Tag: “Pope Benedict XVI” (19 posts)
“Some thoughts about ‘turning back the clock’”
January 13, 2010 by — 0 comments.
Jeffrey Herbert writes:
[Msgr. Guido Marini's recent presentation on the spirit of the liturgy] is a forward looking vision for the liturgy, an interpretive foundation for the Missal of Paul VI which brings it out of the morass of inculturating adaptations, innovations and experiments and seeks instead to set it within the liturgical traditions of the [...]
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Papal Masses as “liturgical paradigms”
September 16, 2009 by — 4 comments.
Phillip Campbell, who blogs at Unam Sanctam Catholicam, writes about a recent talk that Pope Benedict gave to the members of the Choir of the Pontifical Chapel, and concludes:
Papal liturgies should be teaching moments, Benedict reminds us. The pope should do the liturgy the way he wants the Church to do it. He ought not [...]
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James MacMillan’s message to Archbishop-elect Vincent Nichols: “Catholic congregational music a laughing stock”
May 19, 2009 by — 8 comments.
Bess Twiston Davies of The Times compiled a collection of statements from Britain’s more prominent Catholics to Vincent Nichols, Archbishop-elect of Westminster. Among those individuals who contributed was Scottish composer James MacMillan, who has been featured on this blog in the past. His statement, which appears on page 2 of the Times article, is reproduced [...]
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Pope Benedict on St. Germanus of Constantinople
April 30, 2009 by — 1 comment.
Yesterday in his weekly General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI shared a summary of the life of St. Germanus. The translation below was done by Teresa Benedetta of the Papa Ratzinger Forum. Links and emphases added.
Dear brothers and sisters:
The Patriarch Germanus of Constantinople, whom I will speak about today, is not among the most representative figures [...]
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Monsignor Richard J. Schuler, R.I.P.
April 20, 2009 by — 0 comments.
Today is the anniversary of the death of Monsignor Richard J. Schuler, tireless advocate for authentic renewal of the Roman Liturgy, pastor of the renowned St. Agnes Church in St. Paul, Minn., and past president of the Church Music Association of America. The CMAA has a detailed biographical sketch of Msgr. Schuler on its website.
Thanks [...]
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“Worship must not become the province of ideology”
April 17, 2009 by — 1 comment.
Benedictine Father Leo Chamberlain writes this piece for Britain’s Catholic Herald, reproduced in full below (links, footnotes, comments, and emphases added):
Clarifications were promised quite a long time ago on Pope Benedict’s Motu Proprio[1] and letter to bishops. In fact, all that is needed is to follow the whole guidance given.
A few minimise the possibilities offered [...]
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Lessons in liturgical music from the Light of the East
March 31, 2009 by — 1 comment.
From Catholic News Agency via the Catholic Anchor newspaper of the Archdiocese of Anchorage comes this interview with two Eastern Rite cantors. Below are some excerpts from the article that Roman Catholics would do well to reflect on (comments and emphases added).
Byzantine singing compared to “conversation with God”
by James DeCrane
For Byzantine Catholics, the chance to [...]
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New CD of Gregorian chant and polyphony from Arkansas
March 28, 2009 by — 0 comments.
This is cool, and not just because of the CD’s title (comments and emphasis added):
Since 2000 the Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) has had an apostolate at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Cherokee Village, near Hardy. Every Sunday since then there has been a High Mass, with the Ordinary, the Propers, and various traditional Catholic [...]
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Program notes for music selected for the March for Life bus trip
January 28, 2009 by — 2 comments.
Below are some program notes for the Gregorian chant compilation CD I put together for our parish’s March for Life bus trip last week–you know, the event (what event?) you only hear about in the blogosphere (what blogosphere?). All errors are my own.
The full program is downloadable in PDF format after the jump.
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Libretto for Christmas Midnight Mass from St. Peter’s Basilica
December 24, 2008 by — 0 comments.
Shawn Tribe at the New Liturgical Movement has posted a PDF file of the libretto/program/worship aid for Christmas Midnight Mass from the Vatican. Let’s take a look at the music contained therein.
pp. 5-7: Schola and assembly sing “Regem venturum Dominum, venite adoremus” in plainsong.
pp. 8: Schola and assembly sing “Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant [...]
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