Why can't it do both?
>>The music is supposed to be prayerful and reverent.......it’s not supposed to make people feel good.
Why can’t it do both? <<
Context, it’s all in the context.
I’ve been to LifeTeen Masses where all the happy stuff is connected to the Liturgy of the Word. After that, it became love songs. All very modern and it moved even this traditionalist.
But when every song is about community, peace and happiness, it’s inappropriate. We are there to pray the mass and give glory and praise to God, not each other.