“Ite, Missa Est” • What Does That Actually Mean?
Bishop Ambo’s assertion that Mass was attended—for centuries—by a single woman (and nobody else) is bizarre.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
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.
Church music should not be boring! Here I provide eleven (11) ways to keep it awesome.
If there’s a more beautiful setting of this text, I don’t know what it could be.
I believe many choir members will stop coming back if the music is always the same.
What I’ve labeled “musical diversity” could also be thought of as “balance.”
Including seven (7) examples of musical diversity.
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If you fail to carefully plan your rehearsal, you’ll be eaten alive. And rightfully so!
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Add variety to the singing, so choir members will “take delight” in what they are doing—and they should be “taking delight” in singing praises to God.
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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