Music at the Papal Masses

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I was really disappointed in one aspect of the coverage of the Papal Masses. The choir and music were being completely ignored. I had no idea what they were singing half of the time, because the people who were commenting on the Mass kept talking when beautiful music was being played. For example, after Communion at the Yankee Stadium Mass, I heard them singing “Let us praise God together on our knees,” which, I remember is a part of a song that has been around since the 1970’s called “Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees.” They used to sing that at the Folk Masses. I guess I should be grateful that I was able to hear the Tenor from the Metropolitan Opera singing right before that. After Communion, the commentators went on and on about everything under the sun, and I could hear the choir singing beautiful music in the background. What were they singing? I don’t have a clue. I have looked on the EWTN and USCCB Web Sites, and nowhere could I find a list of the songs that were performed during the Masses and who performed them. To me, singing is praying twice. Is there any place I could either order a DVD of the Masses that would include the singing? Is there any radio recording of the Mass that would include the singing that I could purchase or download? Is there anywhere I could find a list of the songs and singers? I would really be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
 
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already a thread going on this topic. check it out.
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I have seen some threads where people were discussing the music in general, but I’m looking for a list of songs that were performed at each Mass, and I would like to know who performed them. If this specific information is covered in another thread, I’m not sure where to look for it.

I have looked on the USCCB and EWTN Web Sites, and I was unable to find this. Maybe someone knows where to click on a specific Web Site.
 
Listener said:
I have seen some threads where people were discussing the music in general, but I’m looking for a list of songs that were performed at each Mass, and I would like to know who performed them. If this specific information is covered in another thread, I’m not sure where to look for it.

I have looked on the USCCB and EWTN Web Sites, and I was unable to find this. Maybe someone knows where to click on a specific Web Site.
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Keep looking. Somebody posted a link here a few days ago with ALL the music listed.
 
Listener said:
I have seen some threads where people were discussing the music in general, but I’m looking for a list of songs that were performed at each Mass, and I would like to know who performed them. If this specific information is covered in another thread, I’m not sure where to look for it.

I have looked on the USCCB and EWTN Web Sites, and I was unable to find this. Maybe someone knows where to click on a specific Web Site.
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For the Washington, D.C. Mass, please check out message #541 at forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=233975&page=37
 
Here is a list of the music performed during the Mass at Nationals Stadium:
Plenty Good Room-------------------------------Spiritual
Come, O Spirit of God---------------------------Manolo
Sing Aloud Unto God our Strength------------Nelson
Go Up To The Altar Of God--------------------Chepponis
Ave Verum Corpus-------------------------------Mozart
Spirit of God---------------------------------------LeBlanc
Concertato On Grosser GottHoly God, We Praise Thy Name
O Spirit All-Embracing--------------------------Holst/Proulx
Ave Maria-----------------------------------------Dett
O Holy Spirit By Whose Breath----------------Latona
Kyrie------------------------------------------------Roberts
Gloria – Mass of the Angels---------------------Proulx
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit----------------------Peloquin
Easter Gospel Acclamation----------------------Luckner
Trilingual Intercessions--------------------------Hay
Let All the World in every Corner Sing-------Argento
Ven Espiritu Sancto
Sanctus - Mass of Creation----------------------Haugen
Memorial Acclamation – Mass of Creation—Haugen
Fraction Rite---------------------------------------Honoré
The Lord’s Prayer
Psalm 100 – All the Earth-----------------------Deiss/Proulx
Jesus Is Here Right Now------------------------ Roberts
Ubi Caritas---------------------------------------- Hurd
Pange Lingua-------------------------------------Manolo
My God and My All-----------------------------Zaragoza
Love’s Redeeming Work Is Done-------------Ogden
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Incidentally, after the DC Mass, OCP sent a mass email to its server list proudly touting that their music had been performed at the Mass. I see this as a serious chilling effect that will have some bad rammifications. A lot of these hymns were bad and the musical settings were horrid. Bienaventurados sounded like something out of Jon Secada or Gloria Estefan’s greatest hits catalogue. Fr. Manolo’s pieces were sub-par and not at all impressive. The Gospel song performed during Holy Communion was grossly inappropriate. You aren’t suppposed to be applauding and shouting at precisely the moment that Jesus is coming into contact with you. While not the most important part of the Mass, receiving Holy Communion is a sublime experience that should not be cheapened by a jazz lounge piece.

