Wednesday, July 23, 2008

The Sounds of Distraction

Father Zuhldorf has a piece up about clapping in church. The short version- apparently it's not a good idea. I think I understand.

Incidentally, I remember hearing something similar in charismatic circles as well.
I haven't heard anyone remark on it in a while, and everyone seems happy to clap as they please. Perhaps this is an attention issue; can we really pay attention to God while clapping? It's certainly easy to lose a sense of the Lord and end up with a sense not unlike what one gets at a sports event, or a rock concert.

Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that.

I just wonder if we are missing anything.

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