Food for Thought

"The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar."
Jimi Hendrix

Trinity Episcopal Clown Mass

This link will let you view an entire clown mass at Trinity Episcopal in NY. While there are many creative and even touching moments in this video, there is a place for such interpretations--a theater. I wonder what they did the following week.
Trinity Episcopal Clown Mass

A Real Clown Mass

Real Clown Mass

Where to report examples of GOOD liturgy and music

To report examples of GOOD liturgy and music go to Treasure of Inestimable Value

Report Liturgical and Musical Abuses of the Mass

Do you know of a church that has created a circus while trying to "improve the liturgy?" Ridiculous music, outrageous antics? Be it shoddy or gaudy, let the world know.

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 16, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The Mass is a moment of reflection and encounter with God, rather than a form of entertainment, says Cardinal Francis Arinze...
"The local church should be conscious that church worship is not really the same as what we sing in a bar, or what we sing in a convention for youth. Therefore it should influence the type of instrument used, the type of music used....
People don't come to Mass in order to be entertained. They come to Mass to adore God, to thank him, to ask pardon for sins, and to ask for other things that they need."