PDF Download • Chant Notation—Nuptial Blessing (EF)
With permission from the CDF, the nuptial blessing at a sung EF Mass may be chanted according to this melody.
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.”
With permission from the CDF, the nuptial blessing at a sung EF Mass may be chanted according to this melody.
Liturgical Evidence from Marriage Rituals throughout History
Fr. Gaspar eloquently emphasis key words and phrases, underscoring the beauty of the sacrament.
The release date has been set. What will be new in the new Rite of Marriage?
Finally getting through the Introductory Rites of the Nuptial Mass.
Some thoughts on the Introductory Rites for the Nuptial Mass.
A curmudgeonly introduction to a series on wedding advice.
“Southie” is a section of Boston better known from the films “Good Will Hunting” and “The Departed.” It is also infamous for the convicted murderer and gangster, James “Whitey” Bulger. But, yes, glorious Gregorian Propers, polyphony, and hymnody at a Nuptial Mass in “Southie.”
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