Do Protestants Have The Best Hymns?
“When we do this, we regard the congregation as unable to develop, as animals rather than human beings…” Professor László Dobszay
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.”
“When we do this, we regard the congregation as unable to develop, as animals rather than human beings…” Professor László Dobszay
A large choir isn’t necessary to have dignified music at Mass.
I don’t pretend to have an answer to this question.
There was deep division in Chicago between those who cheered for the Cubs and those who cheered for the White Sox.
Bishop Ambo’s assertion that Mass was attended—for centuries—by a single woman (and nobody else) is bizarre.
Some days, Fulton J. Sheen received as many as 30,000 letters.
Including several hymns eminently suitable for the feast of Christ the King.
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Including a tip on preventing choirs from ‘sinking’ the pitch lower and lower.
If we truly believe what we say we believe, how can we allow goofy, off-Broadway, secular, casual music at Mass?
Authentic sacred music should attract people. It should not drive them away.
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