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Only a foolish and stubborn person would claim that “hyena” is basically the same thing as “a holy person.”
With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Growing up, we had an encyclopedia in our basement—but that was hardly the equivalent access to the internet!
“I want never to hear another word about ceremonies for as long as I live. I would rather discuss the symptoms of cancer.” —Dr. Fortescue
Few Catholics seem to realize it was Pope Pius XII who suppressed Tenebrae, a ceremony deeply loved by the faithful for centuries.
The sale of indulgenced prayers is immoral. Someday they’ll have to make restitution for this.
From what I have seen, musicians tend to be the best liturgists…
Including twelve (12) different versions!
Including ten (10) alternate versions!
Including a ‘live’ recording of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn, which comes from a 7th-century Irish manuscript.
Including a splendid harmonization of “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name.”
“When our people have the courage to break resolutely with a bad tradition, there are unworked mines of religious poetry in the old hymns that we can use in translations.” —Father Adrian Fortescue
In his illustrious 1912 tome—The Mass: A Study Of The Roman Liturgy—Father Adrian Fortescue spoke of sequences, writing: “Strangest of all were the vernacular sequences in France and Germany, or those partly vernacular and partly Latin.” Our volunteer choir experimented with that on Holy Thursday, mixing Latin verses with an English refrain. For the record, […]
This version by Father Adrian Fortescue is fascinating!
Also included: the day my life changed forever.
