But not all good well conceived music is suitable for Mass. Even when it uses all the correct texts, Mozart, Beethoven for example, IMHO these are not in accord with ancient traditionThere is good, well conceived music and there is trash.
How to irritate a catholic: Begin any argument with "Well, Vatican documents say..."
The rest is here, https://liturgicalnotes.blogspot.com/2020/05/variis-linguis-loquebantur-apostoli.html In an age where we are expected to obey every whim of the pope, is is good to have references of what other recent popes have demanded and they have been ignored.Roman Pontiffs do not commonly sign their Magisterial documents on the High Altar of S Peter's in the presence of the body of Cardinals. But S John XXIII thus promulgated his Apostolic Constitution Veterum sapientia, 1962, in which he insisted that the Latin language must remain central to the culture of Western Christianity. What on earth could the good old gentleman have done in order to make his point more emphatically?
: 69 year-old parishioner since 1997. Said he and his wife love Bob Hurd, Marty Haugen and Dan Schutte music because it inspired them and made them feel good when leaving church. They miss that music. Said that now the music seems like a dirge. And why the Latin? He was an altar boy before Vatican II and had to memorize the prayers at the foot of the altar in Latin, and he was happy to see Latin replaced with English after Vatican II. He said the Church is seeing declines in Mass attendance all over the country and maybe we should appeal to the young by not singing Latin and old music
Our one priest even admonished us in the music ministry for doing the Chant Mass XVIII during Advent last year: “It’s a season of joyful expectation. Why are we doing chant?” Ugh.
Our one priest even admonished us in the music ministry for doing the Chant Mass XVIII during Advent last year: “It’s a season of joyful expectation. Why are we doing chant?” Ugh.
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