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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“A Meeting in a Hillside Home”
The fourth and final hymn text I’ve chosen for the final week of Advent is one I wrote last year for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Cycle C. The text is a meditation on the Visitation of Mary and Elizabeth, as would be appropriate for the final days of Advent when the Church invites us to ponder the events immediately impinging upon the birth of Jesus.
Read more“Wild the Man and Wild the Place”
The hymn that I’ve chosen for the third week of Advent is a tour-de-force from the hymn-writing team of Thomas H. Troeger and Carol Doran, “Wild the Man and Wild the Place.” In some aspects, this text is as audacious as the Baptist’s life and preaching.
Read more“We Are Yearning For the Season”
The hymn text I’ve chosen for the second week of Advent, Ruth Duck’s hymn “We Are Yearning For the Season,” could actually be used throughout the season and even into Christmastide.
Read more“Christ Comes, the Promised Peace of God”
For some years now I have tried to keep this season by deepening my appreciation for contemporary hymn texts. I’d like to share with the readers of PrayTell the four hymn texts I’ve chosen to mark the four weeks of Advent this year. For the First Week of Advent, the hymn I’ve chosen is “Christ Comes, the Promised Peace of God” by Sr. Genevieve Glen, OSB.
Read moreSubmissions for new RCA/CRC hymnal
Faith Alive Christian Resources and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship are currently working on a Psalter which will include multiple settings of each psalm.
Read moreMarian Hymns
This year, the Solemnity of the Assumption falls on Sunday. Already, many people have been calling my office to ask whether or not they should sing Marian hymns.
Read moreHymn Society, Thursday close
The Hymn Society reports on current hymnological research, and it also fosters further research.
Read moreHymn Society, Wednesday Evening
This evening offered an intriguing commingling of music inside and outside church walls. It was also, in many ways, a taste of the South.
Read moreHymn Society, Wednesday
I have learned seemingly dozens of spirituals this week that are all new to me…Our third plenary was given by Andrew Donaldson, who gave us a history of global church music. It was largely a story of the last thirty years, and it’s amazing to me how many of these songs have already entered the common repertory of many traditions.
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