It's Sunday afternoon, and time for the post-game wrap-up on how Mass went.
Today I went to St. Devotio's again, which had had a good preacher last week. I noticed they had a piano: a bad sign, and unfortunately, a musician came out and used it.
He played competently, but the instrument of torture apparently was not an acoustic piano, but a digital one that let him add other sampled instrument voices or even shut off the piano voice: something like this.
So on one piece it was piano and synthesizer, and on another guitar and harp were added. So phony.
At least at the end he played "Let There Be Peace On Earth", so I took the opportunity to sing my own lyrics.
It must be bad-liturgy season at Victor's parish too.
Update: And Jeff Miller's.
I wonder whether or not it would be considered appropriate to bring ear-plugs to mass. Might make some of those songs less painful.
Alternatively, you could download the day's propers in MP3 format to your iPod or similar device and just switch it on at the appropriate times...
http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/
I love your alternative lyrics to "Peace on Earth"!
What an abomination that song is!!
I noticed they had a piano: a bad sign, and unfortunately, a musician came out and used it.
Let me nominate that for the Quotation of the Week. I laughed out loud, then hoped it didn't wake the baby.
RC, I wish I would have had your alternative lyrics ahead of time. I was also afflicted with that song at Mass on Sunday.
Luckily it was also at the end of Mass.
Hmmm, maybe that's why so many people leave before the last hymn ends.