What Marian hymns are sung in Catholic churches these days? These are the ones I remember from my youth:
I know you asked benedictgal this question (by quoting her), but these are some Marian hymns that I know of that are being sung in the Catholic Church:
The plainsong Salve Regina appears to be a favorite of local Latin Mass community. They also sing it a the Trappist monastery at the conclusion of Compline, although the rest of the office in sung in english. If one wanted to learn a simple Gregorian chant from scratch, I wouldn’t recommend Salve Regina because of its complexity. My guess is a lot of the old timers remember it from their past. Interesting to observe.
Glasses are not allowed, unless you are referring to the cruets. By the way, instrumental use is not allowed during Lent.
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Hosea, I don’t know what hymnal/missal you use, but my parish uses Breaking Bread. When the directive was given out in August 2008, the 2009 OCP Missals were already printed and sent out to the subscribers, so they didn’t get the revision. The current 2010 missals got the revision and now “Yahweh” in the song “You Are Near” is replaced with “O Lord”. We haven’t used it in about three years, when the old version of it was out, so I’m expecting to hear some of the congregation sing “Yahweh”.
We use JourneySongs so it is a hard back. That’s the problem with having hard backed books. We just won’t be able to use the song until the church buys new hymnals and gets rid of the old. And I agree; the people would still sing '“Yahweh.”Hosea, I don’t know what hymnal/missal you use, but my parish uses Breaking Bread. When the directive was given out in August 2008, the 2009 OCP Missals were already printed and sent out to the subscribers, so they didn’t get the revision. The current 2010 missals got the revision and now “Yahweh” in the song “You Are Near” is replaced with “O Lord”. We haven’t used it in about three years, when the old version of it was out, so I’m expecting to hear some of the congregation sing “Yahweh”.
I heard of “There is a River”, but I only know of the one written by Tim Manion. Is that the one? I’ll post a link to it below.
I haven’t heard Hurd’s “To You, O God, I Lift Up My Soul”, nor have I heard it sung at Mass.
As with Landry’s music, I’m not really a fan.
Tim Manion’s “There is a River”:
printandpraise.com/songprint/file/11168/preview/153035/105464.img
What would probably help with the Schutte song is to, perhaps, print something in the bulletin to catechize the faithful and then, before Mass, make an announcement that the text of the song has changed to conform to the Holy See’s requirements. It’s better to be faithful to Rome than to the composer or one’s particular attachment to a song (no matter how bad the piece is).Hosea, I don’t know what hymnal/missal you use, but my parish uses Breaking Bread. When the directive was given out in August 2008, the 2009 OCP Missals were already printed and sent out to the subscribers, so they didn’t get the revision. The current 2010 missals got the revision and now “Yahweh” in the song “You Are Near” is replaced with “O Lord”. We haven’t used it in about three years, when the old version of it was out, so I’m expecting to hear some of the congregation sing “Yahweh”.
I heard of “There is a River”, but I only know of the one written by Tim Manion. Is that the one? I’ll post a link to it below.
I haven’t heard Hurd’s “To You, O God, I Lift Up My Soul”, nor have I heard it sung at Mass.
As with Landry’s music, I’m not really a fan.
Tim Manion’s “There is a River”:
printandpraise.com/songprint/file/11168/preview/153035/105464.img
No, you should definitely be faithful to the composer on this one. (He changed the word Yahweh immediately after the Vatican’s instruction came out. Didn’t you check that, BG?)
That is what we did. You can never have too much doctrinal teaching. It is also good for a parish to see everyone take a real interest in following what the Church is teaching. Lead by example.
That is a good idea. I have no idea whether or not he will make an announcement about it. I’m guessing not because it is explained in the missal. However, I don’t think everyone will read that description, or understand why the directive was made.
Yes, but, he was still trying to justify his original wording, Mark. He did not change the wording immediately after the Vatican’s instruction. Had he done so, it would have been made in 2001 when Liturgiam Authenticam was promulgated. The instruction from the CDWDS simply reiterated what should have been followed in LA.
I don’t think that our choir has sung really any of the former “Yahweh” hymns since the changes took place.