As this pandemic drags on, I find that moments of hope and gratitude are interspersed with times of deep grief and frustration. At one level,
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Tag: Psalms
Unnecessary Impoverishments: The Psalter/Part 2 (The Entrance Rite)
We always overlook scripture at our own peril. Perhaps it would be to our benefit to be informed by the texts of the entrance antiphons and their psalms as well as those of the Lectionary when doing our music planning, and realize we don’t always have to be driven only by the Lectionary texts.
Read moreLord, Close My Lips
The opening verse of the office “Lord, open my lips” used to have a twin at the end of the day.
Read moreWedding and the Liturgy of the Hours
How a liturgist celebrated his wedding within the Liturgy of the Hours, and why this might be a quite good idea.
Read moreRefresh my heart: Awake, O organ and guitar!
The celebrant at Mass last night reminded us to keep an eye open, during Lent, for “thin places,” places where the barriers between us and the kingdom seem fragile, as if we might break through and see creation as God does at last.
Read moreThe Genevan Psalter in the 21st century
The Psalm Project is a group of musicians pairing contemporary translations of the Psalms with contemporary versions of tunes from the Genevan Psalter.
Read moreSinging a New Song in the Free Church of Scotland
Each congregation “shall have freedom, either to restrict the sung praise to the Psalms, or to include paraphrases of Scripture, and hymns and spiritual songs consistent with the doctrine of the Confession of Faith” and “shall have freedom whether to permit musical accompaniment to the sung praise in worship, or not.”
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