Society of Saint Gregory

Nowt wrong with consecutive 5ths. Ask Vaughan Williams.

And we sang Unless a Grain of Wheat on Easter Morning at communion.
Congrats to a very talented composer.

Sorry, I can't help you there Mark.
Is a composer or lyricist mentioned on your copy?
Maybe its something home grown.

On the curious side, there was much bowing and scraping and busy-ness with the hands. Happily Mass was celebrated facing the people. This is very typical of many Ordinariate celebrations. They seem to love all the "manual acts", some of which come from the Tridentine Rite, others from Anglican trad...

I went to Mass at Christmas at a parish that was served by an Ordinariate priest. While it used the Roman Missal, there were things that made me check the newsletter that it was an RC service and not an Anglican one. On the plus side the homily was excellent and the priest seemed to be a thoroughly ...

Paschale Solemnitatis is very clear about this. There is no "pastoral provision": ‘The entire celebration of the Easter Vigil takes place at night. It should not begin before nightfall; it should end before daybreak on Sunday’. This rule is to be taken according to its strictest sense. Reprehensibl...

What is noticeable in our place is that numbers for the Vigil have declined - we start at 8.30. We still get 100-150, but that is still half empty. But on the other hand we get a full house at the 11.00 am on Easter morning. No doubt something to do with every child being given a Cadburys cream egg!...

nazard wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:44 am

I wish that Rome would stop considering English and American to be the same language. Consider the following sentences:

Go do the math.

Make sure your football does not go off the pavement.

I believe the same doesn't hold with Spanish where there is a variety of translations.

Did the council fathers think that a full stop was put on the process of liturgical change (a process that started in the 1950s) when the council closed?

TimSharrock wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 04, 2018 2:11 pm

and http://www.benedicamus.org.uk/ won't even show the price before asking for contact details and clicking accept! not friendly at all.

Yes I saw that and went no further!

But the chords in the guitar book are capoed with no original chords provided. That makes it tough for those who play keyboard/piano in a mixed instrumental group. And the blurb states that the guitar and organ versions can't be used together.
That just makes it an unnecessary pain to use.

Google seems not to have heard about Inwoods latest simple psalms.

There are plenty of free resources on line in various styles For those with a music group these are song based https://www.cjmmusic.com/responsorialpsalms/ and http://www.mikeanderson.net/Responsorial%20Psalms.htm For those mainly using an organ - this site has settings in various traditional styles...

So many of those sites are hate-filled in their discourse. All in the name of the God of love. I avoid like the plague. The church is Catholic, it has a broad roof and many rooms. People can find the style of worship that suits them whether it is "happy-clappy" family Masses or "smells and bells" Tr...

One of our parish priests removed the back few rows of pews to create a narthex when our hall was condemned because of asbestos. Fifteen years later it is now happily called "the back of the church" by all. I don't mind a bit of clutter there. Its a sign of a parish where not everyone is either dead...