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by justMary
Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:01 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Only 20 hymns
Replies: 55
Views: 37963

Re: Only 20 hymns

Interesting exercise - I tried making a list of 20 based on what we actually have, not what I'd like us to have. There's one for every season (so Christmas and Easter are there), and only one day that I don't think we have anything for. Actually, this cheered me up a bit. With even minimal musical a...
by justMary
Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:17 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Gloria
Replies: 13
Views: 11645

Re: Gloria

organist wrote:The Lourdes Gloria has been suggested also David Saint. Any other ideas?


Some people here (including me) have had good experiences with the Gloria from Timothy R Smith's Mass of the Sacred Heart (published by OCP).
by justMary
Fri May 20, 2016 1:22 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Another type of mass
Replies: 18
Views: 11953

Re: Another type of mass

But I am discovering that hymns are what people also identify attending mass with as much as the mass itself. Indeed. I think that this is something with most liturgy-geeks seem to miss: no matter what the theological back-story is, people like singing hymns, for all sorts of reasons connected to t...
by justMary
Fri May 20, 2016 12:58 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Liturgical Tourism
Replies: 220
Views: 477994

Re: Liturgical Tourism

organist wrote: Also the first time I have seen a transgender at Mass


How can you know it was the first time?
by justMary
Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:57 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Mass setting by Gordon Rock/other Masses
Replies: 30
Views: 22909

Re: Mass setting by Gordon Rock/other Masses

I would love to stamp the Clapping Gloria out of existence in my corner of the world. But I have one low-confidence musician who realistically can only manage things that I am sure the congregation will sing - when he's on, the choices are CG or none at all. Not rostering him is not an option, some ...
by justMary
Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:46 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Liturgical Tourism
Replies: 220
Views: 477994

Re: Liturgical Tourism

Is this a record? Probably not ... Now, now, you know as well as I do that 35 mins probably is a local record for how LONG a summer-time Mass can last! I hang out in a place about an hour up the road from blackthorn fairy's visit. The liturgy committee from a church very near to my apartment allege...
by justMary
Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:18 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: REQUIEM IN LIVERPOOL
Replies: 4
Views: 4869

Re: REQUIEM IN LIVERPOOL

I didn't see the BBC version, but going on the list on the Mirror site: An opening tribute - probably OTT (I didn't see it) One inappropriate first reading - but the psalm, 2nd and gospel look ok. Odd music during communion. Most other bits in the list seem at least somewhat orthodox. It could have ...
by justMary
Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:50 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Music Animator required
Replies: 43
Views: 27541

Re: Music Animator required

Our digi piano is a Kawai. We had "Because the Lord is my shepherd" to the accompaniment of an excellent acoustic guitarist, a bass guitarist, two flutes and me on the harp voice of the piano. All gently amplified through the church PA. Gorgeous. And the people sang - the litmus test of a...
by justMary
Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:58 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Music Animator required
Replies: 43
Views: 27541

Re: Music Animator required

Hmm. Not wishing to be negative, but I would like to think that the clentele at this mass got a more varied diet than can be provided by a guitar-playing animator..... What specifically do think will be missing from their diet? Without a job-description (or some inside information) we cannot know i...
by justMary
Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:39 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Liturgical Tourism
Replies: 220
Views: 477994

Re: Liturgical Tourism

There is a parishioner who sings very loudly and wildly out of tune. You get the challenge of singing plus the bonus of trying to keep in tune to the organ with this distraction. Or maybe that individual is actually demonstrating the right attitude to praising the Lord and shaming others into joini...
by justMary
Thu May 28, 2015 7:18 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Downloadable hymns - music for the Mass
Replies: 9
Views: 6285

Re: Downloadable hymns - music for the Mass

There are a few websites with such recordings. There is a list here: m For copyright reasons they need to be 1) hymns and arrangements that are in the public domain, and 2) recordings which the musician has chosen to make available for free (or where the musician is at least 70 years deceased - unli...
by justMary
Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Easter Vigil - when did you start and finish?
Replies: 43
Views: 52187

Re: Easter Vigil - when did you start and finish?

Started at 8pm, people were walking out at the end by 9:15pm. At the start it was fully light, by the end it was fully dark. Start time chosen to by the same as the other evening events (Holy Thursday and stations on Friday night - we learned the hard way that having different start times on differe...
by justMary
Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:02 am
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: The 'New' Translation - your recommended music settings
Replies: 19
Views: 14970

The 'New' Translation - your recommended music settings

However, I would love to be pointed in the direction of a simple, guitar friendly settings of the Gloria that can be used by a parish that has no choir (and no use for one.) More than one, to highlight the different seasons. Its a sung text and belongs to the congregation. One of our groups has pic...
by justMary
Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:19 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Third Sunday Of Advent
Replies: 14
Views: 10465

Re: Third Sunday Of Advent

In my corner of the west of Ireland Entrance Rejoice in the Lord Always (not as a round) Lord Have Mercy - fourfold Seinn Alleluia - traditional Offertory: instrumental Holy Holy - unofficial and nameless When we Eat this Bread During communion: Gaudete (on CD - needs must ...) After: Come Emmanuel ...
by justMary
Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:54 pm
Forum: Liturgy Matters
Topic: Second Sunday of Advent
Replies: 17
Views: 12558

Re: Second Sunday of Advent

The plan in my small corner of the west of Ireland: Opening: Bind us Together Penetential: A Thiarna ... Psalm said, the musician didn't know a setting Alleluia Seinn Alleluia Offertory O Comfort my People - Waddell BI ÍOSA IM CHROÍSE Holy Holy nameless and unapproved version that's not quite the ri...