CATHOLIC TASTES.Amazing disgrace Almost 40 years ago, as a teenager, Don Wycliffe listened to a recording of the "Missa Luba The Missa Luba, by "Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin", is a version of the Latin Mass arranged for and performed by a choir of Congolese children. A recording was released on the Philips label in 1965. " --African voices singing the Latin liturgy A Latin liturgy is a ceremony or ritual conducted in the Latin language. Generally, the term 'Latin liturgy' is used in conjunction with the Christian religion, and especially in association with a Catholic Mass, which may conducted in Latin or another language. and African-language hymns. "They made me want to move, to clap, to shout, to sing along in ways that Gregorian chanters certainly never could. It was the first inkling I ever had that, somewhere in the Catholic Church, there was a soul. "Later, in the post-Vatican-II era," writes Wycliffe (Books & Culture, November/December 1998), "I began to hear all kinds of music in the church. Frankly, a lot of it was (and is) very bad music: unsoulful, unsingable, all head and no gut or groin. "Even when the music is good, the performance can be abominable. The way `Amazing Grace' is sung in Catholic churches is a disgrace and an affront to the ears." Culture wars "Why do the Generation-X Catholics, and the Baby Boomers See generation X. before them, feel that the church has a responsibility `to take our variety of popular cultures seriously'?" asks Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Fitzpatrick could refer to:
"There were no calls for `swing Masses' featuring riffs from Benny Goodman and Fletcher Henderson, no committees seeking a moment during the Offertory offertory [Lat.,=offering], in the Roman Catholic Mass and in derived liturgical forms, the preparation of bread and wine on the altar and their formal offering to God. It takes place after the gospel and the creed and before the preface. when members of the congregation could present the gifts in a joyous rendition of the Charleston, no complaints that sermons failed to relate to the youthful anxieties that led young Catholic men to pomade pomade (pō·mādˑ), n a substance that comprises the fat that contains fragrant materials produced by enfleurage. their hair like Flash Gordon." Eden update "In the Bible, the longing to be as gods enticed Adam and Eve Adam and Eve In the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, the parents of the human race. Genesis gives two versions of their creation. In the first, God creates “male and female in his own image” on the sixth day. ," writes Eugene Kennedy in his column for Religion News Service. "We, on the other hand, want the gods to be like us, no better, no worse, wearing equalizing name tags, unable to judge us so that we have nobody, human or divine, to answer to anymore. "`Hi, my name is Adam, and I'll be your first parent this evening.'" (Dallas Morning News, Dec. 26, 1998) The odd people "Within a hundred years, Christians may be known as those odd people who don't kill their children or their elderly."--Theologian Stanley Hauerwas (quoted in Commonweal com·mon·weal n. 1. The public good or welfare. 2. Archaic A commonwealth or republic. Noun 1. , Dec. 4, 1998) Sister, you're such a doll! "You can search the world over, and you will not find a more stunning ... collection of Nun Dolls," assures the catalog of the Blessings Nun Doll Collection. From the bargain-priced Franciscan Sisters of Blessed Kunegunda ($139) to the high-end Little Sisters of the Poor The Little Sisters of the Poor is a Roman Catholic religious order for women. It was founded in the 19th century by Jeanne Jugan near Rennes, France. Jugan felt the need to care for the many impoverished elderly who lined the streets of French towns and cities. ($199), these "faithfully handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft " 20-inch dolls "carry on the memories of these virtuous women who sacrificed so much so we all could have a better life." The St. Joseph, Michigan-based company acknowledges that "even in their reduced numbers, and without their traditional habits, [nuns and sisters] continue to do good deeds." But if you are nostalgic for the good old days when women religious were more numerous and required to wear their habits, there is no better way to "make your ... reverence for the past come alive" than to order one of the 40 different Nun Dolls. "From the elegant simplicity of their habits and their beautiful accessories, right down to the tips of their long, delicate, and graceful fingers, these Nun Dolls are painstakingly and perfectly crafted." Even their underwear has received loving attention: "Even the hidden items, such as a crucifix tucked under a belt or a garment unseen under the habit, are meticulously restored, all the way down to the folds created in the daily care of the garment." Quote-it Notes Work as if everything depends on you. Pray as if everything depends on God. --Saint Ignatius of Loyola |
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