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.”
Does the Church really allow the Gospel to be replaced by excerpts from Machiavelli’s THE PRINCE? Seriously? Dr. Jeremy Sienkiewicz of Benedictine College chats about numerous topics, including the Mass Propers.
Church musicians carry “battle scars” of the profession. We can all tell “war stories.” But Thomas à Kempis writes in “The Imitation of Christ,” “…the measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity—adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.”
“The emeritus pope, who made the unprecedented decision to step down from his role in February, will now live in a converted monastery near current Pope Francis.” — New York Daily News
Did you know a former president of the Church Music Association of America has his own STAR on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? That’s correct! Just like Michael Jackson, Rex Harrison, Alfred Hitchcock, Harrison Ford, and all the rest.
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 . . .
In the near future Corpus Christi Watershed will be releasing the round-note SATB edition of Modal Responsorial Psalms and Gospel Acclamations See a sneak peek of the settings for the Extended Pentecost Vigil here.
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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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.”
