Society of Saint Gregory

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...

Unfortunately, in my experience, silence during the anointing of the candidates, particularly if they are numerous, soon turns into the low buzz of conversation that gradually, sometimes rapidly, increases in volume, rising to quite a substantial background chatter. Checking mobile phones is also co...

Looks like an excellent appointment!

Is anyone else marking the new feast of Mary, Mother of the Church on 21 May? We've been asked to host a Mass for our pastoral area. But I just can't get my head round the suggested psalm: 86 with the refrain "Of you are told glorious things, O city of God" – and I'm not sure how it follows on from...

These feasts were instituted too late to get into the 2018 Ordos so they won't be celebrated in most parishes. Feasts do tend to come and go as the years pass and perceptions change: the Circumcision of Our Lord and Our Lady of Ransom went in the 1960s. Jan1 probably holds the record for the number...

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Tue May 08, 2018 11:54 am

BTW, the CBEW website is appalling to search for anything on.

http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/ is your friend, or Google Liturgy Office to find the same page.

Nowt wrong with consecutive 5ths. Ask Vaughan Williams. No, as long as they are used deliberately by people who know what they are doing. This composer, along with many others, didn't. It is acceptable to "disguise" consecutives by using secondary 7ths, 9ths, etc. This composer, along with many oth...

Interesting. A few comments for the composer, whoever he or she may be: (1) "forgive the sins of men" (end of the refrain). Inclusive language considerations mean you can't sing that these days. Difficult to find a good solution to this. "through his Church forgives our sins. Amen" is rather weak. I...

This isn't just an award, it's a recognition of the contribution of one of our own to the whole of English-speaking Christianity. The ecumenical dimension makes it very special. Well done, Bernadette!

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...

Norman Harper is to retire at the end of the year and St George's are advertising for a new Director of Music. Here is a link to the advert: http://www.stgeorgescathedral.org.uk/music/directorofmusic.html I'm no expert but the remuneration seems very low for the type of musician they seem to want t...

Church near me is starting its Easter Vigil Mass (sic) at 7:00pm. Even if the clocks hadn't gone forward a week before, that would still be in daylight. Sunset is 7:35, so I guess he is thinking that it will be dark by the time they finish.

... The idea that the Council Fathers were betrayed by excessive implementation of reforms they had not asked for is untenable: it was the same bishops who asked for them who had been at the Council. The question is not whether the same bishops were asked: it is whether all the bishops were asked b...

...Documentary evidence for all this will be found in Piero Marini's splendid book A Challenging Reform ... The trouble with that, and Bugnini's book, is that they are accounts by the people involved. The people who are satisfied with the new mass tend to look on them as if they were audit reports ...

Paul's new collection, The Collegeville Psalter, is available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0814646166/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Its a whopping £28.61, so I will wait until it hits the charity shop shelves. Is the US lectionary still out of step on the psalm words fr...