It must be a challenge to dance on the head of that 'what's a solemn liturgy?' pin, by the way. We call it 'the Mass.' (It may also include LOH.)
Ok, dad29, how many Masses each week are celebrated in your parish. How many have the propers and ordinary of the Mass sung in full in English, in Latin?
emails such as the above happen every other month or so when I send out the music planner, and always immediately after I send the planner
Ok, dad29, how many Masses each week are celebrated in your parish. How many have the propers and ordinary of the Mass sung in full in English, in Latin?
There is still a High Mass and Low Mass
28. The distinction between solemn, sung and read Mass, sanctioned by the Instruction of 1958 (n. 3), is retained, according to the traditional liturgical laws at present in force.
Which Church document is it that says, “choose hymns for the entrance, offertory, and communion that echo themes of the day’s readings”?
If we have to explain to a priest what we are doing and why, we are on almost all instances challenging their education and knowledge. Something that smart people never do when dealing with the person who can hire them and fire them.
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