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 are repeatedly assured that there was an Old Testament reading each Sunday morning, but that quite mysteriously these all vanished by the seventh century, and vanished leaving no memory that they had ever existed…” — Fr. John Parsons
If I didn’t answer when he called, he’d keep calling my number over and over. If I still didn’t answer, he’d start calling my family members, including siblings who lived 900+ miles away!
Once upon a time there was a musician who thought he knew how Gregorian chant should be performed, and was very suspicious of the “semiologists.”
“The present welter of discardable booklets, mimeographed sheets, divergent paperback hymnals, and so on … has unfortunate psychological effects.” — Dr. James Hitchcock
For me tradition is not going to the past, but going to the origins.
I hate asking people for money; and some Catholic organizations drive me crazy by constantly begging with an alarmist manner.
The 9/11 Memorial and Conveying Catharsis through Art
Can you imagine trying to feed your family in the year 1300AD?
God is a provident God. This in turn should make us want to love God.
Are we bringing forth treasures? Are we cultivating these treasures or do we leave them in the back of the storeroom?
Published in 1911, this “Convent Mass” is for two sopranos.
Music, for a Christian, should serve the same purpose as everything else in life: weaning us from excessive attachment to this world and lifting our souls heavenward.
What about NOT having congregational song during the Offertory?
Life is not a piece of cake. And the Mass is not a Sunday recreational moment. We need to feel the burning of being close to God.
Does modern architecture compare favorably to the architecture of the dark ages?
