Song is the expression of a lover
  • Paul F. Ford
    Posts: 864
    As I logged on this morning, I read the random sacred music quote and saw that it was labelled 'unsourced.' I found its source at http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Paul06/p6tolast.htm / Address by Pope Paul VI during the last general meeting of the Second Vatican Council, Dec. 7, 1965:

    "Cantare amantis est" (Song is the expression of a lover), says St. Augustine (Serm. 336; P. L. 38, 1472).
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    Thanks so much. That is such a profound quotation. I think the Pope has invoked it on several occasions.
  • Michael O'Connor
    Posts: 1,637
    It also is the source of many problems. Most of the current Catholic repertory has taken this very literally. Page through the Music Issue and you will find that the bulk of its contents are "love songs" in the vernacular sense.

    moconnor
  • Cantor
    Posts: 84
    The GIRM also quotes this expression.
  • francis
    Posts: 10,850
    Yep. It's a profound quote indeed. Unfortunately, the left will always find sound quotes that are somewhat obscure and twist them to their own use. After all, isn't this what the left did with 'active participation'? We know how that one got twisted!
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