If I could bring myself to be Christian again, I'd totally go for the Catholics, with all the former-pagan-gods-as-saints, and Mary, and the ritual and stuff. So much of what they do is magic barely disguised as religious ritual and miracles.
I miss pagentry. The Mormon religion is a very plain thing, and Methodism, which I was raised in, only occasionally brought out the fancy regalia. To me, a worship service should have some flash to it, a bit more overt joyfulness. A Mormon service has all the pizazz of my 8 AM Econ lectures, with a few half-hearted hymns thrown in. A few rousing choruses of "Up From The Grave He Arose" would do wonders.
ok, mostly it's nothing. small out-patient operationy type thing sometime in January. Waiting to confirm a date. Should be back to work the next day or day after.
If I was going to choose a church entirely based on service, I'd like to mix the candles of the Catholic mass with the gospel music of an A.M.E.
I love candles and good music.
I love candles and good music.
The Methodists could sing, I'll give them that. A decent church choir is great training. It's how I learned.
Verb missing. Be? Do?
Actually it was "look like."
Trying to type and answer questions from a twelve year-old at the same time makes posting interesting.
I love candles and good music.
Yeah, the Catholics really don't do music well. Which makes no sense, but there it is.
Yeah, the Catholics really don't do music well. Which makes no sense, but there it is.
My officemate (who worked at a Filipino prison school for a while) played me this Filipino Christmas song that was really neat. I can't remember what it was called, though.
I should say I meant in the week-by-week mass/service hymn sense. At Christmas time, the music is carols so it is more similar. And the one reason I'm tempted to go to midnight mass tonight is there is a French church here and nothing beats "O Holy Night" sung at the stroke of midnight.
Oh, I'm not refuting that, Juliana. I'm just saying it's pretty funny to me that Christmas is a firm overlay on other traditions already.
