I find this a very protestant article of either/or, where a church filled with adults and children who both allow others to pray a both/and correct Catholic answer.
I'm always amazed that a single infant can drown out a choir of twenty professional singers. That said, modern parents don't seem to be able to control their pre-school children and let them run around.
I was taken to Sung Mass at that age and was taught to sit quietly. Mind you, there was a lot to see and hear. The Novus Ordo as usually performed bores me rigid; I wouldn't want to expose a toddler to it.
I was fortunate to attend a Catholic University chapel when I was a toddler, filled with magnificent art and a choir singing chant and polyphony. I wasn't bored at all, but your point about the Novus Ordo is well taken. Perhaps the toddlers are crying in protest?
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I have often thought of an infants loud vocalizations at the most inopportune times during the Mass to be the most pro-life exclamation there is.
I find this a very protestant article of either/or, where a church filled with adults and children who both allow others to pray a both/and correct Catholic answer.
What about full pews filled with silence?
I'm always amazed that a single infant can drown out a choir of twenty professional singers. That said, modern parents don't seem to be able to control their pre-school children and let them run around.
I was taken to Sung Mass at that age and was taught to sit quietly. Mind you, there was a lot to see and hear. The Novus Ordo as usually performed bores me rigid; I wouldn't want to expose a toddler to it.
John Nolan,
I was fortunate to attend a Catholic University chapel when I was a toddler, filled with magnificent art and a choir singing chant and polyphony. I wasn't bored at all, but your point about the Novus Ordo is well taken. Perhaps the toddlers are crying in protest?
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