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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ameriac the Beautiful is sung in Catholic Mass. They don't allow secular songs as part of Mass. I have always viewed it as religious and patriotic.[/quote]
Religion and patriotism do not mix. Patriotism creates 'us' and that philosophy excludes the rest of mankind.
Religion is for all of mankind (or at least supposed to be).
The two philosophies do not have anything in common[/quote]

When I was a kid, they played "Blowin' in the Wind" in Catholic Mass.  I have also heard "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens.[/quote]

I don't know about Blowin in the Wind, but Morning Has Broken was originally a hymn:
[i]"Morning Has Broken" is a popular and well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and is set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune known as "Bunessan" (it shares this tune with the 19th century Christmas Carol "Child in the Manger"[1]). It is often sung in children's services. English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens (known as Yusuf Islam since 1978) included a version on his 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat. The song became identified with Stevens when it reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the US easy listening chart in 1972.[2][/i] (from Wikipedia)[/quote]

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