For years, I’ve assumed that the reason that the music sucks in Catholic services was that some previous Pope had lost a bet with our Protestant brethren. I was never sure of the details - it’s a hierarchy, after all - but it was fairly obvious that we had agreed: any Catholics showing musical talent would be pointed towards the Protestants instead, so that there would never be good music in a Catholic church.

Now we see it was actually a cunning plan - turns out good church music may undermine the experience over time by raising unrealistic expectations. Those Popes, they’re clever ones.

H/T Evangelical Outpost.