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by musicus
Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:59 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: 'A Big Heart Open To God'
Replies: 4
Views: 4630

Re: 'A Big Heart Open To God'

That quote fascinates me. How do we derive any benefit from it? To decide on a matter infallibly all the faithful, however they are identified, have to agree about something, and how do you find out if that is the case? This refers to the consensus fidelium . As a start, an Internet search will qui...
by musicus
Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:56 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: 'A Big Heart Open To God'
Replies: 4
Views: 4630

'A Big Heart Open To God'

If you read nothing else today, read this: http://americamagazine.org/pope-interview
by musicus
Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:16 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
Replies: 98
Views: 56258

Re: Traditional or Contemporary?

blackthorn fairy wrote:Re Gregorian chant and Latin - the two are not inseparable. There is some very good English Sarum chant in the New English Hymnal. I know because I use it.

Quite so. And in the 1933 edition too, of course (which is probably the one that most of us have).
by musicus
Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:28 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
Replies: 98
Views: 56258

Re: Traditional or Contemporary?

Note too that an important 'driver' behind all this is liturgy. If music changes with liturgy then we can expect a church music style (and output) to proceed in 'fits and starts'. Great surges of 'new music' coming out with each significant change in liturgy followed by periods of 'consolidation' -...
by musicus
Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:56 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
Replies: 98
Views: 56258

Re: Traditional or Contemporary?

Thank you; I'm sure we all appreciate that. The SSG and its forum is a broad church and all reasoned argument and opinion is welcome. I hope we'll be hearing much more from you.
by musicus
Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:39 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
Replies: 98
Views: 56258

Re: Traditional or Contemporary?

I think many of us will have made a similarly catholic selection (mine is perhaps slightly more 'traditional' than yours this week). I suspect too that there is much more that unites us than that threatens to divide us. Our local variations reflect our local differences - which is, I think, what pro...
by musicus
Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:59 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Prayers for Syria
Replies: 1
Views: 2113

Prayers for Syria

The President of the Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Vincent Nichols, has called on 'people of every faith' to take up Pope Francis' call for a day of prayer and fasting on 7 September for peace in Syria. More...

What are we doing in response to this?
by musicus
Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:11 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
Replies: 98
Views: 56258

Re: Traditional or Contemporary?

Mr Stoat wrote:Oh - and how do I change my password please? Can't seem to find anything in my "User Control Panel"............ /

Welcome to the forum, Mr Stoat!

You can change your password via User Control Panel --> Profile --> Edit Account Settings
by musicus
Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:01 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Father Peter Jones
Replies: 1
Views: 2333

Re: Father Peter Jones

Fr Peter takes up his new posting as parish priest of Holy Redeemer, Pershore, this week. His most distinguished predecessor there was Monsignor James Crichton, who also designed the present church building.

I'm sure we all join with Gwyn in wishing Fr Peter well.
by musicus
Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:25 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Traditional or Contemporary?
Replies: 98
Views: 56258

Re: Traditional or Contemporary?

What Southern Comfort says about the Propers is correct. What IncenseTom says about them used to be the case but is no longer. Wishing it still were so - however earnestly and sincerely - does not make it so. I choose to underline this only because I would not want any less experienced or less confi...
by musicus
Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:28 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Prayers for Anne Holt
Replies: 2
Views: 3742

Re: Prayers for Anne Holt

Thank you, John; that is good to know.
by musicus
Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:11 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Universa Laus 2013
Replies: 0
Views: 8323

Universa Laus 2013

(reposted from FaceBook) I have just returned from Universa Laus 2013 at Worth Abbey, an international meeting of RC liturgical musicians. UL was founded just after the Second Vatican Council by Gelineau, Huijbers and others to foster the study and implementation of the Council - which, in this the...
by musicus
Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:17 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Greener grass?
Replies: 32
Views: 23912

Re: Greener grass?

Thanks for clearing that up, SC.
by musicus
Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Advent responsary
Replies: 2
Views: 3403

Re: Advent responsary

Thank you very much, John!
by musicus
Sat Aug 03, 2013 8:40 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Advent responsary
Replies: 2
Views: 3403

Advent responsary

Can anyone point me to an online source for Aspiciens a longe , the Matins responsary for the first Sunday of Advent? There are plenty of recordings of it, but I am after the chant notation. Alternatively, perhaps someone who has it could PM me with a scan? It doesn't have to be tidy, because I will...