Changing The Good Friday Prayer For The Jews
“Christianity is the perfect development of the Jewish religion…” —Fr. Leslie Rumble
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
“Christianity is the perfect development of the Jewish religion…” —Fr. Leslie Rumble
“Arise in thy strength, we beseech thee, O Lord, and come…”
The liturgy suffers under the weight of the culture of mediocrity and instant gratification. Most distressing is a false sense of liberty that promotes a sense of entitlement, placing the preferences and opinions of the individual above all else.
Whether this rumor is accurate makes no difference, because the rules for Friday abstinence were changed in the 1960s.
I never dreamed that so many people love this stuff…and are willing to fight for it!
The program seeks to broaden the knowledge of already well trained musicians so that they can become well trained liturgical musicians.
Some of the old Catholic hymnals were dreadful, but this one is splendid.
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” —Leonard Bernstein
This special Solesmes book contains another version of the “Chants Abrégés.”
A movie I have been meaning to see for years and now heartily endorse.
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
Time's up