Society of Saint Gregory

Is the creed actually a lyrical text that is meant to be sung?
Is it not more of a prose statement that should be spoken?
Just a thought.

Well I think it depends on the complexity of the chant among other things. I don't find the sound of a crowd bellowing and swooping their way through Credo 3 particularly uplifting, I have to say. (Sadly Credo 3 seems especially vulnerable to this treatment.) On the other hand other simpler bits of ...

No, despite living just across the river from Liverpool.
I am not terribly proud to be a member of the Church at the moment.

I find I dont have the stomach to tune in to anything that features clerics at the moment.
So I avoided.

In the early 60s we had dialogue masses in school. Table set up on the stage in the hall, facing the people, with the readings in English while the priest read them silently in Latin. English hymns and we all said the Latin responses. All very exciting at the time.

Blimey, Oops. You do seem to find 'em.

Good principle.

Faith, hope and social support? Indeed. That is something the bishop should be organising for his priests - even more so, now that numbers are declining and they become more isolated. And of course a half-decent parish will have the kind of relationship with their priests that is mutually enriching...

Parishes get stuck. It takes a lot of effort to bring life to a parish. Most of the laity seem to expect the priests to do it, and many of them have just given up hope and are ticking over. And of course there are priests who are so unsure of their own role that they keep the laity "in their place" ...

Was it Haydn who said the though of God always made him cheerful?

Should a Kyrie ever be delightful?
Discuss.

Keraulophon wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:30 pm

Curious that those responsible for the current English language text for the Mass actually used the inclusive term "people" in that phrase, as opposed to their usual preference for "men".

It must have slipped through, given that inclusive language usually brings them out in a rash.

Its a really good joyful setting. Alas there seem to be no simple, memorably and zingy setting for the new translation. Unless people know different ...... You might almost suspect that the new translation was deliberately constructed to impede memorableness and zinginess. And on earth peace to peo...

Its a really good joyful setting.
Alas there seem to be no simple, memorably and zingy setting for the new translation.
Unless people know different ......

Its interesting that the French seem not to have got the message about not using paraphrases of the gloria etc.