Society of Saint Gregory

, , , and by way of confirming presbyter's post, Liturgia Horarum refers to the monthly plan of psalms and canticles as Psalterium . The Divine Office also gives the heading of The Psalter to the monthly plan. Included in this plan are certain New Testament canticles too. So, yes, a canticle is a ps...

Sorry, TimSharrock, I could not possibly comment on that.

I wonder if members might allow a somewhat technical contribution to this thread. It will at least explain the cause of the confusion, even if it doesn't solve the problem entirely. Psalm derives from Greek, canticle from Latin. The Septuagint (Greek OT) chose Psalms as the title of the Book of 150 ...

Point taken, doc, and the decision is unquestionably yours. But, surely, the way we introduce new translations will be affected by their quality. I detect a reluctance to go about the task, rather than an enthusiasm for something better than we already have.

Yes, indeed, southern comfort and mcb! The Latin is balanced, dignified and rhythmic. None of the English versions has ever achieved even one of those qualities. Perhaps this is an example of an original which simply cannot be translated successfully. And if so, and if the prayer is said inaudibly, ...

Last Christmas I accidentally put my translation machine into reverse, with the following result. Olim naso rubefactus Cuidam erat cervulo, Quem per noctem si vidisses Diceris candescere. Cervi videntes reliqui Illudebant crudele. Cervulus dimittebatur ludis comitantium. Nubila quaesivit nocte Ante ...

I've never heard it, or even of it, but what you are looking for, Gwyn, is a hymn by Michael Haydn. In d major, catalogue MH307. Now try to find a copy of it!

It's true that no one is certain about the way to sing a quilisma, but you have to find a way of doing it all the same, and of doing it the same every time. A simple method was given to me by an old monk fifty years ago: I've used it ever since, and most people get the hang of it quite easily. He sa...

I was not aware of the possibility of repeating Alleluia after the Gospel with the advice of our Bishops to back it up. I am only a singer, and I sing what I am told to sing, without having the responsibility of determining what is sung. But pace mcb and their Lordships of England and Wales, we get ...

Dear nazard,
Have pity on those of us who must bear it.

Organist wants alleluias after the Gospel to be stamped out. Modified rapture! I would prefer to have them gently but firmly excised. They do not belong there. They prevent that brief but powerful silence, which is to my mind the most suitable response to the proclamation of the Gospel. After all, w...

Can someone tell me what is Celtic about Christopher Walker's Celtic Mass and Celtic Liturgy? Recent local research has come up with the idea that they are not to be sung by Rangers fans.

This one really puts your meditation through the wringer! An immediate reaction, which I offer for discussion - no more than that - is that when you start talking about life and death in a Christian context you must take into account what St Paul said: If we have died with Christ we shall live with ...

An Instruction, Memoriale Domini , issued in May 1969, declared that the Holy Father had decided against a change in the traditional rite for the distribution of HC - that is, it should continue to be administered on the tongue. This decision was based in part on a survey of all bishops, about 60 pe...

Nick, How about that good old Charles Wesley favourite, O for a thousand tongues to sing ? One verse runs: Hear him, ye deaf, his praise, ye dumb, Your loosened tongues employ; Ye blind, behold your Saviour come, And leap, ye lame, for joy. Its tune is Lyndhurst (I think), and is guaranteed to arous...