A Different Offering
What about NOT having congregational song during the Offertory?
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What about NOT having congregational song during the Offertory?

Simple steps to start moving from the “average” Catholic music program to a more reverent liturgy.

People should always be valued more than systems, and so it was with this gathering.

We need to avoid profanity “not only in itself, but in the manner in which it is presented by those who execute it.”

A full set of free English settings of the Communion antiphons for cantor, organ, and congregation.

You have Publisher X’s resources in the pews, so isn’t it easier to plan the liturgy using their resources?

Why the EF seems to have all the good celebrants.

Give your choir some acknowledgement for all their hard work.

Following the tradition of singing a capella during the Easter Triduum, can lend it a solemnity that “punctuates the entire season.”

Free Passion Booklet for Palm Sunday.

Remember your own spiritual health during Lent.

Funerals can be a good time to demonstrate the possibilities of reverent liturgical music at Mass.

“Despite being baptized Catholic, attending Catholic schools, and attending Mass regularly, he never knew about the Church’s musical heritage until the last few years.”

The importance of confidence in performance.

The Communion Antiphon often reflects back to the Gospel.
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