tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post8703175856399958982..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: Singing Satan's Parts?Bonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-49271860959360340712009-04-20T09:50:00.000-04:002009-04-20T09:50:00.000-04:00Don't even get me started on inappropriate first p...Don't even get me started on inappropriate first person phrasage in the post-VII pop music (ab)used in the liturgy.<br /><br />I am not the Lord of Sea and Sky. I am not the Bread of Life. Jesus is. When we sing these songs in church I try to skip the phrases that belong properly to Jesus. Argh.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398904417243102605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-30412295498531966262009-04-19T07:35:00.000-04:002009-04-19T07:35:00.000-04:00Forgive me if I go beyond the topic... In many fie...Forgive me if I go beyond the topic... In many fields you are several steps above from my knowledge, especially speaking about Catholic liturgy, but I will try to point a pair of things.<br /><br />We are humans and suffer temptations every day, maybe I myself, writing this, am full of them. Let us accept Jesus existed and was also tempted. If you believe Jesus was, at least, a remarkable human, knowing his struggle against temptation can be illuminative.<br /><br />I would pay more attention to everybody's understanding whose role is playing. Those who sing and those who listen. And obviously insist on everybody's fighting against quotidian temptations. God bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-67786122113340333602009-04-18T15:29:00.000-04:002009-04-18T15:29:00.000-04:00Cesars-
The biggest thing is that acting by its n...Cesars-<br /><br />The biggest thing is that acting by its nature is farcical; it is make believe. In the liturgy we are meant to be doing one of the most serious and real things a human can do. Playing an evil role in a play/film where you know it is farce is different from singing the parts of Satan in the liturgy, where you are partaking in something serious and truthful.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-27422810240316167422009-04-18T08:18:00.000-04:002009-04-18T08:18:00.000-04:00First of all, forgive me if I hurt any religious f...First of all, forgive me if I hurt any religious feeling, because I will here express only my own point of view and I am religious but not Catholic. Also, take into account my English is poor for this is not my "mother-tongue".<br /><br />You say "singing the words of Satan seems particularly inappropriate". What I think would be really inappropriate for a believer is having no idea of whose role he / she is playing, be it God, an angel, a human, Christ or the devil.<br /><br />Think of drama. We allow, usually we encourage children to take part in theatre plays. Sometimes they play evil roles, but they are conscious of what they are doing is just a role. So playing these roles must mean they are getting evil? Or are they learning the difference between good and evil?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com