Now That You’re Shunning Bad Hymns … Stop Announcing Them!
“When we announce hymn numbers, we’re not facilitating participation—we’re disrupting it.” —Daniel Marshall
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”