Joseph_M

Veni Creator Spiritus and other indulgenced hymns
A priest has informed me that our parish/choir singing the version of the Anima Christi prayer in our hymnals (translated by Edward Caswall) does not work for the partial indulgence because it's not the translation in the Handbook of Indulgence…

Comment by Joseph_M October 20 permalink
Trouble with Psalm Settings
I appreciate the feedback. Since we don’t print many bulletins now with online availability, it seems the best course is for the pastor and I to communicate things to the parish, and sing the IPM settings which we do very well.

Comment by Joseph_M January 2 permalink
Music for Rite of Baptism
Thank you all for your thoughtful conversations and varied views. When I said "different resources available" that meant the home parish where I grew up had different resources that folks were familiar with, so some of the music was "…

Comment by Joseph_M September 2025 permalink
Music for Rite of Baptism
@MatthewRoth it's a sacrament meant to be celebrated communally. Our Archdiocese seems to support the idea that there should, in fact, be singing and music. We have music for every other sacrament, so why would one neglect this, if possible, fo…

Comment by Joseph_M August 2025 permalink
Music for Rite of Baptism
I can't remember why the priest and I decided to do an Alleluia before the Gospel. Maybe we had more than one reading and that was placed in between. I'll tell you it was such a headache to sort through this the last time, and those short …

Comment by Joseph_M August 2025 permalink
Propers St Lawrence Feast
That will work, thanks!

Comment by Joseph_M August 2025 permalink
Behaviorism and its influence on active participation
I'm not making a case that behavioral psychology was the cause of "active participation," merely the influence behavioral psychology had upon the understanding, implementation, and adoption of what active participation looks like. At …

Comment by Joseph_M May 2025 permalink
choir loft layout
That's worth giving a shot. The organ console is mobile. I think I can move it far enough where there'd be enough room to walk in between it to get to the seating area on stage left side as well.

Comment by Joseph_M October 2024 permalink
Are you the cantor too?
TCJ that's good advice. I've played piano my whole life and acquired a home organ two years ago so I could fill a void of many parishes in our rural area lacking an organist. I can manage some common hymns pretty well if I need to sing, …

Comment by Joseph_M June 2024 permalink
Moses Song of Victory (Exodus 15)
This is wonderful. Thank you for the help!

Comment by Joseph_M January 2024 permalink

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