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by Anne
Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:56 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: The disaster that is Christmas
Replies: 35
Views: 11834

Re: The disaster that is Christmas

I spent five years living at Ecce Homo Convent in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was the one place where I have lived where we could really celebrate Advent. Because we were a few Christian houses in the middle of the Moslem quater, not far from Jewish Israel, there was no Christmas hype in the media...
by Anne
Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:43 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Swine flu
Replies: 48
Views: 22540

Re: Swine flu

In the last few weeks I have been to several different parishes for Mass, and I am surprised at the variety of Swine flu precautions. One parish had no sign of peace and no chalice, another had no sign of peace and communion under both kinds as usual (the argument being that there is sufficient alco...
by Anne
Sun May 31, 2009 6:41 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Words we don't quite get
Replies: 45
Views: 17855

Re: Words we don't quite get

"Guard and defend me from the foe malign, in deaths dread moments make me only thine...." I never quite understood what the Foe Malign was about - is it to do with a malignant cancer? And our death should not be a 'dread' moment, shouldn't it be our finest hour?
by Anne
Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:02 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Easter Vigil
Replies: 16
Views: 11974

Re: Easter Vigil

I like 'I willl sing, sing to the Lord, Glorious his triumph' [by Teresa Brown - mod.] - it is easy to sing for congregations who don't have high powered choirs, and it is faithful to the words in the Missal. it is on her collection called the Watermark - more details on her web site - http://www.devinemusic.org.uk
by Anne
Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:54 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Unveiling the altar
Replies: 4
Views: 2617

Re: Unveiling the altar

When I lived in Jerusalem a few years ago, the house I lived in always had the liturgies of the Triduum, and many pilgrims in jerusalem would come. There was one Easter when we processed into a bare church for the Exultet and readings. During the Psalm after every reading different decorations were ...
by Anne
Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:54 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Churches I've visited this year
Replies: 2
Views: 1260

Re: Churches I've visited this year

One more thing about the new church in Walsingham, It has a big solar panel on the roof, and is carbon neutal
by Anne
Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:51 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Churches I've visited this year
Replies: 2
Views: 1260

Re: Churches I've visited this year

Walsingham. I went to the new Catholic Church in the village of Walsingham this summer - I think it has only been opened a few months. There was no liturgy going on, but I was very taken with the layout of the church. On entering the church, the first thing you come to is the Baptismal Font with wa...
by Anne
Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:20 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Vespers
Replies: 45
Views: 18110

Re: Vespers

The Bernadine Cistercian sisters at Hyning Monastery in Lancashire sing their office in English - they have beautiful, simple psalm tones and use the Grail pslams. I don't know who wrote them or if they are widely available, but it would be worth asking
by Anne
Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:16 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: 'Yahweh' in Catholic liturgy
Replies: 22
Views: 9501

Re: 'Yahweh' in Catholic liturgy

I agree with docmattc that YHWH is both a noun and a verb.. It is made of three Hebrew letters Yod, He and Vav which are consonants but can also act or sound like vowels as well (a bit like h or y in our alphabet). So Yahweh is both nown and verb, but more correctly, not quite a noun and not quite a...
by Anne
Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:45 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: 'Yahweh' in Catholic liturgy
Replies: 22
Views: 9501

Re: 'Yahweh' in Catholic liturgy

Instead of Yahweh I know you are near , I would sing Lord I know you are near (a long Lord) or O Lord I know you are near.... I happened to be in Walsingham this summer and at one of the Masses I went to we sang Yahweh is the God of my Salvation . I hadn't sung this for about 25 years, but I seemed ...
by Anne
Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:03 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Robing
Replies: 22
Views: 8124

Re: Robing

Why would you want to robe? I suppose my question is 'What is the purpose of the choir'. Is it to lead the congregation in their singing? If it is, then why do you need to wear anything different from the congregation. If the choir is there to do a performance, then perhaps some robes that make them...
by Anne
Sat May 10, 2008 11:34 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Pentecost sequence
Replies: 19
Views: 7372

Re: Pentecost sequence

I have been to a beautiful Pentecost Vigil tonight. We started with an enthusiastic sprinkling rite to remind us of our baptismal responsibilities which we renewed at the Easter Vigil. Then we had the beautiful readings from Genesis, Exodus, Ezekiel and Joel, each one with an appropriate psalm, then...
by Anne
Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:44 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: GIRM revisited
Replies: 8
Views: 3628

In my parish, shortly after Girm came out, we used With Hearts and Minds as a basis for a series of sermons about the Mass over 6 weeks. We have used the same material to introduce the Mass in the Journey in Faith Group. I don't think anyone in the parish is discussing Girm at all now, except there ...
by Anne
Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:06 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: A touching place
Replies: 29
Views: 11933

Marian hymns at Mass? I am sure there are different opinions about this one. In planning a Confirmation Mass last year there was a suggestion from one of the music group to have 'As I kneel before you' during Communion!!! When I asked why she was suggesting this hymn, she said that it was sung at he...
by Anne
Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:12 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: unfortunate slip of the tongue
Replies: 2
Views: 2076

I was once with a group who always wanted to sing 'This is our song' instead of the real words of the chorus of the Servant King (This is our God, the servant king...), the result being 'This is our Sod....