Changing The Good Friday Prayer For The Jews
“Christianity is the perfect development of the Jewish religion…” —Fr. Leslie Rumble
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
“Christianity is the perfect development of the Jewish religion…” —Fr. Leslie Rumble
“Arise in thy strength, we beseech thee, O Lord, and come…”
The liturgy suffers under the weight of the culture of mediocrity and instant gratification. Most distressing is a false sense of liberty that promotes a sense of entitlement, placing the preferences and opinions of the individual above all else.
Whether this rumor is accurate makes no difference, because the rules for Friday abstinence were changed in the 1960s.
I never dreamed that so many people love this stuff…and are willing to fight for it!
The program seeks to broaden the knowledge of already well trained musicians so that they can become well trained liturgical musicians.
Some of the old Catholic hymnals were dreadful, but this one is splendid.
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” —Leonard Bernstein
This special Solesmes book contains another version of the “Chants Abrégés.”
A movie I have been meaning to see for years and now heartily endorse.
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