In marked contrast, these were the songs used for the NYC Mass:
Entrance of concelebrants:
Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Molto vivace
Entrance of the Holy Father:
Hymnus Pontificius – Charles Gounod, arr. Alberico Vitalini
Dixit from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music for Mass:
Jesus is Risen/ Cristo Jesús Resucitó – arr. John Rutter
Tu es Petrus – Dom Lorenzo Perosi
Kyrie – from Litany of the Saints, adapt. Richard Proulx
Gloria from Missa O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis da Victoria
Psalm – Dr. Jennifer Pascual
Alleluia (VICTORY) arr. Wm. Glenn Osborne
Credo III
Trilingual Intercessions – Michael Hay, orch. Wm. Glenn Osborne
How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place – Johannes Brahms
Sanctus from German Mass – Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx
Christ Has Died/ Amen - Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx
Agnus Dei from Missa O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis da Victoria
Panis Angelicus – Cesár Franck, Marcello Giordani, Tenor, Metropolitan Opera
Sicut Cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Ave Verum – Alexandre Guilmant, orch. Deborah Jamini
Amén. El Cuerpo de Cristo - John Schiavonne, orch. Carl MaultsBy
Let Us Break Bread Together – arr. Carl MaultsBy
This is the Feast – Richard Hillert, arr. Richard Kidd
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee/ Jubilosos te Adoramos – from Hymn to Joy
Fantasy – Bruce Saylor
Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
IV. Presto
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During the Papal Mass at St. Patrick’s the choir sang Christus Vincit when the Holy Father walked in (prior to the Mass) to greet the faithful. Christus Vincit, which was written in honor of Pope Piux XII is the Papal anthem and is also the call signal for Vatican Radio. When the Holy Father processed in for Mass, the choir sang Tu Es Petrus. The Gloria was impressive. The Holy Father intoned the beginning and the choir and faithful took up the rest (in Latin).

The only caveat was that I am the Bread of Life was one of the hymns for communion. Other than that, everything was beautiful. The recessional was Holy God, We Praise Thy Name. One of the verses was sung in German.

For the interfaith service at St. Joseph’s Church, the choir sang Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether. This is a beautiful hymn. If I should die during the Easter Season, I want this sung at my funeral for Holy Communion. I belted it out as I heard it and I think I stunned my little dachshunds (I rescue dachshunds).

I would say that the only glaring pimple during the Papal visit was most of the music for the DC Mass.

Now, please bear in mind. I am not criticizing the choir. They sing what they are told to sing. The ones at fault are the local organizers because they placed a higher priority on the banal and on multiculturalism instead of focusing their attention to worshipping God and celebrating his Divine Majesty.
 
NLM has this post from Mar 15 that lists the music for the then-upcoming New York Papal appearances. For your convenience I include the list here.

St. Joseph, Yorkville – Ecumenical Service: April 18, 2008

Stephen Black, Director of Music and Organist, St. Joseph, Yorkville
Choir of St. Joseph, Yorkville
Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music and Organist, Cathedral of St. Patrick
Donald Dumler, Principal Organist, Cathedral of St. Patrick
Cathedral of Saint Patrick Choir

In dir ist Freude – J.S. Bach (organ)
Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether – Harold Friedell (congregation and choir)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden – J.S. Bach (choir)
Lord’s Prayer – (congregation)
Now Thank We All our God – (congregation)
Allegro assai vivace from Sonata No. 1 in F minor – Felix Mendelssohn (organ)

St. Patrick Cathedral – Celebration of the Eucharist: April 19, 2008

Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music and Organist, Cathedral of St. Patrick
Donald Dumler, Principal Organist, Cathedral of St. Patrick
Cathedral of Saint Patrick Choir and Orchestra
Drew Santini, Cantor
Sr. Maria Emmanuel, S.V., Psalmist

