The Mass in Haiti

Some folks criticize the Catholic Mass because "it's so dull" or "there's no praise and worship."
The whole Mass is praise and worship from the start to finish. When I was a kid, I just didn't see it, and it has taken the grace of God(and the wisdom that comes with age) to help me see this now. During the Mass, heaven is opened to us and we worship along with the saints and angels in heaven as Jesus becomes present in the sacrifice of the altar* as St. Augustine called the liturgy.
Being in Haiti to worship with my Haitian brothers and sisters made me realize the Catholic Church may be getting a "bum rap" based on what some may have experienced in North American liturgies growing up. The short video above is just the processional of the Mass
and though its hard to judge from the audio quality, the singing was loud and exuberant!
Eucharistic adoration later in the week was also very moving as worshipers fell to their knees and lifted their hands when Jesus was exposed in the monstrance. The Church is large and universal. It is unfortunate that opinions are formed against the Church based on such limited experiences of it. Go to a third world country and you will experience Catholic Christians worshiping, unencumbered by materialism. This phenomenon crosses denominational borders as I have worshiped with non-Catholic Christians as well in Haiti and experienced the same.


*This is the sacrifice of Christians: we, being many, are one body in Christ. And this also is the sacrifice which the Church continually celebrates in the sacrament of the altar, known to the faithful, in which she teaches that she herself is offered in the offering she makes to God.(Augustine, City of God)