Innocuous But Uninspired Music At Mass?
In my youth, I recall singing some of these same songs at Mass, but I refused to do the hand gestures.
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In my youth, I recall singing some of these same songs at Mass, but I refused to do the hand gestures.

“Immanentism means there is no reality beyond what we know…” —Aurelio Porfiri

Your more advanced singers will love this piece by Palestrina!

“My Roman collar is my television uniform.” —Fr. Richard McBrien

The results are in.

“It contains about two hundred hymns—all from approved sources—and covers every phase of Catholic devotion.” —Foreword by the Bishop of La Crosse

Your one-week-to-go guide to preparing for Candlemas.

Hymns can be implemented into the Latin High Mass with great effect.

I am at daily mass, but through no virtue of my own. God has a way of drawing us toward him even when we resist.

Historically, “liturgy” referred to a service done for the people, not by them.

“We feel that the selection of hymns leaves little to be desired…” —From the 1942 Foreword

“Yet zephyrs vainly fan me, and flow’rs to groves invite…”

“Many years ago I had a spiritual director that gave me a lesson that I have never forgotten…” —Aurelio Porfiri

Some people accept a job as choir director and say, “I have five singers who don’t read music, so I guess that’s how it will always be.”

Today’s installment is a third image for 8 September—totally different than the two we’ve posted in the past.
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