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by alan29
Sat Apr 04, 2020 1:39 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Rome issues Triduum instructions
Replies: 7
Views: 7394

Re: Rome issues Triduum instructions

It is a shame that the period from the 4th Sunday of Lent through to Pentecost and all the liturgies that come with it couldn't be moved to later in the year, in place of the Sundays of Ordinary Time. You can't pretend that you are somewhere different in the calendar. It's the same case as if you w...
by alan29
Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:28 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Live-streamed liturgy: what about music?
Replies: 31
Views: 36741

Re: Live-streamed liturgy: what about music?

I certainly agree that Catholics should be seen to be observing the spirit of the law and shouldn't be seen to looking for loop-holes.
by alan29
Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:26 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Live-streamed liturgy: what about music?
Replies: 31
Views: 36741

Re: Live-streamed liturgy: what about music?

The regulations refer to "a minister of religion" going to their place of worship, not to more than one.
On the face of it, unless they are members of the same household, there should only be the celebrant.
I'm sure lawyers would smack their lips at the possibilities.
by alan29
Tue Mar 31, 2020 8:25 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Live-streamed liturgy: what about music?
Replies: 31
Views: 36741

Re: Live-streamed liturgy: what about music?

I flicked through some livestreams on Sunday morning. I saw a cathedral in NI with several priests concelebrating with no distancing. I saw an English cathedral where the bishop was in full gear and had an assistant priest close enough to wrangle his crozier and mitre. I saw a parish Mass where ther...
by alan29
Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:57 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Presentation of the Lord
Replies: 6
Views: 7380

Re: Presentation of the Lord

It must be akin to members of the increasing numbers of parishes that are being handed over to orders that celebrate only in the EF.
by alan29
Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Presentation of the Lord
Replies: 6
Views: 7380

Re: Presentation of the Lord

We had the Propers of the Presentation and suitable songs, but candles were neither blessed nor perambulated.
Shame, really.
I suspect the pp (who has a full-time diocesan post) didn't realise until it was too late to order candles.
by alan29
Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:49 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Paraphrases - yet again!
Replies: 5
Views: 6534

Re: Paraphrases - yet again!

Excellent info.
Thanks folks.
by alan29
Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Paraphrases - yet again!
Replies: 5
Views: 6534

Re: Paraphrases - yet again!

Yes that would make sense.
But since when did sense come into it?
by alan29
Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:46 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Paraphrases - yet again!
Replies: 5
Views: 6534

Paraphrases - yet again!

Thinking forward to the Triduum. I know that Mass texts are not supposed to be paraphrased, but what about things like hymns and other sung texts during the Triduum where certain translations are included in the Missal? Thinking of things like Ubi Caritas and the Reproaches. Can we use paraphrases o...
by alan29
Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:32 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: New hymnbooks
Replies: 3
Views: 5691

Re: New hymnbooks

Nick Baty wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:05 pm We have Laudate and, apart from occasional midweek use, it sits unloved on its shelves. We print weekly service sheets as they're much more flexible. There's a discussion about this very issue here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/300911236958173/ (Seventh post down!)
Recycled paper, I hope!
by alan29
Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:50 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Help identifying a psalm setting
Replies: 9
Views: 16830

Re: Help identifying a psalm setting

That psalm tone is very familiar. I have checked and its not on my sheet of Bevenot tones.
by alan29
Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:50 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: New facebook Group
Replies: 17
Views: 165119

Re: New facebook Group

There seems to be something about the format of Facebook groups that encourages a speedier and more free-wheeling interaction.
by alan29
Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:25 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Liturgical Tourism
Replies: 220
Views: 477325

Re: Liturgical Tourism

Evensong at York Minster. Proper choral evensong, the shining jewel in Anglicanisms crown. An indifferent visiting choir didnt spoil it. Lovely. But if Cranmer was able to translate the latin collects into beautiful clear English with wonderfully balanced phrases, how come our lot made such a pig's ...
by alan29
Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:24 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Diocesan youth celebrations
Replies: 6
Views: 14175

Re: Diocesan youth celebrations

I wholeheartedly agree with your comments about schools.
I doubt we will ever see the day when an honest and realistic appraisal of their usefulness is undertaken. They have become some sort of a shibboleth.
by alan29
Fri Jun 28, 2019 3:34 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Diocesan youth celebrations
Replies: 6
Views: 14175

Re: Diocesan youth celebrations

Schols have little curriculum time that they can set aside to liturgical music. They learn what is appropriate for their age and what can be taught in limited time. Lets face it, 95% of them will never go to church again when they get to secondary school, so it matters not that they arent learning w...