Day: December 30, 2010
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“The propers are the Mass . . . “?
Elsewhere on this blog a vigorous discussion is taking place on “Singing the Mass” … What, then, are the propers of the Roman Missal and their relevance to the fire they should be fueling?
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Latinist strikes out
It may still be the Church’s official language but it appears that there are some in the Vatican who don’t know Latin as well as they should.
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Holy Cow!
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New Year’s and the Lord of history
By George Weigel in First Things.
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Christmas Mass from St. Peter’s Basilica
Here is the Christmas Missa in nocte (that would be the midnight Mass at 10 pm) from St. Peter’s Basilica. Hear a real Italian cantor!
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Singing the Mass
by Jeffrey Tucker, managing editor of the journal Sacred Music. “Many Council fathers hoped for a liturgical reform that would put an end to the pre-conciliar practice of vernacular hymnody dominating the Mass. They wanted to universalize the high Mass with music that is native to the ritual. It didn’t turn out that way, for…