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by Southern Comfort
Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:47 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Easter Vigil
Replies: 16
Views: 11974

Re: Easter Vigil

Stephen Dean's setting in The Great Squeak. We have previously used Inwood's setting - I think it's in Easter Mysteries, the one that starts "I will sing, sing, sing...".
by Southern Comfort
Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:54 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Genuflecting Extraordinary Ministers
Replies: 22
Views: 9813

Re: Genuflecting Extraordinary Ministers

(And by the way, the whole Eucharistic Prayer is consecratory, so it's difficult to specify that Jesus is present on the altar after the consecration.) Yes...but there is surely a reason for the celebrant/presider genuflecting after each of the elevations Many presiders do not do this. It is a hang...
by Southern Comfort
Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:30 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Genuflecting Extraordinary Ministers
Replies: 22
Views: 9813

Re: Genuflecting Extraordinary Ministers

I would be asking why the ministers line up at the altar step at all, let alone bowing. In my diocese, the recommendation is that ministers go directly and unobtrusively to the sanctuary and line up behind or alongside the altar, during or immediately after the Sign of Peace, precisely in order to a...
by Southern Comfort
Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:05 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Baptism of the Lord
Replies: 61
Views: 35684

Re: Baptism of the Lord

Nick Baty wrote:
keitha wrote:Like it or not, their music is popular throughout the country

I think I know of one parish in our diocese which occasionally sings an item – not saying there aren't more, of course.


And there's at least one diocese where they have effectively been banned from working in the schools.
by Southern Comfort
Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:06 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Baptism of the Lord
Replies: 61
Views: 35684

Re: Baptism of the Lord

Philip Billson's a great guy with contacts everywhere Yes, you're right. He is a nice bloke. But he needs help. in fact, the recently retired series editor of Songs of Praise was a Catholic. Yes, but not one who was in touch with what's going on at the grass roots. I suspect they simply accepted th...
by Southern Comfort
Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:15 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Baptism of the Lord
Replies: 61
Views: 35684

Re: Baptism of the Lord

I was told that the BBC are having increasing problems finding venues that can produce a 'parish' act of worship that is at all 'broadcastable' so the producers tend to play safe. That's because Philip Billson doesn't have a clue about who to ask. There are people out there who can tell you where t...
by Southern Comfort
Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:31 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Summer School 2009
Replies: 27
Views: 14851

Re: Summer School 2009

All three tracks on myspace (I had to use Firefox to get there - Internet Explorer wouldn't find it) seem to feature a female soloist. Could this be Hermione Fawcett rather than Edwin? Or was John Quinn referring to the SPGC singing the Lamb of God, rather than Edwin Fawcett singing it? Yes, the pol...
by Southern Comfort
Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:19 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Summer School 2009
Replies: 27
Views: 14851

Re: Summer School 2009

Thank you, mcb. If he's a protégé of Miko, he must be a 'good thing'! I look forward to meeting him.
by Southern Comfort
Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:07 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Summer School 2009
Replies: 27
Views: 14851

Re: Summer School 2009

Just to confirm that Ditchingham is a great place to be. The chapel is a square space in which everything is moveable - just the thing to enable creating a true worshipping community. No organ there, though - the Summer School will have to borrow or hire one. The accommodation is good, too, and the ...
by Southern Comfort
Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:01 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Baptism of the Lord
Replies: 61
Views: 35684

Re: Baptism of the Lord

It is awkward listening in on a parish Mass. It feels intrusive. This is the constant dilemma facing the broadcast worship producer: do you act as a fly on the wall, reproducing what actually happens in a service at the chosen location, or do you "produce" it, changing, adding, making it ...
by Southern Comfort
Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:33 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Baptism of the Lord
Replies: 61
Views: 35684

Re: Baptism of the Lord

I too listened, and I fear I am not as complimentary as Mary. I thought the publicity puff for Mike and Jo in Fr Tim's intro after the Sign of the Cross was misplaced (it almost sounded as is they were the only people he was welcoming), and an indicator of what was to come - and indeed it was: a sho...
by Southern Comfort
Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Baptism of the Lord
Replies: 61
Views: 35684

Re: Baptism of the Lord

HelenR wrote:the music is always there to support the rite and deepen our active participation and understanding of our faith.


...and incidentally fill CJM's coffers. <cynicism off>

But as others have said, let's reserve final judgment until we hear what actually happens tomorrow.
by Southern Comfort
Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:49 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Health and Safety
Replies: 20
Views: 13182

Re: Health and Safety

docmattc wrote:
Psalm Project wrote:(There are other ways of telling the age of a chorister- but counting their rings would involve chopping a leg off)


Hilarious! :mrgreen:
by Southern Comfort
Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:46 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: New Mass setting for School
Replies: 22
Views: 8078

Re: New Mass setting for School

Anyone who uses just one setting for years, whether it's by Inwood or anyone else, deserves everything they get. Thank goodness that Amaris is going to broaden the experience for them. The next-door parish in my diocese is still singing the same Mass music it has been singing since the 1970s - and w...
by Southern Comfort
Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:17 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Baptism of the Lord
Replies: 61
Views: 35684

Re: Baptism of the Lord

Here are the details from the Radio 4 web site: Musical directors: Jo Boyce and Mike Stanley. Find out more about Jo Boyce and Mike Stanley on their website cjmmusic.co.uk I wonder how much input into the music Fr Tim (and the SSG ) might have? Not a lot if Jo and Mike are involved, I fear. Most br...