A report from the Sacra Liturgia conference suggests that we are entering an age of liturgical pluralism and peace, and that traditionalism has been transformed. What would transformed traditionalism look like?
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Did the pre-Vatican II Mass really have more Scripture than now?
I thought it’d be interesting once to do the math. So I made a little chart with the 1962 Scripture readings (including the propers) on the left and the reformed lectionary readings (presuming no propers) on the right for the coming Sunday, July 7.
Read moreFr. Pasley on the Distinctive Voices of the Ordinary Form of the Mass
Fr. Robert Pasley, the chaplain of the Church Music Association of America, has a written a lengthy addition to our conversation about the ways in which the forms of the Mass may enrich one another. I received permission to reprint it here on Pray Tell as part of my larger desire to create respectful dialogue.
Read moreDoes the Ordinary Form Have a Distinctive Voice?
Jeffrey A. Tucker, managing editor of Sacred Music and a friendly and thoughtful dialogue partner, has responded at the Chant Café to my report of the CMAA Colloquium XXII in Salt Lake City.
Read moreThe Lifespan of MR2010
The Chant Cafe links an interview from The Tablet with Mgr. Wadsworth of ICEL.
Read more“Authentic Liturgy, Authentic Chant”?
Father Anthony, Gordon Truitt, and I were asked to write about the missal of Pope Benedict XVI for the GIA Quarterly. My contribution is intended to be a contribution to the conversation about the relationship between the ordinary and the extraordinary forms of the liturgy, particularly the Mass.
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This just in: the updated translation of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal says the same thing about proper chants and other songs as did the 2003 translation!
Read moreAdjustments to the fifth edition of the General Instruction to the Roman Missal
Thanks to Jeffrey A. Tucker at The Chant Café, I have become aware that the Holy See ordered ICEL to coordinate the three extant English translations of the GIRM (US, Australia, and England and Wales) into one translation, and to add the approved US variants….
Read moreThe Agony and the Ecstasy: The Fundamental Importance of Liturgical Chant in the Roman Missal and Our Celebration of the Eucharistic Mystery
by Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, ICEL executive director
Read moreIn keeping with the embrace of tradition
Chant Cafe has an interesting setting of an English Gloria – use it while you can, it has a shelf date of 11/20/2011. I like the notation, and I think this is a good example of the ‘hermeneutic of continuity’ in action.
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