Society of Saint Gregory

I'll go with "gave" - but that verse has always been a problem in its English translation. Not "God loved the world so much" as is implied in English, but "because", or " as a result of his love of the world" (Gk houtos , because, therefore) which still does n...

Out of pure curiosity I had to fast forward to hear the final hymn... Forget about the other bits for a moment... Ah, but I can't forget about the "other bits". Pushing this kind of theology through music is quite dishonest. Two phrases from this hymn are particularly distatseful: (a) &qu...

By the way - I thought that the poignant witness of the father who had lost his young daughter to illness made a powerful catechetical point concerning the value of the saints as exemplars of Christian living (and even the value of relics). Yes, on that I agree, Presbyter. But I don't think the cas...

Can "Therese" be made to rhyme happily with "grace"? No, it cannot.

M

ps - "great big world"? I ask you!

Entry of coffin: Cortege et Litanie - Dupre Mass: Faure - all of it Hymns: Angel Voices, The Day Thou Gavest Psalm: Beatus Vir (Monteverdi) Alleluia: Mozart Post Communion: Priere apres la Communion (Messiaen, from Livre du Saint Sacrement) Recessional: Prelude and Fugue in D BWV 532 - JS Bach Sermo...

I'm sure that Luke must have misheard when he reported Our Lady's singing "the Almighty plays marbles with me" , but it does maKe for a delightful family scene. I wonder who won?

M

You are certainly not alone. This isn't becoming the norm, there is a strong move to curtail the exuberance at this point, and even a possibility of the rite moving to elsewhere in the Mass. There are several threads on this forum about it. Next thing will be people exchanging phone numbers Another...

Am I alone in being increasingly perturbed about the manner in which this mini-rite is exercised? Yesterday at Mass, in addition to the standard hand shake (as recommended by Celoebrating the Mass 204) there were waves from one side the church to the other, a couple of hugs, and the altar servers le...

That would be interesting, but not as interesting as learrnig how that version of Anima Christi got through. Mithras It's a translation or some would say 'version' by Fr James Quinn SJ of 'O salutaris hostia', not 'Anima Christi'. 'O priest and victim, Lord of life' is a thought-provoking amplifica...

John Ainslie wrote: One day I'll tell you how a tune full of sharps came to be called CORPUS CHRISTI FLATS.

That would be interesting, but not as interesting as learrnig how that version of Anima Christi got through.

Mithras

Isn't there a Vicar in (or somewhere near) Oxford who doesn't now believe in God and who celebrates secular humanism in his church? Sorry, off-topic but I think you're rerferring to Don Cupitt. who was dean of Emmanual College Cambridge and the inspiration for the Sea of Faith network which promote...

For the choir: anybody here do Villette's Hymne a la Vierge? A cross between compline in Notre Dame and a jazz club on the left bank. Smoky!

Mithras

Forgot to mention Belmont Abbey (and I'm looking forward to giving the upgrade a whirl!).

M

I suppose that question would be best answered if we knew what your friend understands as "traditional" - 1962 rite? Missa Normativa? Vernacular with not-a-guitar-in-sight? I've always associated Brighton with the spikier wing of Anglo-Catholicism, so would be interested to find out how th...

My latest and probably to-be-unpublished (since I no doubt hold the record for submitting to-be-unpublished letters to the Tablet) letter to The Tablet on this subject has just been sent. DT of the DT and CH has already started a blog, but no surprise there.

M