tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443555219727926481.post3038839690333594299..comments2023-06-08T10:20:56.020-05:00Comments on Snup's View From the Back Pew: Year One ReflectionTina aka Snupnjakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10209866349452434099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443555219727926481.post-12465108721336347542010-08-11T21:55:16.158-05:002010-08-11T21:55:16.158-05:00I suppose a better way to say it is that Haugen/Ha...I suppose a better way to say it is that Haugen/Hass and crew don't strike me as particularly Catholic. Some hymns, like Down in Adoration, At the Cross Her Station Keeping, Holy God We Praise Thy Name, and most of the Mary songs, are clearly Catholic. There's no doubt about their Catholicity. <br /><br />When I walk into a plain Church and hear that essentially generic Christian music, I start wondering if I'm in a Catholic Church. <br /><br />As for the parishes you suggested, they are closer to home, so I'm saving them for winter. :) Got to get out to the hinterlands before the sleet comes!Tina aka Snupnjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209866349452434099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443555219727926481.post-21843766609290195692010-08-11T20:44:24.189-05:002010-08-11T20:44:24.189-05:00While you have suffered and reported on a lot of m...While you have suffered and reported on a lot of musical drek in the past year, I think you are not quite correct about calling it Protestant music. While some of the quasi-evangelical stuff may have Protestant roots, the really bad stuff you have described is as much Catholic as Ted Kennedy was. Haugen, Hass, Hurd, and the St. Louis Jesuits dominate your weekly listings. They are Catholic ;they are largely scripture based. Musically they leave something to be desired. Yes, our music directors are myopic when it comes to selecting music- almost always written during their lifetime and in fact written during their college years. Nostalgia does make for bad liturgy.<br />Go to Christ Church (Episcopal) Cathedral or Second Presbyterian Church some Sunday morning and you will see a liturgy and music that is inspiring, grand, respectful and filled with awe of God that makes the best of Catholic liturgy seem shabby.<br />I do notice that you have not yet been to some of the best Catholic liturgies yet. Early on, you went to Cure of Ars- their music is first rate despite the awful acoustics of the building. Go to the Old Cathedral, St. Monica's, Our Lady of the Pillar, St. Anselm or Little Flower on a Sunday and you will see how good Catholic liturgy and Catholic Church music can be.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07078013327512692235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443555219727926481.post-51948866597465130612010-08-10T22:50:16.735-05:002010-08-10T22:50:16.735-05:00When I think of Protestant music, first and foremo...When I think of Protestant music, first and foremost, I think of music that is featured on Time Life on those Worship CDs, like Open the Eyes of My Heart and Christian radio. It could be argued that anything not written by a religious is not Catholic, but I think that is a little on the narrow side. I think music that isn't based on scripture, however loosely, is iffy. I'm thinking of Our God is Awesome. I think music that doesn't respect or reflect the theology, doctrine and traditions that the Catholic Church holds and teaches. Many of the songs are about me rather than God. In the song Anthem, there's a line about We Are Creed. What does that mean that I'm Creed? Songs about Mary are very Catholic but hard to come by.<br /><br />If you hang out at more of the traditional blogs such as Fr. Z and New Liturgical Movement, they point out some songs, such as Ashes, are out right heretical. I'm not all up on that and am able to pick out what is heretical and what is not, unless it is a big obvious heresy. <br /><br />I have also noticed, that many of the songs are less than 30 years old. What happened to the stuff from 100 years ago? Surely, even though the Mass was chanted, there were hymns and stuff people sang....<br /><br />What's wrong with having a balance at Mass? An older hymn and a newer song? <br /><br />I won't even going into what songs are appropriate at what point in the Mass. I will say that Gather Us In is not a Communion song. I managed to learn what songs go where in 8th grade. It can't be all that hard.Tina aka Snupnjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209866349452434099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443555219727926481.post-56839976701064175162010-08-10T20:35:12.010-05:002010-08-10T20:35:12.010-05:00Please explain what you think is "protestanti...Please explain what you think is "protestantish" music. Looking over the past year, you have certainly endured a lot of bad music.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07078013327512692235noreply@blogger.com