Am I the only one who finds the sung version

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…of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, as per EWTN, annoying, irritating and overly emotional?
 
Well, there are a few different sung versions that EWTN uses, certainly don’t like all of 'em, but then there are versions out in musicland that are better and MUCH worse, so I can’t complain too much.
 
LilyM said:
Well, there are a few different sung versions that EWTN uses, certainly don’t like all of 'em, but then there are versions out in musicland that are better and MUCH worse, so I can’t complain too much.
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The one I’m referring is current (at least in Ireland) and features two women and a man leading the prayer to a piano accompaniment, with a congregation and priest. It makes my teeth ache.
 
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The one I’m referring is current (at least in Ireland) and features two women and a man leading the prayer to a piano accompaniment, with a congregation and priest. It makes my teeth ache.
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Well there are at least two current versions, if memory serves BOTH use two women and a man, and a priest for that matter, and I think both use piano too 🙂

So let’s narrow it down a bit … is the man perchance African-American?
 
I have heard a couple of versions on EWTN, the one I prefer sounds more like a traditional chant tone, the other seems harder for the congregation to learn for some reason. I heard a third version at a retreat recently but it had a rockabilly type sound I did not care for. Is there one that is “official”. I have heard it sung in Polish but could not even follow it obviously, but not a familiar tune.
 
The one on EWTN in the US has organ music accompanying the chanting of the Divine Mercy chaplet.
 
I like this version because I’m a singer and I pray better when I sing to it. 🙂
 
Tonks40 said:
I like this version because I’m a singer and I pray better when I sing to it. 🙂
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" In praise, there is the speaking forth of one confessing; in singing, the affection of one loving."
(St. Augustine, Commentary on Psalm 73, 1)
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Or more concisely: He who sings prays twice 😃
 
I like the one with the trio in a contemporary musical setting used on weekends better than the whole family singing in a more ‘churchly’ fashion. All three of the people in the trio have lovely voices, and I find it very restful. A couple of the singers in the other one, not so much.

But I like both better than the old version with the father and his two daughters. He put so much quaver in his voice, he sounded like he was trying to pass something.

In fairness, though: what works as an occasional performance grates when you hear it a lot-- the flaws become much more noticeable.
 
I like the sung version. I find it very comforting. I sing along. I often listen to it on the way home from work after a day among those who are ungodly. I even have it loaded on my ipod.

Different tastes for different people. Different in not wrong or evil, it’s just different.

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The more contemporary version that EWTN airs on the weekend is very special to me for the following reason. My husband is fiercely anti-Church although he probably has nothing against Jesus personally. So much so, that I generally cannot watch EWTN while he’s home for fear of him yelling at me. He caught me watching the chaplet of divine mercy in song once and he loved it! There is hope after all.
 
… harden not your hearts

not making a judgment, friends… we have to seek God’s will in all things. When I come across settings that i do not care for, I try to focus on the words, AND the love that inspired the creation of the music. Endurance can be a form of mercy.
 
Yellow_Belle said:
…of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, as per EWTN, annoying, irritating and overly emotional?
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Yeah, its a bit syrupy.

I like gregorian chants and classical music.🙂

I like music to be ‘clean’. No, whinning, pleading, groveling type of emotions present. As little subjectivity as possible.
 
I love it! I have the one with the two women and the African American man loaded into my Ipod and I use it often. Especially at the end of a stressful day. I find it helps me relax and pray more openly (don’t know how else to word it lol).
 
Lisa44 said:
Yeah, its a bit syrupy.

I like gregorian chants and classical music.🙂

I like music to be ‘clean’. No, whinning, pleading, groveling type of emotions present. As little subjectivity as possible.
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👍 :cool:
 
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