So I keep repeating the term 'Benedict bounce'! So what! I like it ^_^ As Fr. Stan Fortuna says: GET OVER IT (video reference: 07:20)!
Saturday night was sick y'all. One week on from the Hyde Park vigil with the Holy Father, and our PPD (post-papal depression) melted away for one night! Without repeating what Catholic Underground London is all about (you can discover that yourself via my previous posts), I just wanna say that those who couldn't make it really missed out, and we hope you can make the next one - which we think will be on 10th December 2010 at Notre Dame de France Church in Leicester Sq! We'll keep you posted via our facebook group no doubt ;) And you can follow us on Twitter: @culondon.
With about 120 Catholic youths from all over London hitting our entertainment sesh, the night began promptly at 19:30 with a very chillaxed Eucharistic Adoration session during our Holy Hour. Everyone joined in the worship with the booklets provided, which afterwards, were put aside as the lights were turned down , and the candle-lit atmosphere warmed all attention to the altar where our Lord Jesus Christ was exposed in the Blessed Sacrament, which finished off with Benediction (video above). The queue for confession was much longer than usual and we loved that! Good times. People felt that Pope Benedict XVI's words of returning to silence and silent prayer opened up greater opportunities to listen to God. At the end of the night, some described the Holy Hour to me as 'simply beautiful'. Couldn't have put it better myself, quite frankly.
The night continued just next door at the primary school hall of Holy Ghost where the crowd was greeted by a media-savvy, talented rapper by the name of Baliva (video above, and check out his site). Infusing such tracks as 'This little light of mine' into an infectious hip-hop beat, his motto of 'making Christ known so all might hear and believe' doesn't get any truer than that.
The headlining act, Crossbeam, went down a storm with the crowd, as the energy generated was almost to the level of 'call and response'. The band played, the crowd fed, the crowd responded, the band fed. It was an amazing atmosphere. With the teens and avid Crossbeam fans remaining largely n the crowded hall, the 20 somethings enjoyed some social time in the 'canteen classroom' for a catch-up and some affordable hot dogs. I even bumped into Hal from Ooberfuse, which was a very pleasant surprise ;) The 6-man-band of Crossbeam enlivened the audience with tracks from their album 'A time for everything', which is available to purchase from their site now, and more videos of them will be going up on youTube very soon! In the meanwhile, here's a sample of their performance.
So... we think the crowd AND the performers really enjoyed the night, which finished off with the beautiful prayer of the compline (full compline video viewable from my youTube channel). Plus news just in: we run on donations, and we raised just £3 short of covering the costs of our overheads ^_^ I guess this is where I ask you to come along next time, and bring all your mates, so that we can continue the work that God wills of us here at Catholic Underground London. Leaving y'all with some audience and performer feedback for the night ;) Peace.
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