Won’t a drastic change alienate people?
The liturgical upheaval of the late 1960s and on- ward confused and alienated many Catholics. Some people loved the new pop style and other people were Church Music Association of America | Musicasacra.com 20 embittered by it. Attitudes toward sacred music re- main a source of division among Catholics today. While the need to restore the sacred is urgent, pas- toral sensitivity is necessary to avoid the disorienting approach of the post-conciliar period. It will take time for the liturgical aesthetic to recover from the errors of the recent past so that it may be deepened and ma- tured. The restoration of sacred music is a long-term project that requires years of relentless progress.
