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netmilsmom
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And God knows, should stay there!
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Elzee
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And God knows, should stay there!
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Elzee
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Kind of like when I hear TD Jakes preach on tv. Betcha didn’t know “God” was 4 syllables too… “Go-od-d-ah!”!!!
You’ve got to tell me - who is the composer of this? Do you have access to the hymnal?
I don’t know about the hymnal, but the song was recorded by Sister Janet Mead in 1973 and went to something like number four on the pop charts. It was composed by Arnold Strals.
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palmas85
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Yes another biggie. Why won’t these putrid things just go away!!!
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Karianne
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This reminds me, I still have some from yesterday! A French Cruller.
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jbuck919
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Although nobody here (I imagine) would set up the Methodists as models of anything but mediocrity in all things, I do have to confess that I found both great fellowship and an appropriate level of artistic fulfillment playing organ for them for some ten years, something I could not have claimed if I had been involved in any local Catholic parish. It was not perfect, but the frustration level was well below the boiling point I would have encountered otherwise. I hasten to add before our resident mothers superior get on my case that I remained faithful to Catholic worship all that time, painful as it often was.
The ironic thing is that they (and I assume other mainstream but liturgically “low” denominations) started imitating the very, very worst in contemporary Catholic worship. The hymn in question is one case, but they also copied other of the very worst modern Catholic hymnolgy. During the summet they had the custom of “favorite hymns” and I am not exaggerating when I say I had to play “Here I Am, Lord,” twice every Sunday for twelve weeks in a row. (On top of that of course there was the reverse infection; those denominations take a hymn like “How Great Thou Art” for granted, and now it’s a Catholic “staple,” too.)
More than once in worhsip committee meetings, they brought up the prospect of having an individual song leader (this in a church that for these days in any denominations had a large, talented, and dedicated adult music ministry including a choir I was happy to consider as colleagues). “The Catholics do it.” Yes, I would respond, and it is about the worst thing they ever settled on. You would not believe the remonstrations I had to go through to keep them from blindly imitating the Catholic church around the corner
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boppaid
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What the heck does Coombya mean anyway?
Take this for what it’s worth. It pretty much agrees with what I heard years ago when I was in Girl Scouts and we sang this.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbaya
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m134e5
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They will- as soon as a few more generations die off. Lousy music usually doesn’t stand the test of time. Some things will get by, but compared to what’s out there, it won’t be much.
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Elzee
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Or as soon as many priests ordained in the 70’s retire.
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JimR-OCDS
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Unfortunately at our parish, the church organ has a switch which allows you to turn the tuning up or below A440. As a result, our music director tunes it above A440, because that’s where she sings. Unfortunately, the majority of the parish can’t sing the songs, they’re too high.
I’d like to go up someday and remove the tuning switch, knob.
I’d like to go up someday and remove the tuning switch, knob.
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Jaypeeto3
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“Kumbayah” means “Pass by here” or “come by here.”
I like that song (Kumbayah), but not at Mass.
I also liked Put Your Hand in the Hand, too,
but I wouldn’t want it used in the liturgy.
Love,
Jaypeeto3 (aka Jaypeeto4)
I like that song (Kumbayah), but not at Mass.
I also liked Put Your Hand in the Hand, too,
but I wouldn’t want it used in the liturgy.
Love,
Jaypeeto3 (aka Jaypeeto4)
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JimR-OCDS
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I happen to love guitars at Mass, being I play one and use to play at Mass, if the proper song is done.
What sounds bad is an organist attempting to play songs that were written for guitar. “Lord of Glory” comes to mind here.
Jim
if the proper song is done.What sounds bad is an organist attempting to play songs that were written for guitar. “Lord of Glory” comes to mind here.
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davy39
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You will probably agree that guitars have no business trying to play songs that would sound much better played on the organ. Faith of our Fathers comes to my mind.I happen to love guitars at Mass, being I play one and use to play at Mass,
What sounds bad is an organist attempting to play songs that were written for guitar. “Lord of Glory” comes to mind here.
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LilyM
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Meee-moriiiiiiies
The good sister is a true-blue Australian nun, and the song did indeed hit the top five in the pop charts in the US, the UK and Australia of course You’d better believe we Australians were singing that version loudly and proudly for quite a while afterwards
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kaygee
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I experienced and liked guitar “Masses” (I was Episcopalian back then). However, there is a new generation. DD’s 8th grade class last Advent refused to do “hippie hymns” in the school Mass and demanded (and got) more traditional music (like O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) .
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JimR-OCDS
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I agree, but Faith of Our Fathers can be done well on a guitar, when it’s done with finger style picking. There are some songs however, that are just not conducive for guitar, and many of those are Christmas songs. My first year playing at Church, I was amazed at how difficult it was to play on the guitar, some Christmas songs.
But in general, a guitar, especially a classical guitar played with finger style picking, is beautiful.
I played and sang John Michael Talbot’s, “Holy Is His Name,” at communion. If you don’t find that song reverent, you should probably seek counseling for you have problems that go beyond what type of music played at mass.
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netmilsmom
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AMEN!I experienced and liked guitar “Masses” (I was Episcopalian back then). However, there is a new generation. DD’s 8th grade class last Advent refused to do “hippie hymns” in the school Mass and demanded (and got) more traditional music (like O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) .
And what people are not seeing is that the “folk” music is not considered “Hip” by this generation.
The young people want the reverence because to them it seems more adult than the touchie-feelie “Happy Catholic” stuff. At least that’s what I hear from the kids at my parish.
God Bless your DD and her class!!!
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