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Your Thoughts on Manalo’s “Spirit and Grace” as a theological sound Catholic Communion Hymn
But as far as the content of the text itself is concerned, I do not think it contradicts what the Church teaches about the Eucharist. I disagree. It’s ambiguous and requires one to do mental gymnastics at best to come to that. In a parish where a …

Comment by SponsaChristi May 30 permalink
Your Thoughts on Manalo’s “Spirit and Grace” as a theological sound Catholic Communion Hymn
In summary, the analysis of Ricky Manalo’s “Spirit and Grace” using the “A Parish Inheritance” framework reveals significant doctrinal ambiguities regarding Eucharistic Realism. This is quite interesting, yet depressing about the quality of hymns…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 30 permalink
Liturgical Law, Moral Theology and Music (1962 MR)
SponsaChristi, the questions you're asking are precisely why I'm asking for sources about this from the period before the Second Vatican Council. I have set out a few thoughts above, but I am interested to know how priests (and others) ap…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 25 permalink
Liturgical Law, Moral Theology and Music (1962 MR)
Does a lack of education and training lead to a physical or moral impossibility? What is the specific law you’re referring to? Also, I would look at partial impossibility. What you’re asking too vague and lacking details. Can you get the education…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 25 permalink
Liturgical Law, Moral Theology and Music (1962 MR)
Do you know what edition of Jone’s Moral Theology Manual you’re referencing? I have two different editions (one from the 30s and one from the 60s) and they differ slightly on certain things. I note that (at 69), Jone contends that impossibility ex…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 25 permalink
Corpus Christi Watershed website is now subscription-based
According to Jeff Ostrowski himself: "We’re a tiny 501(c)3 public charity which Now it says it’s a non-profit at the bottom of the CCW website, which is legally different than a charity (at least in Canada).

Comment by SponsaChristi May 20 permalink
Catholic School Graduation Mass
Ultimately I held onto control of the Liturgy while also elevating the sound and competency of our growing children's choir, because, who knew, Chant is actually easy and can sound beautiful when done correctly. Children pick up on chant fai…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 19 permalink
Corpus Christi Watershed website is now subscription-based
$5 a month isn't much, That’s $5 USD. It’s $6.80 CAD/month. It all adds up. You’d be amazed at how much you can trim a budget by saving $0.10 here and $0.25 there. The door swings both ways. I’m not cheap, but my Latin Mass community’s music …

Comment by SponsaChristi May 18 permalink
Corpus Christi Watershed website is now subscription-based
And who is on the board? Aren't non-profits required to disclose that information? I can’t speak for the US, but in Canada all legally registered non-profits and charities has their tax filing information, including their executive board memb…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 17 permalink
Corpus Christi Watershed website is now subscription-based
Classic 2026 to have to pay $5 to read one article or pay $60 for access to a few. Of course, I've become less and less impressed with their work for years, and this is just the nail in the coffin lid. The gist of what I read in the email was…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 17 permalink
Music Suggestions for the Feast of St Maria Goretti
SC is also simply one of the best go-tos anyway. It is also Palestrina’s 500th birthday this year. Might as well let his music resound.

Comment by SponsaChristi May 15 permalink
Music Suggestions for the Feast of St Maria Goretti
Sicut Cervus would also be appropriate during communion. In the revised rite of the Consecration of a Virgin it’s one of the communion antiphon options. I believe it is also in the 1962 Roman Pontifical. Veni Sponsa Christi is the antiphon sung du…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 14 permalink
LIBERTY! : sketch for Liberty Mutual : by Koerber
OK, yea... has nothing to do with sacred music... I don’t know about that. It has part of Carey Landry’s, “New Hope”. https://www.ocp.org/en-us/songs/11219/new-hope Careful. OCP might interpret this as an improvisation on it and claim copyright …

Comment by SponsaChristi May 13 permalink
Corpus Christi Sequence
@iMalton Honestly, given the cultural diversity and diversity of languages in parishes, it seems like it would just make more sense to use more Latin so people can follow along in the language of their choosing and most understood. I’m not buying th…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 12 permalink
Corpus Christi Sequence
I've led the singing of the sequence many times with a very small ensemble (albeit in the EF). I think it’s actually easier to sing in Latin than English. The Latin flows better and isn’t as wordy. I struggle to understand what’s being sung in …

