May 03 2007
Because Christ Died For Our Entertainment
The Title of this post comes from a comment I left over on Cosmos~Liturgy~Sex, one of my daily reading stops.
According to a Pew Forum study: along with the dramatic growth of Hispanics in the United Sates , we are also beginning to experience a transformation of U.S. religion. About 54 percent of Hispanic Catholics identified themselves as charismatic, compared to about 12 percent of non-Hispanic Catholics. According to the study, the charismatic movement has not turned Catholics into Pentecostal Protestants and has even found that charismatic Catholics are even more likely to pray the rosary, go to confession or serve in their parishes, suggesting a strengthening of Catholic identity. About 4 out of 10 Hispanic evangelicals are converts from Catholicism with a 1/3 citing the lack of excitement at Catholic Masses. According to Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, “You could call it bringing the fiesta spirit into the Catholic church.”
I think there’s something that can be learned from this study, but a need to incorporate speaking in tongues and shouting into the Mass? Which part of the Liturgy would be most appropriate for shouting and when would it be most conducive for worship to allow the congregation to speak in tongues? I may be missing the boat on this one, but I don’t believe the Holy Spirit would want to distract the congregation away from the Liturgy, Homily and especially The Eucharist. Cosmos~Liturgy~Sex.
