Ministry of Consolation • A Case for Congregational Singing at Funerals
“If you, the bereaved, cannot give voice to your grief in this moment, we shall do it for you.”
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.”
“If you, the bereaved, cannot give voice to your grief in this moment, we shall do it for you.”
I am deeply saddened that some people still don’t know where these items are located.
“After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.”
A Solemn Pontifical Mass will be offered in Philadelphia on September 14, 2017
What does the Incarnation have to do with the Communion Procession? A great deal.
“At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others…”
We church musicians are called to be more childlike than other musicians.
The cardinal was informed by ICEL: “There is no doubt that Father Brannan knows his Latin and Greek; but does he know English?”
Including a magnificent hymn for two voices (“Rex Sempiterne”) appropriate throughout the entire liturgical year.
“…and Who didst wonderfully foreshow the perfect adoption of Thy children by a voice coming down in a shining cloud…”
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