Healey Willan on Chant
Healey Willan has a special interest in plainchant!
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 implore Thy majesty, O Lord, that the holy mysteries we are celebrating may free us of past and save us from future sins.”
“Gentlemen of the congregation—you are the priests of the domestic church.” —Fr. Christopher Smith
This weekend will mark the beginning of Masses offered at the parish.
“When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honorable than thou be invited by him…”
When you sing in a choir, know that you will impact people’s lives in ways you cannot imagine and likely in ways you will never know.
On the ground in our parishes and in our choirs is where the truth lies. Let us not retreat.
“Authorized by the archbishops and bishops of Scotland for use in the Scottish dioceses.”
How can people claim this is a translation of the hymn by St. Thomas Aquinas?
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