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.”
The papal teaching addresses precisely the question of criteria; it does not attempt to teach people how to listen to music or how to discriminate different qualities of music. If such discriminatory abilities are lacking, the papal teaching can have no meaning for us.
The temporal reality of the liturgy that cannot be bound by recordings.
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R. O God, let all the nations praise you!
Vs. May God have pity on us and bless us . . .
Does noticing this officially make me a “Chant Geek” ? Or is it the mere fact that I actually care about such things . . .
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The New Commandment
Appealing to specific age groups weakens a parish.
Is the cantor the “leader of song”? It may be surprising that there are a few answers to this question, but it leads towards one ideal.
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The spiritual maturity of the Christian is very much connected with habituation in the nobility of the fine arts.
A change has been made in the United States with regard to kneeling for Holy Communion: “the exhortation to catechesis is removed and the exception to the norm of standing is left to the discretion of the faithful.”
“And so, I launched out into the deep and asked for donations. Within 72 hours we had not only covered the cost, but also had more donations than we could possibly use for that project.” — Fr. Smith
The choir director as a model for singing.
R. I will praise your name forever, my king and my God.
“The LORD is gracious and merciful . . .”
