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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. I don't know about Muslims, but many non-Catholics attend for the music.  There is a fair amount of standing and kneeling.  It is fine to sit out all the kneeling and I'd advise that as it comes close to a show of faith.  You can sit out the standing as well, but might want to stand at the beginning and the end as that is more a sign of respect towards the person leading the celebration.

I have lived in the Middle East, and if you are Muslim with Christian friends you would definitely attend their weddings, which often include a mass, as well as as funeral masses.[/quote]

Where do you go to Mass that the music is that good.

I'm not Catholic, but have attended many church services for work as a direct care worker for individuals with disabilities.  I have been to services with beautiful Gospel choirs (Baptist, AME), or men and boys choirs (Episcopal) but the Catholic churches I've attended have been among the most welcoming, but with pretty boring music.[/quote]

Not PP, but I can attest from personal experience that several Catholic churches in the DCUM area have great music: Gospel choirs, modern "Christian rock", and various ethnic choirs. My parish has a choir of parishioners from Francophone Africa who sing in Krio and play drums. Everyone gets up and dances in the aisles. We also have attended masses in both Bethesda and Potomac where the youth choirs specialized in popular Christian rock songs. The priest who married us is from a parish well-known in this area for their Gospel choir. You are just attending the wrong parishes.[/quote]

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