The “Little Rock Nine” & Sacred Music
How could closing down all the schools be a good plan?
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
You can sleep soundly at night, knowing how to correctly pronounce “hagióque pnéumate.”
There is a proper balance between an impossibly hard formal audition and the usual “any child can join” policy that exists in the typical parish children’s choir.
“…like man, Mary, you are IN—really cool among women.”
“To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.”
People should not be coming to Mass for the emotional high
Fr. Robert W. Hovda argues that “Little Green Apples” can be sung during Mass.
The removal of carpeting is the most effective way to improve many aspects of the liturgy. Externally, what benefits most is congregational singing.
“The master in this Gospel is praising, not the wrongful act of the unfaithful steward, but the peculiar astuteness with which he makes friends who will be useful when things go amiss.” (Maredsous N. T.)
When priests came into Bishop Trautman’s office asking permission, he would start speaking Latin to them.
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