Archbishop of Portland's Pastoral Letter on Sacred Music
  • Chant_Supremacist
    Posts: 270
    All things considered a fantastic letter and set of instructions for sacred music at the NO.

    Read it here

    Is there anyone in Portland who can tell us about reactions and (as some time passes) results?
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • MatthewRoth
    Posts: 3,296
    It’s from 2019 so…
  • SponsaChristi
    Posts: 635
    It’s from 2019 so…

    I noticed he re-released it yesterday. The Pope also published a list of Vatican II documents that the laity should be familiar with, which didn’t include Musica Sacra, but it did include other documents that weren’t particularly relevant to the laity (ie: on the priesthood, sacred liturgy). Perhaps this was his way of subtly letting the laity (including OCP) know what Vatican II said about sacred music now that the Pope is bringing up Vatican II again.
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  • Felicia
    Posts: 147
    Musicam Sacram came out in 1967, after the Council had concluded. It was (is) an instruction based on the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, but not one of the documents of VII itself.
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