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Turning Down Wedding Songs
"Here Comes the Bride" is just hackneyed and cheesy. That's reason enough not to use it, regardless of its origins.

Comment by rich_enough September 2014 permalink
SSPX France celebrates Mass at St. Peter's
Just for the record, being loyal to the pope doesn't make one an Ultramontanist, agreeing with each and every last statement and decision that he makes (this is a red herring). But I would say that it excludes actively and publicly working agai…

Comment by rich_enough September 2014 permalink
SSPX France celebrates Mass at St. Peter's
It's the double standard that annoys me. It annoys me, too, but two wrongs don't make a right. How does disunity on account of heretical beliefs (even if tolerated by some in the hierarchy) justify disunity for any other reason? The best…

Comment by rich_enough September 2014 permalink
SSPX France celebrates Mass at St. Peter's
Thanks to Pope Benedict, we no longer have the agonizing false choice of Pope vs Tradition. Actually, this option has been in place since shortly after Archbishop Lefebvre's illicit consecrations with the establishment of the Priestly Fraternit…

Comment by rich_enough August 2014 permalink
SSPX France celebrates Mass at St. Peter's
There's also the serious issue of the priests of the SSPX being suspended a divnis. This means not only that they do not have permission to celebrate mass, but that their confessions and the marriages they witness are invalid (with the possible…

Comment by rich_enough August 2014 permalink
SSPX France celebrates Mass at St. Peter's
I realize that the SSPX sees this as an issue of the understanding of tradition, and not a question of authority. But from what I could gather from the breakdown of talks with Benedict XVI, there was a little more to it than the SSPX's official…

Comment by rich_enough August 2014 permalink
SSPX France celebrates Mass at St. Peter's
Anything that changes the traditional teaching of the Church and distorts the True Faith, we reject." I find this a bit tendentious. It goes without saying that any Catholic is good standing can agree with this. The basic problem I have is t…

Comment by rich_enough August 2014 permalink
Turning Down Wedding Songs
Going on what TimTheEnchanter suggests, by all means have a repertoire list and make it clear that songs are to be chosen from the list. Since this will inevitably be ignored by some couples, have a written policy in place before meeting with the …

Comment by rich_enough August 2014 permalink
Looking for Polyphonic Proper Recordings
I take it you are referring to this recording by the choir of Trinity College, Cambridge under Richard Marlow. According to the review "there are no other comparable collections available" - and quick searches on Google amd WorldCat sugges…

Comment by rich_enough August 2014 permalink
AATB?
Here's one easier motet I found for AATB: O Jesu Benignissime – Rudolph di Lasso As you suggest, there are pieces where the S isn't too high, e.g. If Ye Love Me by Tallis. Conversely, you can look for pieces written for TTBB or ATBarB h…

Comment by rich_enough August 2014 permalink
HOUSTON (“I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light”)
the words mean what each of us decide they mean, FOR US, and nobody can tell us otherwise. By this logic no song could possibly be judged inappropriate.

Comment by rich_enough August 2014 permalink
women singing the propers - arguments and documents supporting the practice
Helpful forum discussion here and article by Jeffrey Tucker here.

Comment by rich_enough July 2014 permalink
Music for tenor, alto, and bass?
A search on CPDL for ATB pieces in Latin yields 88 results. Some of the easier pieces include: Haec Dies -Thomas Morley Panis Angelicus - Casciolini Tantum Ergo - Faure (accompanied)

Comment by rich_enough July 2014 permalink
Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, June 29th
St. Theresa Church, Trumbull, CT Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form, 2:30 pm (first in the parish since the 1960s) Prelude: "Tu es Petrus" from Twelve Choral-Preludes on Gregorian Chant Themes, op. 8 - Jeanne Demessieux (1921-68)…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Random question: Catholic teaching on the priesthood
I'm not scandalized BJJ1978's response, just mystified. I wondering where he saw any disrespect, let alone a "stab at the Faith" in the question or the subsequent comments. I usually just ignore comments like this. I don'…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Old Mass vs. New Mass • Novus Ordo vs. 1962 • EF vs. OF
The second reading on Sundays was never meant to be connected to the first reading or the gospel - it is a continuous reading from St. Paul (or Acts in the Easter season) - so perhaps you were looking for a connection that wasn't there? And I n…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Old Mass vs. New Mass • Novus Ordo vs. 1962 • EF vs. OF
I would agree that much of the issue between the old and new rites had to do with the way in which they are celebrated. Fr. Peter Stravinskas, for example, has said that if the new rite had been celebrated without some of the innovations we've …

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
The proposed closing of Holy Innocents in NYC
A very good open letter to Cdl. Dolan on the proposed closing of Holy Innocents.

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Congregational Singing - Your Experiences, Your Questions
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Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Responsorial Psalms for RSV Lectionary?
A number of the responsorial psalm in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Canticles are settings of the RSV (not the Catholic edition, but I believe the text of the psalter is identical in both versions). The psalms in question are 13, 24, 40, 42-43, 78,…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Congregational Singing - Your Experiences, Your Questions
But these days the cultural expectation in most of the world, even at the very highest levels, is that people sing something in those slots Why, oh why, do we have to accept these "cultural expectations"? If this board has any value, it�…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Bad Hymns in General?
I think you have the right instincts here, PGA. Hymns aren't just words, but have a history, context, and emphases that may or may not match up with a fully Catholic understanding of things. "A Mighty Fortress" is not just a psalm par…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Update on Fr. Justin Wylie
Here's a church that just raised a half million dollars for a beautiful restoration (including historic murals by Brumidi) which happens to be the home of a community that is attached to the traditional mass. And the diocese wants to close it w…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
The proposed closing of Holy Innocents in NYC
So, a pastor who is his canonical limit has solid canonical grounds for not feeling obliged to add an EF Mass to the Sunday schedule. Of course, that's not the only option. He could replace a regularly scheduled OF mass with an EF mass. (I rea…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
The proposed closing of Holy Innocents in NYC
I'm not sure what the examples Julie gives above are meant to prove. One may bring up "hard cases"-which, as the saying goes, makes for bad law-but Fr. Kinsman's principle still holds. Every case is a matter of prudence. Except i…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
The proposed closing of Holy Innocents in NYC
The difference is that in GIRM 43, the Holy See has granted the authority of choice to the Bishop whereas in GIRM 160, the Holy See has granted the authority of choice to the parishoner. I get that there is a difference de facto - i.e that as a mat…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
Proposal for a "Town Hall" meeting at Colloquium
"Do NOT go to the Musica Sacra Forum." Allow me to (politely) take exception to this most worthy sentiment. :) Yes, you can find uninformed, impatient, and condescending comments on this forum. They're regrettable, certainly, but sh…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
The proposed closing of Holy Innocents in NYC
Ignoto, You make a fair point about being in sync with the norm as laid down by the hierarchy. However - I had a similar experience to yours in a diocese where I used to live. The bishop determined that all should stand after communion and made a f…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
The proposed closing of Holy Innocents in NYC
Paul Turner has written about this: the posture of the early Church . . . Conversly, Cdl. Ratzinger has written eloquently about kneeling as a posture for prayer (and not just for penitential prayer). In general, I think we can agree that the pra…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink
The proposed closing of Holy Innocents in NYC
In a January 2013 column for the archdiocesan paper, Cardinal Dolan wrote that the money from the sale of closed parishes will go to four new archdiocesan endowments. Funds for these endowments will come largely through the sales or rentals of clos…

Comment by rich_enough June 2014 permalink

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