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Lectionary discrepancies English vs Spanish
I was able to download them both just fine this morning.

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Chant Version of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy?
Thank you Rob & ML! These are both extremely helpful. (I'm happy to have the square note version too!)

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Chant Version of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy?
Exactly this. Thank you!

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Lectionary discrepancies English vs Spanish
Thank you, Noé, for doing this. Very helpful indeed.

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Eastertide choir burnout?
On Sunday I had a choir member nearly try to quit because he admitted burnout after Holy Week this last year. We sang for Palm Sunday, Holy Thurs, Good Friday (and later that evening, Tenebræ), the Vigil, and Easter Morning... then it was all made …

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Help - temporary organ
Dexibell organ keyboard: (has pistons!) https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CLASSICOL3--dexibell-classico-l3-76-key-digital-organ [Newer version] https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CLASSICOL4--dexibell-classico-l4-76-key-digital-organ Sim…

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Chant Version of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy?
(Part of my problem is that I do not know who originally arranged/conceived the chant version, which makes it harder to search for exactly what I'm looking for. All the sheet music results on google are for the sappy version, or knockoffs ther…

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Is anyone here a carillonneur?
Stimson: I did a January term on it when we were at DPU. We would practice the patterns with handbells in Gobin’s basement. It was good fun. Sadly, 15 years later, the details on the mechanics are a little fuzzy.

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Is anyone here a carillonneur?
I would gleefully be one if there were instruments around where I live. I studied it a bit in college and played a few and find it great fun. A man can dream.

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Electric vs Acoustic Piano
If you do go the digital route (not recommending it, just commenting so that you can make the best of the situation) be sure to check out the hybrid Kawai’s. They have nice actions, and some of them even have moving sound boards which increase the…

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Is the Forum under Attack?
I also used that (helpfully unique) user name as my parameter for auto-deleting.

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New USCCB Guidelines on "Publishing" Ritual Texts (incl. Psalm settings)
Perhaps it’s a blessing that they cannot tell us when the new lectionary will drop, and it’s likely going to be years more… I suppose that means we all get to keep composing with reckless abandon for at least a little while longer. I also now find …

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New USCCB Guidelines on "Publishing" Ritual Texts (incl. Psalm settings)
Oh how easy it would have been for them to simply say: With the promulgation of the new lectionary, it is necessary that all psalm settings match the revised text exactly. All editions which do not must be revised or removed from circulation. Thi…

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Anyone else getting spammed out the wazoo?
Me too, Angela.

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Is the Forum under Attack?
We must have posted around the same time. To date I've received over 600 emails. RDFYjolf was very evidently compromised.

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Anyone else getting spammed out the wazoo?
Mercifully, my forum account is a gmail address and I was able to set up a filtering parameter using the username of the hacked account to delete the incoming messages before any more can forward.

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How to lay out a hymn with text
Third Mode Melody is my desert island hymn tune. I would forsake all other tunes for this one.

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Psalm 90 for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Happy to have this list, Heath.

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New chant tunes - O God of Loveliness & O Bread of Heaven
These are both very lovely tunes. Almost haunting. I love them both. FWIW- On O God of Loveliness I hear “long, long” for the last two notes.

Comment by ServiamScores August 2025 permalink
Traditional Hymnal with Funeral Fare?
My goal is to get a hymnal that "trims the fat" to quote above, but not remove everything to keep some happy.I hate to be the bearer of bad news… but if you get a hymnal that trims the fat, these people won’t be happy. And if you get a we…

Comment by ServiamScores July 2025 permalink
Traditional Hymnal with Funeral Fare?
FWIW, 1.) worship aids for funerals are ideal. Most people don’t want to mess around with a hymnal while grieving, and the people who are just there for support often aren’t Catholic and need hand-holding anyway 2.) broadly speaking, people tend t…

Comment by ServiamScores July 2025 permalink
More Love to Thee, O Christ! • Richardson (Prentiss)
She may have been Protestant, but there is nothing Protestant about the prayer. It is essentially then anthem of the book of Job.

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Hymns "Every Catholic Child Should Know"
I did say hymns that every Catholic child should know, not that they had to be of Catholic origin. Many of the best hymns have come to us via other traditions (presupposing we are not specifically addressing office hymns).

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Gelineau psalms discussion
I’ve never understood why people feel so threatened by the idea of there being another rite. We already have over 20. (22?) why not just say it’s rite 23 written in extraordinary circumstances at the behest of a universal council and say “that’s th…

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Hymns "Every Catholic Child Should Know"
Sigh. This was bound to happen. I know about Jubilate Deo. And I’m trying to implement those things too. But it has to happen in degrees, and I cannot pivot from GIA’s happy flappy finest to Jubilate Deo overnight. That means improving the hymn…

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Hymns "Every Catholic Child Should Know"
From my point of view, a good hymn is a good hymn, no matter who wrote it. If it is theologically and musically sound, it is fair game. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, as the saying goes. I heavily favor the scriptural tropes of Isaac…

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Hymns "Every Catholic Child Should Know"
(As an aside, I had to laugh at the responses I got on FB to this question in one prominent catholic musicians group. Lots of...dross. lots of dross. It was, in a certain sense, a survey of where parish priorities lie. So it's pitiable, but…

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Hymns "Every Catholic Child Should Know"
And Thank you all for your input here. I think this is a very solid list. I'm going to collate it together, and perhaps see about releasing a PDF of these "essentials". We'll see. My new summer project.

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Hymns "Every Catholic Child Should Know"
From elsewhere on the internet: O Jesus We adore You (O Sacrament Most Holy) Heart of Jesus Soul of My Savior Godhead Here in Hiding (Adoro te) Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme Siderum) Of the Father's Love Begotten O Sacred Heart,…

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Hymns "Every Catholic Child Should Know"
Francis, I'm rather pleased to see we are in broad agreement. I didn't list all the Christmas hymns, but barring those, our lists align much more than they differ.

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