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by John Ainslie
Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:47 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: A touching place
Replies: 29
Views: 11932

A touching place

In the Incarnation, God did not just touch the human race - in Jesus his Son he immersed himself in it in all its messiness, even unto Jesus' death. Therefore Christianity is not a religion in which we seek some kind of nirvana or escape from the human condition. On the contrary, we seek to follow C...
by John Ainslie
Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:01 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: O faithful catholic, is this you?
Replies: 23
Views: 13337

I seem to remember that Faith of our Fathers either appeared in a non-catholic hymn book... Yes, indeed. It appears in the 1933 Methodist Hymn Book. Verses 1, 2 and 4, also the refrain, are unaltered, but verse 3 appears as: Faith of our fathers! God's great power Shall soon all nations win for the...
by John Ainslie
Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:17 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: O faithful catholic, is this you?
Replies: 23
Views: 13337

Oh, 'Faith of our Fathers' is still around! And in Laudate and CFE. We are just about to introduce Laudate in my parish, and the only question I have received so far from a parishioner-in-the-pew is "Does it have 'Faith of our Fathers'?" Some years ago, the then PP confessed that he was co...
by John Ainslie
Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:39 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Music for our newcomers
Replies: 12
Views: 5383

Liturgy and music in Kerala

I think it's worth pointing out that the liturgy native to Kerala is not the Roman rite but the Syro-Malabar rite: see http://www.catholicherald.org/archives/articles/syromalabar.html . I know nothing about the music for this liturgy, except that the priest's part is at least partly chanted, maybe e...
by John Ainslie
Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:45 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Singing at High Mass
Replies: 23
Views: 11554

Further info for the curious and/or fascinated: Yes, the usage whereby the Sanctus and Benedictus were split whenever they were sung - in chant or in polyphony - lasted at least until the Congregation of Rites' Instruction De Musica Sacra dated 3 September 1958, where we find under art. 27: d) If th...
by John Ainslie
Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:42 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: A slant on the gathering rite
Replies: 6
Views: 3120

I sympathise with the need for some kind of transition between socialising and the Entrance Hymn, to enable some reflection on why one's come to church. This is particularly necessary before an occasion like First Communion or Confirmation, when socialising can be quite noisy. Before one Confirmatio...
by John Ainslie
Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:58 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: seeking a genre
Replies: 33
Views: 15014

Is it fair to say that the best of both school translate from organ to ensemble and vice versa? Allowing possibly for a more Reginald Dixon approach to the organ in some cases? Please explain. To which Reginald Dixon do you refer: Reginald Dixon MBE, the Blackpool Tower organist, or J. H. Reginald ...
by John Ainslie
Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:29 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Good Friday
Replies: 77
Views: 33159

Thank you, presbyter. To answer your last question: yes, in my parish we have verses of 'O sacred head' (Knox version) interspersing the Passion - have done so for many years. I believe it is beneficial because: (1) It breaks up a long reading, being read to many who are not regular churchgoers, wit...
by John Ainslie
Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:34 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Good Friday
Replies: 77
Views: 33159

1) Background a) I agree that Latin does not have a distinctive word for 'crucifix'. Crucifixus means 'the crucified', i.e. the image on the cross. So Crux is image-neutral and can mean a cross with or without an image. However, I cannot think that the rubric writers ever imagined that Crux (capita...
by John Ainslie
Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:23 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Good Friday
Replies: 77
Views: 33159

Is that a typo for "in the name of Christ"? No, it isn't. Although the first part of each reproach is a quote from the OT, the second half is not the words of Jesus. The first set of reproaches were written by an Eastern church author sometime before the 7th century, when they were import...
by John Ainslie
Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:01 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Good Friday
Replies: 77
Views: 33159

The link to which docmattc refers is to a report in the American 'National Catholic Reporter', which states 'The reproaches set events in the Hebrew Bible alongside charges of responsibility for Christ's suffering and death. Though phrased as statements by Jesus, they do not appear in scripture.' Th...
by John Ainslie
Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:36 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: A question of image
Replies: 24
Views: 13862

The question of the image of the Society of Saint Gregory has been frequently and recently discussed yet again by the trustees. It is extraordinary that, over 40 years since the Society nailed its Vatican 2 colours to its mast, it is still considered to be exclusively devoted to plainsong preservati...
by John Ainslie
Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:54 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum
Replies: 45
Views: 23474

I find it a little surprising that no distinction is made in Summorum Pontificum between the Solemn/Sung Mass and Low Mass forms of the 1962 rite (or 'usage'). Most people who remember them in regular use will more readily recall the Low Mass, because that was more common. It should be noted that th...
by John Ainslie
Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:20 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum
Replies: 45
Views: 23474

There is at least one notable mistranslation in the unofficial English version that Reginald obtained. In article 7, the bishop is not "strongly requested to satisfy their wishes", only to "listen" to them - "enixe rogatur ut eorum optatum exaudiat". I am checking the t...
by John Ainslie
Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:50 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Change in the parishes?
Replies: 19
Views: 10467

Re: Change in the parishes?

The SSG is the national society for liturgy and music in the Catholic Church in the British Isles. Founded in 1929, it exists: • to further the study and understanding of the liturgy by the people of the Roman Catholic Church... As current chairman of the Society, I have just noticed the need for...