Misa versus populum itself is a terrible distraction, looking at a bunch of old men in the face is itself disagreeable, then with a huge blue banner backdrop reading "Seek Peace," then a ballerina to top it off. One of the comments in the comments box on YouTube said the Catholic Church needs another Santa Inquisición. But where will we find Worthy Judges for that Bench?
In any case, the Agnus Dei musical setting was very beautiful, and in Latin.
I would like to emphasize the point.
It makes sense to have a show if your liturgical outlook emphasizes the showing aspect of the Action rather than the Action Itself.
Ad orientem the emphasis is on what you don't see. The point is the opposite of the "show" of the Action. You're not looking at the backs and bald heads of the dozen old men on the stage. You are "looking toward" What cannot yet be seen face to face.
When the old men are facing you then you are distracted by them and by trying to see What in reality cannot be seen this side of eternity. Bring out the ballerinas!, because we want to see, and the show of what they are showing us is nothing to behold. They need a ballerina because they forgot to put a crucifix over the altar and to face it all themselves for the Holy Action of Calvary so that we could face It with them, that they might help us focus on the cross, our only salvation.
When the old men are facing you then you are distracted by them and by trying to see What in reality cannot be seen this side of eternity. Bring out the ballerinas!, because we want to see, and the show of what they are showing us is nothing to behold. They need a ballerina because they forgot to put a crucifix over the altar and to face it all themselves for the Holy Action of Calvary so that we could face It with them, that they might help us focus on the cross, our only salvation.
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