Comment by SponsaChristi May 12 permalink
Corpus Christi Sequence
It’s meant to be sung in alternatim…at the very least the modern performance of chant is predicated on such… The double bars have meaning Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Comment by SponsaChristi May 11 permalink
Corpus Christi Sequence
do not attempt the full Sequence unless you have the ability to break into two scholæ and alternate verses between them. If you're singing it all together, do the abridged version starting at "Ecce panis".) Why do you say that? Our …

Comment by SponsaChristi May 11 permalink
Corpus Christi Sequence
Are you referring to the one that’s a beast to sing solo that’s basically the sequence sung in the EF, but in English?

Comment by SponsaChristi May 10 permalink
The proper chants should be heard at every weekend Mass
With the exception of funerals, I don’t think it is ideal to completely remove hymns from Mass. If there’s one Mass that should have the full propers sung, in Latin, from the Graduale Romanum, it’s funerals. It also removes part of the burden of mak…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 10 permalink
Best English Masses?
Those of you familiar with the CCCB's Catholic Book of Worship II Is that the Fr. Perkovich polka Mass one? There’s three Masses I remember from that era. I have identified two so far. Haven’t been able to identify the third yet.

Comment by SponsaChristi May 10 permalink
CPDL Down?
The other saint that's been fantastic for parking is Mother Cabrini She was my go-to saint for my charity fund development. Never missed a fundraising goals through her intercession. I was laughed at for be so certain the funds would come sim…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 8 permalink
CPDL Down?
I guess it’s not a good idea to drench the server with holy water You could get a thurible and some blessed incense. Blessed incense is a rather potent sacramental and gets into all the nooks and crannies and clears out whatever evil is lurking ar…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 7 permalink
CPDL Down?
maybe not holy water. But perhaps holy contact cleaner? I suppose there's no provision for blessing solvents into sacramentals, alas. But maybe an exorcism is in order. Given that contact cleaner is primarily isopropyl alcohol, modifying the…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 6 permalink
Financial Assistance for the Colloquium?
The parish where I work has a fairly large budget deficit so can't help. Try checking with your diocese to see if they have any kind of fund or financial assistance for continuing education/professional development. My former diocese had som…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 4 permalink
Women Cantors EF Divine Office
If the cantors are not in choir (on the sanctuary) it is no longer Solemn Vespers... That’s not what determines what makes vespers solemn or not.

Comment by SponsaChristi May 4 permalink
Women Cantors EF Divine Office
To think that a woman in a cassock singing a cantor’s duty will somehow cause grave confusion or scandal? Has anyone seen a man in a cassock at Mass and wondered if they’re a minor order or not? I’m not suggesting that a woman wear a cassock. I’m s…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 4 permalink
Women Cantors EF Divine Office
I don’t think people understand the dimension of the rubrics that call for ordination. Also the role of chant in the liturgy and it’s significance to the ordained. If this was spelled out more clearly in an article or a book gathering the historica…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 3 permalink
Pentecost - Brass Quintet, Pipe Organ, Choir and Timpani Arrangements
I collect (recordings of) hymns specifically arranged for brass quintet, organ and timpani. If you’re looking for great brass quintet arrangements, Sterling Procter is your arranger. He was a professional horn player and a naturally gifted arrange…

Comment by SponsaChristi May 1 permalink
Do congregations prefer the contemporary slop?
I've never had the cahones to do the same hymn multiple weeks in a row, although I've done a few hymns every other, or every third week for 2 or 3 cycles. Back when I sang in parish’s Latin Mass Community’s choir and schola, I somehow en…

Comment by SponsaChristi April 23 permalink
Singers with Wobbly Vibrato- Can they hear what they sound like?
hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism can play havoc with the voice). Do you know of any good resources about how thyroid function affects the voice that’s related to singing? The only thing you’ll find in the layperson’s medical resources is that it…

Comment by SponsaChristi April 22 permalink

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