[netmilsmom]

>>Some folks think the Liturgy belongs to them (personally) ... and they can do whatever they want with it.<<

True, true.
And some of the laity think it’s their own little slice of Broadway. From the soloist to the Cantor who feels a need to “raise up” the congregation (as if we can’t look in the missal or listen for the organ to cue us), it’s a giant show.

We even went to a Parish in Ft Lauderdale that had the church darken and a spotlight on the altar for the consecration. Help me.

[ArrogantBustard]

In some parishes, I occasionally have unholy thoughts about "The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch".

You can imagine what I'd like to toss it at.

[ichabod1]

had the church darken and a spotlight on the altar for the consecration.

See, the fact that they felt the need to do that demonstrates how the congregation's attention has been diverted in so many different directions that it isn't where it is supposed to be. The mass alone, nothing added, attracts the attention to the consecration just like that spotlight.