Kathy 1 day ago
. Francis, what do you think about this? Is it impious? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8welVgKX8Qo
francis 1 day ago
. edit I have programmed that song for our liturgies in the past when I led contemporary praise band music. Does it belong in Mass? You tell me.
Not to be dogmatic, but here is this from Thos. Aquinas:
'A hymn is praise of God with song;
a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things,
bursting forth in the voice'.
So in other words, the word "hymn" is a general term, and a multivalent term. Use of it in a wide variety of ways does not constitute abuse, misuse, confusion, or sloppiness. Can we agree--and move on?
Jeffrey, I think you're manufacturing a controversy for no apparent reason.
I just don't see the need to be policing each other here.
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