Posted on 01/01/2022 6:25:30 PM PST by marshmallow
Outraged by a freewheeling Christmas Eve Mass that featured jazz musicians, choreographed dances around the altar, and theatrical lighting effects, some Catholics are calling on Cardinal Blase Cupich to crack down on liturgical abuses in Novus Ordo Masses in the Archdiocese of Chicago, rather than imposing severe restrictions on reverential Traditional Latin Masses.
Father Michael L. Pfleger, a well-known social activist in Chicago, celebrated the Dec. 24 evening Mass, which was live streamed from St. Sabina Church, a predominantly Black parish on the city’s South Side. Pfleger has been the pastor there since 1981.
Many of those upset by the Mass say it crossed the line from worship to entertainment. That view is fueled, in part, by the fact that it is not clear from the nearly 2½ hour video of the service, billed as "Christmas Eve at Sabina," when the liturgy actually begins. There is no apparent greeting, penitential act, or opening prayer, all required Introductory Rites of the Novus Ordo liturgy.
In the video, posted on YouTube, Pfleger does not appear on the altar until after nearly an hour of musical and dance performances. A band plays a mix of religious carols and secular music, including Stevie Wonder’s “Overjoyed” and the Vincent Guaraldi Trio’s “Christmas Time is Here” (best known from the Peanuts Christmas special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”) while colorfully costumed dancers swirl around the altar.
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At least it wasn’t in Latin.
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Father Flakey strikes again.
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Franciscardinal Barf Alert Ping
As a Catholic, I have to say that it diminishes my trust in the Catholic Church that jackasses like Pfleger and Martin aren’t defrocked.
Pope Francis announced that the celebration of mass should be a liberal and open thing…
Okay - so the classic Latin mass should be fine to
NO - NOT THAT!
I guess you can have a circus or a rock concert but no Latin!
“Pfleger has been the pastor there since 1981.”
Pastor in a Parish for 40 years??? Our Diocese moves them every 6 years. Priests move every 3 years.
Looks like Catholics will be getting the “contemporary service,” which is nearly always an abomination of awful “praise music,” silly platitudes about “love,” and basically nothing of Jesus Christ or the Gospel. Plastic banana, feel good rock and roll.
Nobody, or nobody that matters is really complaining. We have lots of different mass styles. Nobody is complaining about this one. Its Christmas eve. I go to a mass that has a kids pageant with hockey stick toting shepherds. You get a lot of leeway with Christmas eve mass.
I’m not Catholic and it doesn’t help me when I see good priests who support the Latin Mass and they are reviled by the establishment while priests who make a mockery of things get away with it with impunity.
“Catholics are calling on Cardinal Blase Cupich to crack down on liturgical abuses in Novus Ordo Masses in the Archdiocese of Chicago, rather than imposing severe restrictions on reverential Traditional Latin Masses.”
I see they have not met the good Cardinal.
Have you thought about attending an Eastern Orthodox parish?
Does God matter? Or is it all about your own personal entertainment, hockey sticks and all?
Why flee rather than fight?
Were there any dancing eucharettes?
Meanwhile in Malaga Spain:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1477431349581684744
and by the Archbishop Primate Armagh Ireland:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1475128010277900289
Just when I think “I’m” lapsed...
Absolutely revolting.
Went to a Catholic Church and some kid was playing a guitar. Never went back.
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