The Recovering Choir Director

In light of the homily he heard for yesterday’s Feast of the Assumption, Dad29, assisted by Pope Benedict and the wisdom of the crowd, makes the connection between the Ark of the Covenant, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and sacred music.

Mary and the Ark were not merely ‘functional.’ They were beautiful, as well. The Ark, however, was pre-Christian, pre- the eschatology of the Cross and Resurrection. Mary, the new Ark, was (and is) archetype of the reality following those events.

Immaculate. Gold.

So again, how does that music stack up?

In light of the previous post, one could ask the same about ICEL Translation v.1.0.

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