The Nature of Worship
By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: Commentary"Worship becomes a feast that the community gives itself, a festival of self-affirmation. Instead of being worship of God, it becomes a circle closed in on itself: eating, drinking, and making merry. The dance around the golden calf is an image of this self- seeking worship…. Then liturgy really does become pointless, just fooling around. Or still worse it becomes an apostacy from the living God, an apostacy in sacral disguise"
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, The Spirit of the Liturgy
Now my question is..what does that make this:
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I think that would be a perfect examle of pointless dancing around the golden calf! I love our Pope! =)
The Liturgy is so sublime and powerful that any dancing, especially in Mass, is ridiculuous. It’s like being invited to a Formal Dinner and showing up ready to strip tease. (well sort of).