My pastor talked me into teaching a First Communion class this year, so I've been checking out videos of First Communions folks have posted on YouTube. After viewing several of them, though, I have just one question:
What the blankety-blank is up in some parishes with having the kids stand in the sanctuary and sing ditties and do sign language?
Witness the following example (starting at around 0:45 or so):
Or this one (complete with what sounds like recorded music, prohibited by the rubrics):
It's bad enough when sacro-pop shows up at Mass, but when it involves first communicants, I believe it's an absolute scandal.
The Feast of St John Nepomuk in Prague: Photos by Fr Lew
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Our long-time contributor Fr Lawrence Lew has just visited Prague, which
today celebrates the feast of one of its patrons, a priest of the
archdiocese who ...
17 hours ago