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You’ve probably already seen this.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XYKwqj5QViQ<\/a><\/p>\n

On Facebook, I have many friends who are liturgists, music ministers, youth ministers, and clergy. There, I’ve noticed that those who are liturgists mostly cannot stand what this priest did in the video. Those who are youth ministers tend to be much more enthusiastic about this. Music ministers and clergy seem to be on both sides. Yet most all agree that the priest has a lovely voice and sang this song very well. And almost everyone I know loves the original song by Leonard Cohen.<\/p>\n

I’ve already tried to explain to my Facebook friends why this is not an example of good liturgy. But the arguments I hear back from those who are overjoyed at what this priest did are not about what constitutes good liturgy but about what brings joy to the assembly. I lament that we’ve gotten to the point where for some, “good liturgy” equals joyless liturgy.<\/p>\n

The social media conversation around this video is very telling. Liturgists (myself included) have not done ourselves or others any good by beating people over the head with rubrics. Yet rubrics do have value, as does human emotion. How can we bridge the divide?<\/p>\n

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\nAdded note: So he has done this also for Linda and Donals<\/a>, changing the names of course, and then “You Raise Me Up” for Mary and John<\/a>. All I can say is priests better start learning some of these songs to sing because couples will start asking for them. I already know a wedding coordinator who has received several inquiries about “singing priests” for their upcoming weddings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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