@jrmcmanaway Fidelity to liturgical norms is not the primary consideration, especially when "translation" has rendered the texts less easy to understand. The letter kills and the Spirit gives life.
@normonics It's not pathological to offer a sign of peace to those around you or to lift your hands in prayer. It's not a crime not to do it, either, but your post congratulating your community for not doing it is silly.
@moirans_fan I basically share that assessment, but I think that the de-mystified, horizontal and even "irreverent" version is closer to the actual gospel of Christianity. Jesus gives us siblinghood with God and each other; he didn't come to shore up our sacred hierarchies.