CharlesW

Do We Have Two Popes?
Pope Benedict was an elderly man, and in ill health because the job was killing him. He resigned. I don't understand why events can't be accepted at face value as they are. There seems to always be the "expert" coming out of s…

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Great situations
Prayers.

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Does your choir sing on Christmas Day?
I don't get the argument that Christmas Eve masses detract from Christmas Day masses. Our attendance is good at all of them.

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Does your choir sing on Christmas Day?
My choir is off on Christmas Day and I have cantors, instead. They were taking that day off 30 years ago, so it is nothing new and they expect it. Easter, they sing for the vigil and one mass on Easter. I should add that we have an agreement on h…

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Women Singing In Schola/Propers
If you're somewhere that many people do worry about it, it's their problem, and their loss if they refuse to let you join in. Amen, to that!

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Companies that pack up and move organs
Depends on where you are located, and where the nearest organ service facility is in relation to you.

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The "Cranmertization" of the Mass
Time to make the popcorn.... It's good when sprinkled with white cheddar. ;-)

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The "Cranmertization" of the Mass
So how did we get a Protestantized Cranmerian liturgy without picking up any of the tasteful music that went along with it? LOL. Something is rotten in Denmark - Rome, Washington, etc.

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The "Cranmertization" of the Mass
I doubt they will ever create any interest in the TLM outside their inner circle - which is very unfortunate, indeed. I have encountered that, and there is an element of holier-than-thou projected by the group. However, I have my days when I wan…

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The "Cranmertization" of the Mass
So it takes lace to make a mass? This is worse than I thought! No, the mass is not dependent on lace. Lace was a marker of the nobility of clerics, originally, as best I can determine. Now that much of it is machine made, it doesn't have t…

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The "Cranmertization" of the Mass
Clearer? Yes, clearer. My experience with Rorate Caeli started with the election of Pope Francis. I had never heard of them before then. They were fit to be tied and some predicted the end of the church as we know it. I don't always think …

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The "Cranmertization" of the Mass
I would say that the music, when removed from the mass for which it was written, is out of context. It is still lovely to hear, but I wonder if the theology behind it comes across. YMMV and it could depend on individual perception.

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The "Cranmertization" of the Mass
While I disagree with some of the article.... where do you paranoia? I wish I had a clue as to what you are talking about.

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The "Cranmertization" of the Mass
Those folks at RC routinely take paranoia to new levels. They are too hung up on putting square blocks into square holes to see behind the externals. Remember scripture saying God looks at what is in the heart? Taking that to an extreme also lead…

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Hymnal and Lectionary Frustrations -
But - this brings me to the topic of this thread: matching hymn (or 'hymn') texts to the lectionary. Sometimes you can't match the two. When the hymnal contains a hymn unknown to us, or not worth using, I substitute a generic hymn, …

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The "Organ Mass"
As my little nephew said when I offered a box of raisins as a snack, "you eat those things?" LOL.

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Do We Have Two Popes?
Evidently our deliverance is at hand. I didn't know you were a Trump supporter.

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The "Organ Mass"
Probably true, although Reason didn't write any French organ masses. LOL.

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Do We Have Two Popes?
My question on apparitions has always been, "what does this tell us we didn't already know?" Like many apparitions, Fatima seemed to have relevant things to say, early on. Also like many apparitions, as messages and revelations cont…

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The American Language
The manipulation of language to obtain political advantage is certainly nothing new. It is practiced by politicians, races, and people in religions who really should know better. I agree with Jackson that the church is under attack nearly everyw…

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The "Organ Mass"
I have been having difficulty with block quote, on and off, for a couple of days. Sometimes it works, sometimes it does nothing. Jackson, I often use parts of the Andre Raison organ masses. Raison is not as appreciated as I think he deserves to be…

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The "Organ Mass"
Doctrine was decided by Caesar in the west, as well, before the fall of Rome. Don't think for a moment that Constantine didn't let the Council of Nicaea know what he wanted the council to accomplish. The early popes had spiritual authority…

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Liturgical horrors
So what do we do from such happenings, we learn.....we remember.....we observe. We get even!

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The "Organ Mass"
"Charles... you are sounding like a traddie. Lol " Worse than that, Byzantine. We are not fond of change in things liturgical. I have to add that liturgical changes in the east such as those that happened with the Novus Ordo of Paul VI,…

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The "Organ Mass"
Ah, but that is what is often behind the changes. A lack of respect for tradition.

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The American Language
The argument for or against a single-sex priesthood should be predicated on theology, which is grounded in unalterable truth, I believe the Church has already dealt with and answered that issue. Agreed on the microphones. To make your own exper…

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The American Language
Not any more. You are free to stick to that usage, of course. English is flexible that way. If you enable political correctness, don't complain when you eventually suffer because of it.

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The American Language
How long, in the current environment, would it be before political pressure perverted legitimate preservation of the language and forced into (for example) ridiculous "inclusive" pronoun use for our gender-confused brethren and sistren? …

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The "Organ Mass"
"Well, yes; and a lot of that "VII" stuff was foreshadowed by the reforms of Pius X and Pius XII; thus the prohibitions they issued." That is the consequence of change, no matter how well intentioned. If you mess with it in the…

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The American Language
I hate to disagree with MJO on language matters... Now Adam, write on the board 100 times, "I will repent of such heresy." I my southeastern U.S. region, some older usage is still present. I suppose most of it would come from the orig…

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