The Recovering Choir Director

The section on the chants between the readings concludes with the options that are given to the chant before the Gospel, both at Sunday Mass and at Masses during the week.

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Articles 61-63 pertain to the chants between the readings. Today, we’ll look at Article 61 that refers to the Responsorial Psalm and a couple of options that professional liturgists may not be aware of (or summarily dismiss under the heading of “pastoral insensitivity”, etc.).

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Article 53 lays down the seasons and ways that the Gloria may be lawfully implemented (or omitted) during Mass.

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Articles 51 and 52 describe the Act of Penitence, the Kyrie, and the ways these are to be carried out. Here we encounter a discrepancy between the General Instruction and the Missal.

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Today our focus will be on articles 47-48, which give us the objectives that the Entrance chant is supposed to meet, and gives us the many options available for the Entrance Rite.

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Armed with Adobe Acrobat’s Find Text function, I will be perusing a PDF of the latest General Instruction of the Roman Missal and posting sections that concern music in the liturgy. I may comment on a couple of sections, and your comments are welcome as always.

[Note: Remember, I am not a liturgist. I did not go to the ND Center for Pastoral Liturgy, etc. I don't have a degree in liturgy, and heck, I don't even have a degree in music. I am an amateur (hopefully in the best sense of the word) and have been called a purist. But you knew all of that already, I'm sure.]

Today, we take a look at Article 41, which restates Sacrosanctum Concilium § 116 and provides reasons for its importance.

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