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One of the most challenging parts of the transition will be stopping ourselves from making the short responses that are so habitual for us (–"The Lord be with you" just triggers "And also with you"). We have a strategy to overcome that! We are going to chant a few of the brief dialogues that we usually speak: the opening Sign of the Cross and Greeting, the dialogue before the Preface (– the one that includes "Lift up your hearts.") and so on. These will all be printed in the leaflet, so it should be easy to follow.
One other small note: we will hear a bit of the classical languages of the Church during Advent. This is nothing new; we do it periodically here at the Cathedral Parish. During Advent, we will be chanting the "Lord, have mercy" ("Kyrie eleison") in Greek. And at the Sunday morning Masses, we will be chanting the "Our Father" (including the short dialogue following it) in Latin. Again, this will all be in the leaflet...
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Soon we will be purchasing new hymnals to use at both our churches.
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