Loading Choir Binders • Take II
I’m afraid this article has no point.
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 they were set upon avoiding the word “men,” I wish ICEL would have done something like “peace on earth to *those* of good will.”
Joseph Ratzinger, an expert at the Council, was also the private secretary of Cardinal Frings, Archbishop of Cologne.
The hymn most frequently appearing in the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary has finally made it to youtube!
Including an (optional) organ accompaniment you won’t want to miss!
We are getting close to Pentecost, when the FSSP Superior General will visit our parish.
The more knowledgeable a musician is about the Roman Rite, the Vatican II documents, and the GIRM, the more likely that musician is to be labeled “conservative” in their views. This is nonsense.
The Novus Ordo Mass can be done well—St. Josemaria and his successor did it!
We need a few more people willing to give $5.00 per month—please help! Thank you!
I hope Dr. Tappan will tell us someday how such a transformation happened!
A choir school can be an immense help toward our goal of establishing a liturgical choir worthy of its name.
Perhaps it requires a comedian to realize that not all musical styles are appropriate for Mass.
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