Day: September 15, 2010

  • Remembering a Sequence

    Today, the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, was one of those rare chances I had to use a sequence during our liturgical life. The Stabat Mater, though it appears under the heading for Lent in the hymnal our parish uses, was sung this warm autumn evening.

  • James MacMillan on faith and music

    Scottish Catholic composer James MacMillan, who is the composer of some of the music to be used at Pope Benedict’s visit to UK which begins tomorrow, talks about faith and music at The Guardian.

  • Looking Back with Some Twists in Manila

    Two surprise twists added a bit of mystery and honor to the second day of the National Meeting of Diocesan Directors of Liturgy (NMDDL). It was to be a day celebrating the twenty-five year history of the conference and more than forty years of implementing Sacrosanctum Concilium in the Philippines.

  • “And with your spirit.”

    The Semitic response, “And with your spirit,” literally means “And also with you,” as “your spirit” literally means “your person.” However…