Too Many Options
Allowing Adolescents to Choose Their Faith & the Wide-Open Permissions of the GIRM
Hymns Replacing Propers
The difference between Anything and Everything.
Where free choice can lead to chaos or paralysis.
Liturgical Silence—But Not What You Think!
When I was young, I would have tried to argue.
A Criticism & Good News
Another Look at Fr. Weber’s “The Proper of the Mass”
“Proper Of The Mass” (Ignatius Press) • Part 4 of 7
The Next Big Thing Is Here
Nixon, Watergate, & Singing The Mass Propers
Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Dean, Nixon, and others made tons of money writing and speaking about Watergate.
Hillary Clinton’s Emails & Mass Propers
Are you confused yet? You ought to be!
Six Things To Know About USCCB Hymn Approval
It’s no secret. Anyone who’s been in Church music realizes what happens in 99% of Catholic parishes.
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(7 of 7)
We should be more and more convinced that the Propers are “healthier” than alternative songs…
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(6 of 7)
The wife of a Church musician weighs in…
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(4 of 7)
This year one, a seminarian from our parish is being ordained. He requested that we sing the Propers for his first Mass.
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(2 of 7)
How modernism effects music and babies. And how UNICEF is like the Catholic Church.
Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(3 of 7)
When the GIRM says “four options”, they really mean four preferences…
Bishops Care When Their Names Are “Tacitly” Used
The current GIRM never mentions “tacit” approval.
“No Approval Needed for Substitute Songs” says USCCB • Exclusive Documentation
“After six months and 70+ letters, I received a letter from the chairman of Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy.” —Dan Craig