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.”
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Must those that have something to do with liturgical music be good persons?
St. Paul says, “If you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, not the things that are here below.” Do we really believe that?
Are you bothered by the VANDALISM done to Lectionary Sequence translations?
The Vatican II Hymnal Website will continue to house free online hymns.
Love of liturgy—and, specifically, employment of its traditional forms—is not clericalism.
Our little choir usually psalm tones the Offertory. Until now.
If you are in New England July 25 – August 1, you don’t want to miss this!
Michael Olbash’s “Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Sea” demonstrates the mandate of Pope Saint Pius X that music for the liturgy be Sacred, Beautiful, and Universal.
Free polyphonic offertories for the Simple English Propers.
The Ascension as Our Model
Traditional practices form a coherent whole, as they developed organically together. In many ways the liturgical reform was mechanistic and ideological.
Certain parts of the Mass (such as the Canon) must remain in Latin, while others, especially those directed to the people (such as the readings and the restored «Oratio fidelium»), can take place in the vernacular.
A full set of free English settings of the Communion antiphons for cantor, organ, and congregation.
I have no reasons to doubt their personal sanctity, but perhaps the proverbial “Roman slow pace” in this case would prove to be useful and somehow opportune.
