Why I Can Do Without the Choir

Oh yeah...I'm going there...


What exactly am I experiencing in the Liturgy? I'm at the table, really participating in the Living Sacrifice of our Lord. When I decided that the Liturgy was "not a commemoration" I really meant to say it was "not JUST a commemoration."

I am not saying that we should, but I feel that we could take away the vestments, the colors, even the very tunes, and still have a very meaningful Eucharist in an austere simple spoken word format. There was no keyboard accompaniment or background singers for Christ! While I have access to many objects which can help my mystical experience of the Liturgy and are therefore necessary, I am more struck by the sense of sheer simplicity in the heart of our worship.

Bottom Line: I'd sometimes prefer my priest to simply read the Liturgy without tune as opposed to the raucous circus that the Service has become. Even if I liked the very "in your face" kind of Church music I've heard, I imagine what I like isn't nearly as important as what's good for me.

-Steve K. (ranting)