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Since the Canon cannot be recited “silently” in the Ordinary Form, I wonder if chanting it might be one answer to the lack of transcendence we often encounter within Mass.
I thought today I would share with readers some of my impressions of the wonderful events that took place.
There shall surely be dancing in Heaven.
Perhaps the supposed over emphasis on the Liturgy among younger Catholics today is just a response to its devaluation since the 1960s.
Is it okay for choirmasters to program the same piece several Sundays in a row?
The boys encountered the same learning curves the adult men had previously, but their facility in solfege speed up the learning process.
Ultimately it doesn’t matter if your choir resonates well and sings beautiful vowels but can’t communicate via the music…
If more choirmasters were honest with themselves, they would probably acknowledge that no more than 25 to 40 percent of their singers are actually leaders within their choirs.
I’m edified by Fr. White’s work, but hope his regard for “church growth” doesn’t negate the Sacramental and supernatural nature of the Church.
The Church possesses a tool of immense value.
One day, God willing, when He calls you into the New and Eternal Jerusalem, you will discover the eternal consequences of the offering of your widow’s mite.
Whether a Gothic cathedral in France, a rural Norman church in England or a Californian mission church, each one in its own way has the power to lift our eyes in contemplation of the New and Eternal Jerusalem.
In a sense, I understood every word. As a matter of fact, I was beaten over the head by every one of them.
Some day I wouldn’t mind cooking up a good ol’ fashioned Christmas Ball, but ’til then have to content myself with adding a few pounds (or more than a few) in honor of our Lord’s birth.
Children need to see that everything takes second place to your relationship with Christ.
