Hymn/Song not used for an extremely long time

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But the Te Deum isn’t really a hymn. It’s a canticle that is supposed to be sung at Morning Prayer.
Te Deum is sometimes referred to as the Ambrosian Hymn, because it was believed to have been written by St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, although nobody knows for sure. It is also referred to as the Hymn of Thanksgiving and in Polish it is sometimes referred to as the Song of the Church (roughly translated). Its a traditional hymn of joy and thanksgiving. Te Deum is not said in morning prayer. I believe what you are referencing is the Canticle of Zechariah, also known as the Benedictus, which is what is said at Morning Prayer.

Te Deum on the other hand is said/sung in the Office of Readings, on days on which the Gloria is said during the mass, meaning all Sundays outside of Advent/Lent, Solemnities, and certain feast days.
 
Te Deum is sometimes referred to as the Ambrosian Hymn, because it was believed to have been written by St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, although nobody knows for sure. It is also referred to as the Hymn of Thanksgiving and in Polish it is sometimes referred to as the Song of the Church (roughly translated). Its a traditional hymn of joy and thanksgiving. Te Deum is not said in morning prayer. I believe what you are referencing is the Canticle of Zechariah, also known as the Benedictus, which is what is said at Morning Prayer.

Te Deum on the other hand is said/sung in the Office of Readings, on days on which the Gloria is said during the mass, meaning all Sundays outside of Advent/Lent, Solemnities, and certain feast days.
No. It is not a hymn sung at Mass. I know the difference between the Te Deum and the Benedictus. How can you say it is not said/sung at Morning Prayer and then go on to say it is said/ sung at the Office of Readings? We sing it at Westminster Cathedral at Morning Prayer except in Advent or Lent, but never at mass. It is very occasionally sung solemnly on a very special day, but separately after mass.
 
No. It is not a hymn sung at Mass. I know the difference between the Te Deum and the Benedictus. How can you say it is not said/sung at Morning Prayer and then go on to say it is said/ sung at the Office of Readings? We sing it at Westminster Cathedral at Morning Prayer except in Advent or Lent, but never at mass. It is very occasionally sung solemnly on a very special day, but separately after mass.
*GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS:
Chapter II-III. Office of Readings
68. On Sundays outside Lent, on days within the octaves of Easter and Christmas, and on solemnities and feasts the Te Deum is said after the second reading with its responsory but is omitted on memorials and weekdays. The last part of this hymn, that is, from the verse, Save your people, Lord to the end, may be omitted.

Chapter II-IV. Vigils
73. Further, since in the Roman Rite the office of readings is always of a uniform brevity, especially for the sake of those engaged in apostolic work, those who desire, in accordance with tradition, to extend the celebration of the vigils of Sundays, solemnities, and feasts should do so as follows.

First, the office of readings is to be celebrated as in The Liturgy of the Hours up to the end of the readings. After the two readings and before the Te Deum canticles should be added from the special appendix of The Liturgy of the Hours. Then the gospel should be read; a homily on the gospel may be added. After this the Te Deum is sung and the prayer said.
  1. ARRANGEMENT OF THE OFFICE FOR SOLEMNITIES
  2. In the office of readings, everything is proper: the hymn, the antiphons and psalms, the readings and the responsories. The first reading is from Scripture; the second is about the saint. In the case of a saint with a purely local cult and without special texts even in the local proper, everything is taken from the common.
At the end of the office of readings the Te Deum and the proper prayer are said.
  1. ARRANGEMENT OF THE OFFICE FOR MEMORIALS
    235 d. in the office of readings, the Scripture reading with its responsory is from the current cycle. The second reading is about the saint, with a proper responsory or one taken from the common; if there is no proper reading, the patristic reading for the day is used. The Te Deum is not said.
The instructions say that the Te Deum is said during the Office of Readings as prescribed above. It clearly states that the Te Deum is said during the Office of Readings; it makes no mention of it being said during Morning Prayer.
You are correct in saying that the Te Deum is not said during Mass, but in my parish it is usually sung on great solemnities immediately following Mass. It’s also usually sung at the end of our two Eucharistic processions: one at the end of our 40 Hour Devotion procession and the other at the end of our Corpus Christi procession. We also sing it at the end of our non-Eucharist procession on our Patron Saint’s Feast day. Like I said earlier, I haven’t heard it sung in Church after mass, since our Eucharistic Procession, in November, at the end of our 40 Hour Devotion.

EDIT: The only time I can think of when I heard Te Deum sung at morning prayer, was when the Office of Readings was combined with Morning Prayer, meaning one was said after the other.
 
Look at the order for Morning Prayer this Sunday. You will see that the Te Deum is sung after the second reading as it has been every Sunday since Easter.
 
Look at the order for Morning Prayer this Sunday. You will see that the Te Deum is sung after the second reading as it has been every Sunday since Easter.
divineoffice.org/easter-w06-sun-mp/?date=20160501
I don’t see the Te Deum in the morning prayer.

However, I do see it after the second reading in the Office of Readings:
divineoffice.org/easter-w06-sun-or/?date=20160501

The Morning Prayer only has one reading. The Office of Readings has two, and the Te Deum is sung after the second reading and responsory.
 
Really. You kind of got me going a little crazy for a second. Do you have any link to the old form; I’m kind of interested now.
I don’t but I will take the service sheet next time and try and scan it for you. 🙂
 
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“Sing to the Mountains”
“Gather Us In” (also known as the Cookie Recipe song)
“Though the Mountains May Fall”
“Glory and Praise to Our God”

🤷 What can I say, we’re pretty traditional in our liturgies, and our “children’s choir” (everyone between the ages of 10 and 23…except me, of course) enjoys singing the traditional hymns and in Latin. 😃

“Soul of My Savior” and “O Sacrament Most Holy” are staple communion hymns for us by the way.

God bless y’all.
I’ll gladly trade you. We generally get a double-shot of Dan Schutte at each weekend Mass here. And Gather Us In is sometimes compared to The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald.

Odd as it may seem, it’s been a few years since Advent standard, O Come, O Come Emmanuel has been heard in my home parish. Come To Us, Emmanuel has supplanted it.
 
A Gloria lacking a refrain and a Great Amen consisting of a single “Amen”.
 
*Canticle of the Sun * was used as the Entrance Hymn and the Closing Hymn at the Most Holy Trinity Sunday Mass.
 
“Go Tell Everyone” from ***The People’s Mass Book ***of the 1960s.
 
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive was used as the Entrance Hymn at Sunday Mass.
 
Bring Forth the Kingdom was sung as the Entrance Hymn for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass.
 
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