The potential for A.I. to compose everything from new chants to choral works to congregational song creates its own labyrinthine network of questions.
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Author: Alan Hommerding
Alan Hommerding has been with World Library Publications (WLP) since 1991, most recently as Liturgical Publications Editor for the WLP division of GIA Publications. He is also a composer of numerous published choral and instrumental works, and is well-known as an author of hymn texts. Alan has served the North American Academy of Liturgy as convener of the liturgical music seminar, and as a member of the executive group for the Catholic Academy of Liturgy. He has been a regular contributor to the PrayTell blog since 2016.
What Did Jesus Know? (or: Which Heresy Will You Give Up for Lent?)
I, for example, often struggle not to be a Closet Monophysite.
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Christmas & Epiphanytide: Season of Aiglatson
Every voice—from the smallest creature to the greatest of galaxies, will be lifted up in praise of the God of Jesus Christ.
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For the Season of the Word: A Biography of the Lectionary
“A treasure trove of insights which flow from the author’s work on this book…an important and exemplary…partner in formation with the Lectionary and the liturgical year.”
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Jesus and the Christianauts (Theodicy Odyssey)
My own spiritual upbringing was filled with a number of versions of the Hera-Zeus chess match, only played out by Jesus (angry judge) and Mary (merciful referee).
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Anything you can sing, I can sing … correcter.
Yes, the weekly song of the assembly needs a connection to the lections of the day. […] No, we cannot sing just anything at Mass.
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Brief Book Review: Why Can’t Church Be More Like An AA Meeting?
“The basic dynamics of AA meetings are set forth as those which could be utilized by Christian communities to encourage and continue to promote healthy community and interpersonal relationships.”
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Take and Eat
If we truly believe that the Eucharist is the source and summit, and our spiritual food for the work of discipleship, then we should not be putting obstacles in the way of people receiving it.
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Real Presence(s)
I felt somewhat glad on behalf of the various Roman Catholics I’d encountered (in person or on social media) who had absolutely no idea that this eucharistic revival was underway, much less what it was, who may have endured similar situations.
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Cultural Appropriation . . . Conversation . . . Incorporation
I firmly believe that the Holy Spirit does not like silos—their walls or containments—and has, from the day described in Acts, desired that peoples come to know each other in the wind of Her wings.
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