Entrance of the Holy Father:
Christus Vincit – arr. Nicolai Montani, orch. Dr. Peter Latona
Music for Mass:
O God, Beyond All Praising – arr. Deborah Jamini
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus – Johann Singenberger, arr. Deborah Jamini
Kyrie – Missa de Angelis
Gloria from Messe in C, Op.169 – Josef Rheinberger
Psalm – Dr. Jennifer Pascual
Alleluia (O filii et filiae) – arr. Wm. Glenn Osborne
Trilingual Intercessions – Michael Hay, orch. Wm. Glenn Osborne
Ave Maria – Franz Biebl
Sanctus – Missa de Angelis
Christ Has Died/ Amen – Danish Mass, orch. Wm. Glenn Osborne
Agnus Dei from Messe in C, Op.169 – Josef Rheinberger
(TBD) Salvatore Licitra, Tenor, Metropolitan Opera
Ego Sum Panis Vivus – Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina
O Sacrum Convivium – Dom Lorenzo Perosi
Ave Verum- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I am the Bread of Life/ Yo Soy el Pan de Vida – Suzanne Toolan, SM, orch. Johnnie Carl
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name – arr. Bruce Saylor
Hallelujah from The Mount of Olives – Ludwig van Beethoven

St. Joseph’s Seminary – Meeting with Young People Having Disabilities: April 19, 2008

Daniel Brondel, Director of Music and Organist, Cathedral of St. Patrick Young Singers
Cathedral of Patrick Young Singers
New York Archdiocesan Deaf Choir

Christus resurgentis – François Couperin (choir)
Take Lord, Receive – John Foley, S.J. (choirs and congregation)
Fugue in D, BWV 532 – J.S. Bach (organ)

St. Joseph’s Seminary – Meeting with Youth and Seminarians – April 19, 2008

Communion and Liberation, Christopher Vath, Director of Music
Richard Marrano, Organist
Christi Chiapetti, Cantor
Teng Fu, Pianist

America the Beautiful – Samuel A. Ward
Pan de Vida – Bob Hurd
Jesus, Remember Me – Jacques Berthier
One Bread, One Body – John Foley, S. J.
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name – Traditional
Ave Maria – Franz Schubert, Kelly Clarkson, American Idol Winner 2002
City of God – Daniel Schutte

Yankee Stadium – Celebration of the Eucharist: April 20, 2008

Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music/ Mass Conductor
New York Archdiocesan Festival Chorale
Cathedral of St. Patrick Choir
Ulster County Vicariate Choir, Michael Sweeney, Director of Music
Donald Dumler, Organist
John Des Marias, Cantor
Joe Simmons, Psalmist

Entrance of concelebrants:
Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
II. Molto vivace
Entrance of the Holy Father:
Hymnus Pontificius – Charles Gounod, arr. Alberico Vitalini
Dixit from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music for Mass:
Jesus is Risen/ Cristo Jesús Resucitó – arr. John Rutter
Tu es Petrus – Dom Lorenzo Perosi
Kyrie – from Litany of the Saints, adapt. Richard Proulx
Gloria from Missa O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis da Victoria
Psalm – Dr. Jennifer Pascual
Alleluia (VICTORY) arr. Wm. Glenn Osborne
Credo III
Trilingual Intercessions – Michael Hay, orch. Wm. Glenn Osborne
How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place – Johannes Brahms
Sanctus from German Mass – Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx
Christ Has Died/ Amen - Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx
Agnus Dei from Missa O Magnum Mysterium – Tomás Luis da Victoria
Panis Angelicus – Cesár Franck, Marcello Giordani, Tenor, Metropolitan Opera
Sicut Cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Ave Verum – Alexandre Guilmant, orch. Deborah Jamini
Amén. El Cuerpo de Cristo - John Schiavonne, orch. Carl MaultsBy
Let Us Break Bread Together – arr. Carl MaultsBy
This is the Feast – Richard Hillert, arr. Richard Kidd
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee/ Jubilosos te Adoramos – from Hymn to Joy Fantasy – Bruce Saylor
Symphony No. 9 in D minor – Ludwig van Beethoven
IV. Presto
 
Just so we have all the info in one place.

