Well said, swellbox1!

Regrettably, the "happy-clappy-sacra-pop" virus is spreading throughout most of the large denominational churches in this country. The older generation who appreciates quality liturgy/music are dying off. So the powers that be in these churches are trying to attract a younger generation of congregants with this viral music. I think that there is some success with it, because this younger generation has no knowledge or experience with quality music/liturgy. Unless the music in church reflects the kind of music they listen to on a daily basis, they may not attend. But I'm also told that younger men and women who are entering the seminaries these days tend to be more "conservative" liturgically and musically. Hopefully that can make a difference. I'm singing in an Episcopal church choir here in my city because the music in the Catholic churches here is "tepid" at best. We sing chant, Palestrina, Vittoria, Mozart, Howells, Stanford, Mendelssohn, Handel, J.S. Bach to name few at my church, and I'm very happy there. It is the closest I can get to be near my Catholici roots.

"Praise him with cymbals"

I've had choir members tell me that we need to bring back the tambourine, and cite this psalm to prove that this is what God wants!

Well, David had to have some "smoove" moves as a hoofer, 'cause Bathsheba didn't just accede to his wishes, ahem, 'cause "He was da King."

In my book, the definition of liturgical dance is "a stout nun waving a ribbon on a stick".
But we digress.

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I feel your pain swellbox. My only advice is network your butt off. Know absolutely every musician within a 50-mile radius, get with or gather up the ones with their heads screwed on right, and put together alternatives and take any church gig you can get.

You have to build, lift up, gather, and bear fruit. Don't you long for the good old days when you just had to attend mass?

What on earth was that?? That could not possibly have been a Mass. What was the whole purpose of that celebration??? I have seen atrocities to liturgy before, but nothing to that extent. That's really appalling.

I wonder if anyone has reported that to the bishop of that diocese.

Hmmm, I just took a look at the youtube site for comments, apparently they say they are breakaway Catholics that are not in communion with the Catholic Church?

That video was ,,,,,,,,, you can just fill in the blank.

I have seen some liturgical dancing before, but nothing to the extent of the blasphemy committed in that video.

Wasn't that at a Call to Action conference up north somewhere? Old news. Advert for the biological solution (which I suppose includes me now!) I remember thinking when I first saw this years ago I wondered if any of the congregants lapsed into either a nap or actually passed onto their reward due to the tempo used for Nettleton alone?

Wasn't that at a Call to Action conference up north somewhere? Old news.

I don't know if it was up north, but yes, it's Call to Action from 2008 and has become kind of the poster video of liturgical murder.

So shut up already, Adam! ;-)

As a proper liberal, I know that advice about what groups of people should do only applies to other people, never to myself.

Just watched this appalling pagan ritual. It looked to be a cross between a ritual dance preparation for Salem witch burnings of the 1600s and a badly choreographed musical that would close after 3 performances. Martha Graham, Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine would turn over in their graves. Is this representative of what the church is using for their "Come Home Again" program? Come home to that spectacle? I thought the flame for liturgical dance had burned itself out 20 yrs. ago. Apparently it still smolders. Let us gather and form a bucket brigade!!!

I have never personally been to a Mass with puppets. Other than that, I have personally witnessed just about every conceivable liturgical abuse, and gleefully participated in a few I'd rather not mention.

Those were puppets?? Does anyone know what the purpose of all that was supposed to have been or represent?

It looks like it is a more charismatic type of (not sure I could call that Mass) service. If that guy was an ordained priest in good standing, I can't imagine how he could still be considered in good standing or in communion with the Catholic Church.

Perhaps that was done under the pretenses of the Liberal Catholic Church or some other break off sect as you mentioned Chonak?

I wish we could deny any connection to the event and say that the celebrant was clearly not a Catholic, but he was retired bishop Remi de Roo of Victoria, B.C. (a notorious dissenter who, after retiring, apologized for wrecking the finances of his diocese).

Are you referring to the misspelling of praise? or just the title/idea in general?

I agree, perhaps swellbox1 could edit his/her post?

I didn't even notice the "horrable". I couldn't get past the word "band". That was enough to drive me nuts.

"Horrable Priase"? Isn't that in the title of a Tarantino movie?