The Post-communion meditation hymn trend is totally made up, as far as I can tell.
This is a German tradition, the old Prose compositions in the style of a Sequence were sung here.certainly a hymn before or after a homily is out of left-field too
Many sources mention a custom of singing the Veni Creator before the sermon. In a large church where the pulpit is some distance from the altar and the celebrant removes his chasuble before preaching, there is surely time for several stanzas of a hymn without delaying the liturgy at all. It may not be a custom we're familiar with, but it's a bit rash to say it's out of left field.certainly a hymn before or after a homily is out of left-field too
is this actually Catholic? Or is it absorbed from relevant, dominant Protestant tradition?
I do think it is dangerous, though, to become eager to add/subtract/change rites.
Catholics who are not clergy or religious have no obligation to celebrate the liturgy of the hours, correctly or otherwise. Therefore, I think there is somewhat greater freedom to celebrate something merely patterned after the liturgy of the hours for the laity
I agree, but one needs to track down all the relevant OF rubrics, which can be difficult for music particularly. ¿How much of Musicam sacram still applies?I would caution against seeing the rubrics as suggestions rather than liturgical law.
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