Liam

Gloria on Weekdays
All Sundays rank at least as feasts of the Lord in the table of precedence. The Gloria was very gradually added to the Roman liturgy, and is part of progressive solemnity. One festal celebration that is of solemn character is the liturgy of ordinat…

Comment by Liam January 2010 permalink
Heretical "Hymns"
Amazing Grace was written by an Anglican, not a Calvinist (TULIP not the issue) nor Semi-Pelagian. It's not a theological treatise, but a soulful reflection on his former involvement in the slave trade, and it is that context that has burnished…

Comment by Liam January 2010 permalink
PBEH Discussion: Amazing Grace
I think omitting it might be a tad precious. I understand the concerns about the possible equivocal meaning of the text, but the possibility of equivocation is something found it many beloved hymn texts (especially in translation). The text is, how…

Comment by Liam September 2009 permalink
Any ideas about the music at Sen. Kennedy's funeral mass?
Gavin I am going to politely disagree about the tempo for Holy God We Praise Thy Name. The organist (a very fine one) used the tempo commonly used at St Paul's in Cambridge (not as big as the Mission Church, but still large - seats about 1100-…

Comment by Liam August 2009 permalink

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