Vespers in the Crypt Church of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception - Apr 15
(Taken from this.)

Entrance: Tu es Petrus - Palestrina
Opening Hymn: At the Lamb’s High Feast - Hintze
Psalmody: Psalm 139:1-18, 23-24, Psalm 139:1-18, 23-24
Canticle: Colossians 1:12-20
Magnificat (chant)
The Lord’s Prayer (Pater Noster, chant)
Regina Caeli

Mass at Washington National’s Park - Apr 17

PMC - Papal Mass CHoir, ICC - Intercultural Choir, GC - Gospel Choir, ChC - Children’s Choir, Inst - Instrumental, All - all choirs)

Prelude:
Plenty Good Room (All) – Snedecor
Send Forth Your Spirit (ChC) – Wright
Come, O Spirit of God (ICC) – Manolo
Gloria Fanfare (Inst) – LeBlanc
I Call Upon You, God – Roberts
Halle, Hallelujah – Trad. Caribbean
Sing Aloud Unto God our Strength (PMC) – Nelson
Let’Isikia (ICC) – Trad. Zulu/Arr. McDonnell
Trio on Gloria (Inst) – LeBlanc
Lord Make Me An Instrument (GC) – St. Francis/Holland
Go Up To The Altar Of God (All) – Chepponis
Ave Verum Corpus (ChC and PMC) – Mozart
Yo Danzo Como David (ICC) – Trad. Merengue
Passacaglia on Bonae Voluntatis (Inst) – LeBlanc
Holy Spirit (GC) – Smallwood
Source d’eau Vive (ICC) – Haugel
Spirit of God (PMC) – Smith/LeBlanc
Veni Creator Spiritus (ICC) – 9th Century Chant
Humoresque on the Song of the Angels (Inst) – LeBlanc

Arrival of the Pope:
Entrata Festiva (Inst) – Peeters
Tu Es Petrus (ALL) – Chant/Antiphonale Monasticum 1934
Concertato On Grosser Gott
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (All)
Laudate Dominum/Uyai Mose (ICC)
O Spirit All-Embracing (All) – Holst/Proulx
Ave Maria (PMC) – Dett
We Are One In The Spirit (ALL, Denyce Graves) – Foster
O Holy Spirit By Whose Breath (All) – Latona
Kyrie (All) – Roberts
Gloria – Mass of the Angels (All) – Proulx
Lord, Send Out Your Spirit (All) – Peloquin
Easter Gospel Acclamation (All) – Luckner
Trilingual Intercessions (All) – Hay
Let All the World in every Corner Sing (PMC) – Argento
Ven Espiritu Sancto (ICC) – Cortez
Sanctus - Mass of Creation (All) – Haugen
Memorial Acclamation – Mass of Creation (All) – Haugen
Amen – Mass of Creation (All) – Haugen
The Lord’s Prayer (Chant) (All)
Fraction Rite (All) – Honoré
Ubi Caritas (Chant) (All)
Psalm 100 – All the Earth (All) – Deiss/Proulx
Jesus Is Here Right Now (GC) – Roberts
Ubi Caritas (All) – Hurd
Bienaventurados (ICC) – Montgomery
Pange Lingua (All) – Manolo
My God and My All (All but PMC, I think) – Zaragoza
Panis Angelicus (Placido Domingo solo) – Frank
Lord, You Give the Great Commision (All) – Rowthorn/.Nestor

Postlude:
Love’s Redeeming Work Is Done (All) – Wesley/Ogden
 
I just wanted to thank those who found the list of songs and performers for me. I know there has been a lot of complaining about the music in general, and I just don’t see what people are complaining about. They usually did the Gloria and Credo in Latin, which should satisfy the people who can’t stand anything but a Latin Mass. There were a lot of classic hymns such as Ave Verum, along with some more folksy upbeat music. I love most kinds of music, so I was very happy with what I heard.

I have been going to www.uspapalvisit.org and clicking on some of the videos where the Pope was saying Mass. With a printed list of the music, I can now listen and also know what they are singing and who is performing the song. It would have been absolutely wonderful to have been there, but it is really amazing what they can do with video clips on the Internet these days.

