"Why are they changing this again?" seems to be a common cry from parishioners at catholic communities in our area. What strikes me as odd is - people don't have a problem when something's changed to suit their capriciousness, but when someone in authority (priest, archbishop, the Vatican, etc) gently corrects them, everyone finds the time to grumble about changes. Especially evident when local churches are making changes consistent with our time. For example, in the 70's so much music was "updated" to feel more relevant and in synch with parishioners and their life experiences. Was delighted to see this article from an acclaimed, present day composer. It's tempting to think we are doing something "new". The church has been here 2000 years, and she's like a mother with over a billion children - likelihood of modern changes being "new" to the Church is relatively low.
Pray diligently for all God's children,
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As you know, Grace, protestants also face a similar dilemma in the mainline church. Rethink church? How can you rethink church? Are we just going to reinvent the wheel? As the protestant church fractalizes, I admire the stability that the apostolic churches (orthodox and catholic)have in their authority. The calling to be the body of Christ in the world today has never wavered among those saints who have come before and those saints yet to be.
I didn't really get what the article was about. Music change but to what. Anyway about changing things in church there are things that always stay the same but as we develop as a culture we better understand the meaning of everything and that's how things can change. I think bettering ones self isn't always an individual process it can apply to a group as well. And this may just be my protestant view of things but the church isn't done bettering itself. Not to say that changing the music or other things is going to make it better. But it may make it more approachable for people that haven't felt welcomed before. The trouble is not alienating/insulting the people who know the church already and like it the way it is. And as I said before there are universal truths that won't/shouldn't change within the church.
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