When we Roman Catholics think Eastern Catholicism, we often immediately think of the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite. The Syro-Malankara and Syro-Malabar Catholic Churches in India garner almost zero attention - I hope this little video I found helps in some small way towards changing that.
Wow! That is amazing! {Did you pick up the lights around the Last Supper painting?}
ReplyDeleteWe have an Urdu Catholic Mass at our parish. The music is really exquisite...like nothing I have heard before.
I really don't know what to think about the Syro-Malabarian aesthetic. It strikes me as gaudy, even kitschy. Take away the synthesized vocals and the keyboard, as well as the flashing lights (?!), and you'd have a beautiful liturgy. What would you say about a Roman liturgy with such modern accoutrements?
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