tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post3938926625087156200..comments2024-03-28T12:59:52.914-04:00Comments on southern orders: LUTHERAN SATIRE AND CHURCH LIFE AND THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN MASSFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-36013653388850651972014-03-28T16:21:31.919-04:002014-03-28T16:21:31.919-04:00The Vatican Rag, by Tom Lehrer.
First you get dow...The Vatican Rag, by Tom Lehrer.<br /><br />First you get down on your knees,<br /> Fiddle with your rosaries,<br /> Bow your head with great respect,<br /> And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!<br /><br /> Do whatever steps you want, if<br /> You have cleared them with the Pontiff.<br /> Everybody say his own<br /> Kyrie eleison,<br /> Doin' the Vatican Rag.<br /><br /> Get in line in that processional,<br /> Step into that small confessional,<br /> There, the guy who's got religion'll<br /> Tell you if your sin's original.<br />If it is, try playin' it safer,<br /> Drink the wine and chew the wafer,<br /> Two, four, six, eight,<br /> Time to transubstantiate!<br /><br /> So get down upon your knees,<br /> Fiddle with your rosaries,<br /> Bow your head with great respect,<br /> And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect!<br /><br /> Make a cross on your abdomen,<br /> When in Rome do like a Roman,<br /> Ave Maria,<br /> Gee it's good to see ya,<br /> Gettin' ecstatic an'<br /> Sorta dramatic an'<br /> Doin' the Vatican Rag!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-35906419942034425162014-03-28T05:40:45.720-04:002014-03-28T05:40:45.720-04:00Latin rite worship started becoming a joke in the ...Latin rite worship started becoming a joke in the 1960s - remember Tom Lehrer's 'Vatican Rag', inspired by official sanction for the use of popular music styles in the liturgy?<br /><br />The target of the 'Lutheran satire' is actually the Church of England, but it applies to us as well.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-61277358033210117562014-03-27T23:55:04.734-04:002014-03-27T23:55:04.734-04:00Wow. Latin Rite worship has become so much of a jo...Wow. Latin Rite worship has become so much of a joke that even the Lutherans are making fun of us. I wonder if St. Peter ever thought he would see the day when heretics made fun of "Frank the hippy pope" and the Mass, and we're actually right!<br />Thank God there's no crisis in the Church!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com