Masses for the dead seem to have developed a few distinctive features that, at least in the States, seem almost universal, without any diktats from on high.
Archive for category Music: Chant
“I warmed to the practical, pastoral tone I read as early as the second page of text: ‘A fully sung liturgy is a praiseworthy ideal, but its implementation calls for prudence and pastoral sensitivity. The chants of the liturgy are sung when it is possible in a given pastoral situation, when the participants are blessed with the resources to do so well, and when it is judged that this will truly glorify God and sanctify the worshippers.’” – John Ainslie
Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB will be leading a three-day chant workshop at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, next month.
An e-mail question from one of our readers (?) earlier today. . .
I think it will become the text on the subject.
The Second Sunday of Advent is also the Second Sunday of you-know-what.
Msgr. Francis Mannion wrote this in a recent column in Our Sunday Visitor.
“The church is the house of God; in the midst of a world filled with the powers of evil, it is a place where God reigns supreme. The church is the house of God’s people, a place open to all where the faithful gather for prayer. The church is the place of sacrifice; the object in the church most worthy of veneration is the altar, which is the symbol of Christ.” — from the 1961 consecration
What would you add to or change in this list?
How do you select hymn texts and choir anthems for the Preparation of the Gifts? What do you look for? What do you avoid? Let’s discuss it.