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.”
“We request His Eminence the Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites the permission to point out the manifest danger of adopting either of these solutions.” — Dom Joseph Gajard, OSB
Ironically, that’s the spot you’re least likely to hear a hymn at Mass!
John Paul II asked your forgiveness in 1980 … did you forgive him?
The new Gregorian Missal (Solesmes, 2012) is a marvelous book.
I’ve encountered priests who believe their job during the sermon is to talk like Rush Limbaugh, Chris Matthews, or Bill O’Reilly.
Are all musical styles acceptable for Mass? Movie directors realize such a notion is bogus.
What a stark contrast between the (discredited) translation from the 1970s and the 2011 translation!
Consider these lines from GIA’s newest hymnal (Worship IV): “Who is this who eats with sinners, calling luckless losers winners?” Did they really just use the phrase “luckless losers” in a Catholic hymn book?
It dawned on me that nothing I’d been saying had made the slightest impact. I had literally been wasting my breath.
Even after so many years, recalling this statement makes my brain explode with rage.
“The Conference of Bishops has given permission that, when a qualified man is not
available, a woman may proclaim the readings prior to the gospel, while standing outside the sanctuary.” — 1970 Statement
“The Instruction pretends that we actually do have Propers for the Mass, whereas everyone knows that today the Mass Propers are sung perhaps at one Mass in ten thousand.” — Professor László Dobszay
If you tend to cry a lot, don’t read this poem.
“Many a pope has gone through his entire pontificate without making a single infallible statement.” — Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
A mystery! The 1970s ICEL seems not to have included these words, even though they were in the official Latin …
