Guitars are not the problem
  • noel jones, aagonoel jones, aago
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    Restoring the Sacred in Catholic Liturgical Life

    The Church Music Association of America (founded in 1874) is an association of Catholic musicians, and those who have a special interest in music and liturgy, active in advancing Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, and other forms of sacred music, including new composition, for liturgical use.

    The CMAA’s purpose is the advancement of musica sacra in keeping with the norms established by competent ecclesiastical authority. To this end, the CMAA is the sponsored of the famed “seven days of musical heaven”: The Sacred Music Colloquium, among many other events.
  • JamJam
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    ...and those who have a special interest in music and liturgy...

    ...active in advancing Gregorian chant... and other forms of sacred music
  • miacoyne
    Posts: 1,805
    The Church placed Gregorian chant in the first place in the Latin Liturgy, and it is the supreme model of all the other sacred music for our Church. It is one thing having that goal in mind and sample other music, but ignoring the Church's instruction on Gregorian chant, and not working toward that goal, for whatever reason, or taste of the musicians, is another no matter what condition and which parish you are. Of course it is easier in some parishes than others, and there may be long transitional periods, but the musicians who are dedicated to promote sacred music here are to work for the Church's 'reform of the reform' and the Holy Father's teachings on continuation of the tradition.

    The faithful who follow the instructions below can discover what the true sacred music is. The Church's instruction is not to limit, but to help the new music to prosper and genuinly sacred.

    "An authentic renewal of sacred music can only happen in the wake of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony" Pope Benedict XVI, Sistine Chapel, 2006

    "The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy: therefore, other things being equal, it should be given first place in liturgical services." (Section 116, the Second Vatican Council, in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy)

    "Steps should be taken so that the faithful may also be able to say or to sing together in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which pertain to them." (Section 54, the Second Vatican Council, in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy)

    “…let us especially entrust all lovers of sacred music to her motherly protection, so that always enlivened by genuine faith and sincere love of the Church, they may make their precious contribution to liturgical prayer and effectively contribute to the proclamation of the Gospel..” Pope Benedict XVI, Sistine Chapel, 2006
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