tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post7193828534440598889..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Singing to GodChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-18921144002938331072009-09-14T12:14:19.247+01:002009-09-14T12:14:19.247+01:00Well, I was given a book once called "How not...Well, I was given a book once called "How not to say Mass" which included the instruction "not to sing if you can't. There is nothing less edifying than a sung celebration led by a pastor who can't carry a tune in a bucket!"fr dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505160310703978020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-5843918634597013752009-09-14T11:45:19.803+01:002009-09-14T11:45:19.803+01:00OK. I'll shut up in future. I'm one of the...OK. I'll shut up in future. I'm one of these that God needs the earplugs for. I know.Fr Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825687159958396082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-17451051509707225242009-09-14T11:40:14.949+01:002009-09-14T11:40:14.949+01:00You chaps will note that I offered this passage mo...You chaps will note that I offered this passage more or less without comment. I will simply add that you are tending to ignore some people in your rush to inclusivity - and at the risk of being outrageous, might ask Kenny to think about the joys of silence.<br />;-)Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-27685943651327001422009-09-14T11:35:19.187+01:002009-09-14T11:35:19.187+01:00Sorry Chris, but it's this sort of stuff that ...Sorry Chris, but it's this sort of stuff that stops people singing in church. St Auggie got a lot wrong! I'd rather we all had a good sing that leave the joyful songs to our "betters".Fr Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825687159958396082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-76686958969650418382009-09-14T08:48:48.326+01:002009-09-14T08:48:48.326+01:00This ideal of doing your best to avoid displeasing...This ideal of doing your best to avoid displeasing God sits ill with me these days! "When will you be able to offer him a perfecvt performance so that you will in no way displease such a supremely discerning listener?" Err...never? So why even bother?<br /><br />It is the fact that we offer imperfectly but with true devotion that pleases God, not that we get the notes and timing right. I'm delighted with the Eric Morecombe approach: "It's all the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order, Mr Preview!"fr dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505160310703978020noreply@blogger.com