The object of this short treatise on Modern Dances is to help in extirpating one of the modern evils. There are many evils that tend to undermine and destroy the virtue of chastity, such as obscene literature, the stage etc., but I deem one a principal, i.e. dancing of any kind comprehending square dances, which in some respects are worse than round dances. In my experience in the ministry for over thirty years I have […]
Category: Dancing
Balls and Dancing Parties Condemned by The Scriptures, Holy Fathers, and Holy Councils
You think, perhaps, that dances cannot hurt you, because you have been educated in the practice of Christian virtues, because you love virtue and fear evil, and because you are disposed to resist all the attacks of the tempter, and repress all the irregular motions of concupiscence; you are in error: all that you see at balls, all that you hear at them, all that you feel, will soon make you lose sight of the […]
A Sermon on the Morality of Unmarried Couples Dancing Together
The following is a sermon taken from a good and holy FSSP Priest Once I had a brother who was in a serious accident. This brother was in the military and was stationed in Virginia. He decided to visit a friend in New England over a long weekend. He planned to stop by the dormitory where I was going to college in Connecticut on his way back. Visitors weren’t allowed to go into the dormitory, […]