Behaviorism and its influence on active participation
  • Chant_Supremacist
    Posts: 228
    @FSSPmusic
    Did anyone in this thread assert that active participation by means of congregational singing of the Mass was widespread immediately before the Liturgical Movement? I certainly didn't.


    If we're agreed that the way we celebrate a TLM now contains far more active participation than before the 20th C. (and personally I would add - before Vatican 2), such that we can say a reform has taken place, and that it's for the better, then that's good enough for me.
  • FSSPmusic
    Posts: 426
    If we're agreed that the way we celebrate a TLM now contains far more active participation than before the 20th C.
    Yes.
    (and personally I would add - before Vatican 2)
    That depends. I know of TLMs in this country where congregational singing is verboten. Of course they would counter that they have interior active participation, which is more important. That mentality is still fairly prevalent in the tradosphere. At some point, I think exterior active participation becomes a matter of obedience, and I don't see how it can be otherwise.
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  • francis
    Posts: 11,175
    I suggest you all have a conference call on your phones. Often, when discussing things like this online can be easily misconstrued because you don’t get the nuances that you would with a live voice and immediate response.
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