People are turned off by "Folk" Liturgy and seek the Beauty & Solemnity of The Mass. I also seek it, after years of "Liturgically Innovative" Music & Practice, which often bored me nearly to tears;
People seek The Beauty Of Traditional Practice. They Seek Fullness in Liturgy, NOT Shallowness. They desire to be challenged & not Patronized. They want their Catholic Liturgy to be CATHOLIC, NOT Something Else like a Campfire Singalong;
The Traditional is making a Resounding Return. Funny, but I actually see more Elderly Women at Folk Liturgy these days, as the Young Folk have become more Traditional;
The things which annoy me about Folk Liturgy are as follows:
Shallow Liturgical Music Sung to the Last Verse, in all four "Hymns"of the Haugen-Haas "Campfire" Variety;
The Responsorial Psalm(The Gradual) is most often different from the Psalm of That Particular Sunday or Holy Day Of Obligation;
The Presentation Of The Gifts at The Offertory, when the Priest doesn't begin the Offertory until the Conclusion of The Hymn, which is often not a Praiseworthy Hymn;
The Announcements, often near the end of Mass, is a time for a long message, better left in the parish bulliten. This sometimes goes for an extra 15 minutes, causing for a tired and distracted parishioner;
For no reason, is longest Mass of The Day;
The Young People are NOT at The Folk Mass, whose time has Come & GONE;
The Pez Report
The "Folk" Mass is used to draw the Young People to Mass. WHERE are they? Yet, whenever I am at St Agnes at East 43rd Street, which now is most Sundays and Holy Days Of Obligation, I find young people & they are attracted to both the Traditional Latin Mass & The Ordinary Rite, which also features Gregorian Chant with some prayers chanted or sung in Latin. Many prefer to kneel at the Altar Rail instead of standing in the queue to receive Holy Communion. These Young People are turned off by "Folk" Liturgy and seek the Beauty & Solemnity of The Mass. I also seek it, after years of "Liturgically Innovative" Music & Practice, which often bored me nearly to tears;
People seek The Beauty Of Traditional Practice. They Seek Fullness in Liturgy, NOT Shallowness. They desire to be challenged & not Patronized. They want their Catholic Liturgy to be CATHOLIC, NOT Something Else like a Campfire Singalong;
The Traditional is making a Resounding Return. Funny, but I actually see more Elderly Women at Folk Liturgy these days, as the Young Folk have become more Traditional;
The things which annoy me about Folk Liturgy are as follows:
Shallow Liturgical Music Sung to the Last Verse, in all four "Hymns"of the Haugen-Haas "Campfire" Variety;
The Responsorial Psalm(The Gradual) is most often different from the Psalm of That Particular Sunday or Holy Day Of Obligation;
The Presentation Of The Gifts at The Offertory, when the Priest doesn't begin the Offertory until the Conclusion of The Hymn, which is often not a Praiseworthy Hymn;
The Announcements, often near the end of Mass, is a time for a long message, better left in the parish bulliten. This sometimes goes for an extra 15 minutes, causing for a tired and distracted parishioner;
For no reason, is longest Mass of The Day;
The Young People are NOT at The Folk Mass, whose time has Come & GONE;
The Pez Report
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