I was at a John Paul II Mass once years ago. We were outdoors in a huge field, and around 100,000 people were present. I can still remember all the choirs that were singing beautifully on every corner. It was just the greatest blessing to be there in person.
 
Listener said:
I just wanted to thank those who found the list of songs and performers for me. I know there has been a lot of complaining about the music in general, and I just don’t see what people are complaining about. They usually did the Gloria and Credo in Latin, which should satisfy the people who can’t stand anything but a Latin Mass. There were a lot of classic hymns such as Ave Verum, along with some more folksy upbeat music. I love most kinds of music, so I was very happy with what I heard.

I have been going to www.uspapalvisit.org and clicking on some of the videos where the Pope was saying Mass. With a printed list of the music, I can now listen and also know what they are singing and who is performing the song. It would have been absolutely wonderful to have been there, but it is really amazing what they can do with video clips on the Internet these days.

I was at a John Paul II Mass once years ago. We were outdoors in a huge field, and around 100,000 people were present. I can still remember all the choirs that were singing beautifully on every corner. It was just the greatest blessing to be there in person.
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First of all, you need to examine the music, itself. The Gloria from the DC Mass, although performed in Latin, was not at all conducive to prayer. The Holy Father was supposed to have intoned it, but, he was not given the chance. The bell setting was not very good and ill-suited for the Gloria. Had the bells been better orchestrated, they would have worked.

Furthermore, the settings in which many of these hymns were performed were too secular. The Gospel song performed during Communion was highly inappropriate. People were clapping and hollering, not the ideal song for receiving the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus. Furthermore, the score was better suited for a jazz lounge than for the Mass.

Many of the Spanish hymns were performed to settings that would have better suited a Ricky Martin or Gloria Estefan concert. It was too secular a setting for use in the Mass.

It is quite evident that the local team planning the DC Mass didn’t read any of the Church’s documents on the liturgy, let alone the writings of the Holy Father on sacred music.

The only upshot is that, at least, the Holy Father experienced what many of us have to endure Sunday after Sunday.
 
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus offered this observation on his April 18th edition of On the Public Square in the online edition of First Things.
Of course nothing can diminish, never mind negate, the astonishment of the Real Presence of Christ in the Mass, but it must be admitted that the mish-mash of music and liturgical practices putatively representing the “other” of multiculturalism did vigorously compete with the central reality. I offered an observation or two on this in the course of our EWTN coverage, provoking the response that the people in the stadium were obviously enjoying themselves and we mustn’t try to impose our elitist musical and liturgical criteria. Ouch. ***The point I was making is that Benedict has written very specifically over the years about the distortion of the dynamics of worship when attention is focused on “our wonderful selves” rather than on the glory of God. He has also stressed the importance of renewing commitment to and continuity in the tradition of sacred music, including Gregorian chant, a tradition almost entirely absent from the stadium Mass. So the point of the commentary on that Mass is that it is remarkable that, on matters about which Benedict has been so emphatic, his views were so egregiously ignored or defied. ***
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Admittedly, in his frequent writings on matters liturgical, Benedict has often offered a caveat on the difficulty of doing it right on occasions with huge crowds such as is the case here and will be Sunday at Yankee Stadium, so I expect he is resigned to things getting out of hand and his pastoral disposition is to go along with the more or less inevitable. It is also the case that some of those in Nationals Park said they did not notice the music and other multicultural indulgences that were so prominent in what was televised. Which is probably just as well.
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I suspect that now that the dust has settled, some serious conversations will take place between the Holy Father and Msgr. Marini about future papal Masses on foreign soil. As Fr. Neuhaus said, the Holy Father is too much a pastor to have said anything outloud. To have expected him to have done so would have been ludicrous. However, for the Holy Father to “break his own rule” and greet Placido Domingo with open arms after he sang Panis Angelicus was, I think, a gesture of releif for having been rescued from the banalitiy he had to endure throughout most of the Mass.
 
I loved the Gloria - thought it was very in tune with the spirit of the prayer.
 
