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Contemporary Music to be tolerated, as per Pope Pius XII?
Whether or not there is a difference between "modern" and "contemporary," the Latin doesn't use either of those terms, but "hodiernae musices," which is not a reference to any particular genre or style, but to a po…

Comment by fcb June 2025 permalink
Kyrie question why three repeats?
You might try showing him GIRM 52: “Each acclamation is usually pronounced twice, though it is not to be excluded that it be repeated several times, by reason of the character of the various languages, as well as of the artistry of the music or of o…

Comment by fcb June 2025 permalink
Another internecine war
But I'm not sure that it's much further than Sung Mass to low Mass with Sr. Mary Perpetua leading everyone in reciting the rosary while Mass is being celebrated. I think today we underestimate the degree to which celebrations of the TLM ha…

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Another internecine war
A slight tangent, but is it really the case that before the liturgical reforms this sort of thing could not happen, specifically in the realm of music? Surely it must have happened that a pastor who assiduously promoted solemn Mass with music from…

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
What compositions/arrangements are needed?
This might seem like an odd choice, but I've always found the private prayer said during the purification of the vessels particularly beautiful, and the English translation is, imho, as if not more beautiful than the Latin: "“What has pass…

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Thoughts on the unpublished Charlotte liturgical letter
What made me initially dubious about the authenticity of this letter was not the particular set of opinions--as Liam noted, this is a pretty standard array of conventional wisdom from the 1990s. What beggars belief is 1) that a bishop would think th…

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Thoughts on the unpublished Charlotte liturgical letter
@fcb -- thanks for the corrective, you are right -- it is "alleged" to be what it is, and I have amended my statements to reflect that. I dearly hope it is not real. The Pillar says it's real, but also that it is unlikely to be promul…

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Thoughts on the unpublished Charlotte liturgical letter
The faithful's full, conscious, and active participation is hindered wherever Latin is employed....Full, conscious, and active participation in a liturgy that uses Latin would require each person to learn the Latin language, which is an impossi…

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Allelúia Tempus Paschale Graduale Simplex
as expressed in GR and GS it is a meditation before the Gospel,While I think it is correct that it is not intended as a processional chant, I think it is less of a mediation and more of an acclamation (like the Sanctus). As an aside: at our cathed…

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Need a tutorial for chanting the Divine Office
It sounds like a lot of what you want is found in The Mundelein Psalter. The antiphons are simply sung to the same tones as the psalms/canticles, which might seem a bit boring, but it works for someone like me with limited musical skills.

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Child baptism during Mass
It is possibly a desire to link reception of communion to the baptism which prompts this priest to delay presentation of the candle to this part of the Mass. A charitable interpretation of this choice. I think a better way to make this point would …

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Pope Leo XIV
His spoken Latin seemed pretty good. He kept his eyes firmly on the book, which suggests to me that he does not celebrate in Latin on a regular basis, but he also spoke with sufficient fluency to indicate that this was not his first rodeo (NB: this …

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Child baptism during Mass
A priest who can't read rubrics is like a lawyer who doesn't know how to read a statute.This is not rocket science.

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
New arrivals
14 Baptisms at the Cathedral in Baltimore, with about the same number of receptions/Confirmations. @OMagnumMysterium, do you mean that you don't do baptisms at the Vigil but on the following Saturday? I know that adults can be baptized outside…

Comment by fcb May 2025 permalink
Homily Length?
Usually in public speaking, duration is inversely related to effort in preparation. This. I write out my homilies in full and usually run about 8-9 minutes. On Palm Sunday I kept it under 6 minutes. If I preached from bullet points I am sure I would…

Comment by fcb April 2025 permalink
Ordinariate "Pascha Nostrum"
I've always wondered about it's inclusion, since it's got a pretty short lineage as part of the "Anglican Patrimony." I believe the Episcopal Church's '79 was the first BCP it appeared in, and it was not picked up …

Comment by fcb April 2025 permalink
We Songs
I similarly think "voice of God" songs are not themselves a problem. Some of the canticles in the Divine Office are in the voice of God, not to mention the Reproaches on Good Friday. Heck, we are often ventriloquizing God when the Scriptur…

Comment by fcb April 2025 permalink
We Songs
I do find the final verse of "Go Make of All Disciples" a tad Pelagian, but I think Steven's point is a good one. I wouldn't want to exclude Attende, Domine simply because it includes peccavimus

Comment by fcb April 2025 permalink
The Hymnal Industrial Complex
The introduction of option 4 is a new concept in the construction of what music to use. Reading this it occurred to me that actually it is another step in a trajectory that reaches back into the Middle Ages: importing practices from Low Mass into So…

Comment by fcb March 2025 permalink
The Hymnal Industrial Complex
But it wasn’t an attack, not a personal one at any rate. I don't know, having one of my compositions singled out as an example of musical malpractice could seem personal. Of course, person and work are not identical (except in the case of our …

Comment by fcb March 2025 permalink
The Hymnal Industrial Complex
I don’t actually understand your defensive response. People tend to be defensive when attacked.

Comment by fcb March 2025 permalink
The Hymnal Industrial Complex
Someday there will be a Museum of Liturgical Horror, and we need to preserve content. I was recently cleaning out a sacristy and squirreled away a couple of drawers worth of pottery vessels and polyester chasubles with chunky outer stoles. I can en…

Comment by fcb March 2025 permalink
The Hymnal Industrial Complex
Man, the amount of AI generated "art" in the video makes me question the author's aesthetic sensibilities.

Comment by fcb March 2025 permalink
Recording of Mass Ordinaries 1964-1968
Probably not what you're looking for, but this is from 1968: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6qQRqxEvnlrB3veaRfqpoN0tDQyNiG-h&si=UkvYTIr2LbS0HdXD

Comment by fcb March 2025 permalink
Mandating vernacular only in a diocese
Here's an article from NCR documenting the situation in Baltimore c. 1966. It certainly suggests that bishops interpreted Vatican II as requiring the widespread suppression of Latin in the liturgy. But it is interesting that the issue here seem…

Comment by fcb February 2025 permalink
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Church’s calendar in the US
It at least used to be the case that the Creche outside St. Peter's at the Vatican stayed up until February 2. We shouldn't try and make everything neat a logical when it comes to the calendar. I think of Candlemas as an "echo" …

Comment by fcb January 2025 permalink
Contemporary worship music: How do editors intend their product to be used?
Is there anything in scripture about him singing the Psalms? Or chanting Jewish liturgical texts? Taking part in regular corporate worship, even? Mark 1:21 Mark 14:26 Luke 4:16

Comment by fcb November 2024 permalink
What do you need for Solemn vs. Read Mass?
You also need a priest who is willing to sing (often the biggest stumbling block).

Comment by fcb August 2024 permalink
Today’s reading from Ephesians: “Wives should be subordinate…”
There is some precedent for skipping over topics that might be too complex or will just get people stirred up. St. Ignatius counseled the Jesuits to avoid preaching about predestination, lest the laity misunderstand and grow discouraged in their eff…

Comment by fcb August 2024 permalink
Which LM hymn tune is this?
Looks like Diapson is right. Except for the last line it is Suitor's tune "Cornish."

Comment by fcb July 2024 permalink

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