Listener said:
I was really disappointed in one aspect of the coverage of the Papal Masses. The choir and music were being completely ignored. I had no idea what they were singing half of the time, because the people who were commenting on the Mass kept talking when beautiful music was being played. For example, after Communion at the Yankee Stadium Mass, I heard them singing “Let us praise God together on our knees,” which, I remember is a part of a song that has been around since the 1970’s called “Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees.” They used to sing that at the Folk Masses. I guess I should be grateful that I was able to hear the Tenor from the Metropolitan Opera singing right before that. After Communion, the commentators went on and on about everything under the sun, and I could hear the choir singing beautiful music in the background. What were they singing? I don’t have a clue. I have looked on the EWTN and USCCB Web Sites, and nowhere could I find a list of the songs that were performed during the Masses and who performed them. To me, singing is praying twice. Is there any place I could either order a DVD of the Masses that would include the singing? Is there any radio recording of the Mass that would include the singing that I could purchase or download? Is there anywhere I could find a list of the songs and singers? I would really be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
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This is exactly why I will never watch another Papal liturgy on TV again. The commentators don’t know when to keep their mouths shut (that being almost all the time).
 
m134e5 said:
This is exactly why I will never watch another Papal liturgy on TV again. The commentators don’t know when to keep their mouths shut (that being almost all the time).
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I think that y’all have missed the point. I have been watching Papal Masses ever since Pope John Paul’s funeral. If anything, they’ve been very well done. The problem is that what many of you don’t realize is that you’ve got two audiences to serve: both TV and radio. If you are listening via radio you don’t have the benefit of live pictures, so, there is dead air. Vatican Radio is very good about reminding us about its dual audiences.

Furthermore, if you really paid attention, you would not have noted that most of the commentary while the readings were proclaimed (with the exception of the translations of the Spanish readings) or while the Holy Father was reciting/chanting the prayers). The commentary occurred either during some of the hymns or during “dead space”. So, please don’t make generalized statements. Incidentally, more commentary occurs during Varican Radio broadcasts than what transpired during the actual EWTN ones (with Raymond and Fr. Neuhaus–take it from somone who actually gets up at 3AM to watch the live feeds from Rome).

Incidentally, Fr. Neuhaus and Raymond were pretty much reminding the emperors at the DC Mass that the “muliticultural new clothes” were pretty much going against everything that the Holy Father had ever written on Sacred Music, as well as going against the documents issued by the Apostolic See.
 
Given all of the mulitple cable channels that were out there, you would think that some channel could’ve just shown the event, without commentary (kind of like what c-span does with Congress), and then the other networks would’ve been free to talk to their heart’s content.
 
aloysiusg said:
Given all of the mulitple cable channels that were out there, you would think that some channel could’ve just shown the event, without commentary (kind of like what c-span does with Congress), and then the other networks would’ve been free to talk to their heart’s content.
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When I watch a Mass on TV I’m watching as a detached observer; not as a participant. In other words, I generally turn the channel during the Eucharistic liturgy as it doesn’t apply to me. However, during the Papal Masses I did watch the Eucharistic liturgy just out of curiosity; again not as a participant in the Mass, so I didn’t mind listening to some commentary.

So, to me commentary is fine. I appreciate insightful commentary. Both FOX and MSNBC had good commentators that I feel represented the Catholic faith well. Sure, some of the news anchors made some innocent errors because of not being Catholic – but their attitude was very respectful, so I overlook their slight slips.

MonFrere
 
Absolutely MonFrere - I agree it can be nice to have worthwhile commentary for one of these masses, assuming they’ve done their research. But I also think that with all of the cable options out there, one channel could just cover it for those that already know what is going on and so don’t need the play-by-play.
 
aloysiusg said:
Absolutely MonFrere - I agree it can be nice to have worthwhile commentary for one of these masses, assuming they’ve done their research. But I also think that with all of the cable options out there, one channel could just cover it for those that already know what is going on and so don’t need the play-by-play.
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no problemo - to be multicultural about it! 🙂 I think this would be especially helpful to those shut-ins who may really want to participate in the Mass as best they can.

MonFrere
 
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