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One particular pet peeve I have, as maybe a few of you have, is, I will
enjoy a song’s melody and lyrics overall, but then, there would be that one particular line or phrase in the song that just has me laughing, so we stay away from the song. All in fun, no disrespect to the songwriters.

Here are some examples-

Change Our Hearts by Rory Cooney

“One foot in paradise, one in the waste…”

Don’t like the choice word “waste” here, it just sounds so unpoetic

Gather The People by Dan Schutte

“Here we become what we eat”

Great, right after I had a huge piece of pizza and they want me to sing that?

Come to Me And Drink Bob Hurd

Just that first line reminds me of a pub in south Boston (can’t get past that line, lol), sorry

Fill My Cup, Lord Richard Blanchard

The title reminds me of a singer and great friend of mine in our group who has a flat chest and she always jokes that God didn’t give her anything to put in her cups so it’s all material and no substance! (therefore we always laugh about that song)

Look Beyond Darryl Ducotte

“Moses brought us manna from the sky”

Welp, all I can say is, how often is the word manna used in a sentence by anyone?
 
itsmaura said:
One particular pet peeve I have, as maybe a few of you have, is, I will
enjoy a song’s melody and lyrics overall, but then, there would be that one particular line or phrase in the song that just has me laughing, so we stay away from the song. All in fun, no disrespect to the songwriters.

Here are some examples-

Change Our Hearts by Rory Cooney

“One foot in paradise, one in the waste…”

Don’t like the choice word “waste” here, it just sounds so unpoetic

😃 I’ll be thinking of it that way when we sing it next weekend.

Gather The People by Dan Schutte

“Here we become what we eat”

Great, right after I had a huge piece of pizza and they want me to sing that?

So true. It does refer (IMHO) to the analogy: “You are what you eat.” :o

Fill My Cup, Lord Richard Blanchard

The title reminds me of a singer and great friend of mine in our group who has a flat chest and she always jokes that God didn’t give her anything to put in her cups so it’s all material and no substance! (therefore we always laugh about that song)

:rotfl: :rotfl: I will never look at the title of that song the same way ever again.
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If you’ve ever sung “Gather Us In” at your parish (which, at this point I would think would be unusual if this was the case), you know in the second verse at the end where it says “give us the courage to enter the song…” it just doesn’t make sense. I like to refer to it as “give us the courage to enter this horrible song”. It’s sort of like Marty’s making a parody of his own composition. (No offense to Marty).

Another one that annoys me is in “Shephered of Souls” (love the song), in the fourth verse it goes “Lord, sup with us…” Why can’t it be “dine with us…”? It just sounds so much better.
 
CatholicZ09 said:
If you’ve ever sung “Gather Us In” at your parish (which, at this point I would think would be unusual if this was the case), you know in the second verse at the end where it says “give us the courage to enter the song…” it just doesn’t make sense. I like to refer to it as “give us the courage to enter this horrible song”. It’s sort of like Marty’s making a parody of his own composition. (No offense to Marty).

Another one that annoys me is in “Shephered of Souls” (love the song), in the fourth verse it goes “Lord, sup with us…” Why can’t it be “dine with us…”? It just sounds so much better.
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“Sup” is actually most fitting. It brings in two contexts, the Last Supper (not called the Last Dinner) and the “Supper” at Emmaus. The Mass on Holy Thursday is also called Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Oddly enough, one of the things that the USCCB is starting to recognize is the need to retain the “archaic” language in a hymn. Removing it with something else tends to take away the meaning. For example, WLP changed the words to the text of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence to read “Christ our God to earth, decended”, replacing “decendeth”. “Decendeth” is actually in the present tense and the context here is that at every Mass, Christ decends to Earth. The USCCB stated that such language should not be changed.
 
benedictgal said:
“Sup” is actually most fitting. It brings in two contexts, the Last Supper (not called the Last Dinner) and the “Supper” at Emmaus. The Mass on Holy Thursday is also called Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Oddly enough, one of the things that the USCCB is starting to recognize is the need to retain the “archaic” language in a hymn. Removing it with something else tends to take away the meaning. For example, WLP changed the words to the text of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence to read “Christ our God to earth, decended”, replacing “decendeth”. “Decendeth” is actually in the present text and the context here is that at every Mass, Christ decends to Earth. The USCCB stated that such language should not be changed.
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I never thought of it that way. Thank you.
 
This morning while I was at church before mass, I had another parishoner come to me and asked if I would suggest that we sing Lord of the Dance sometime soon. He said he likes the hymn and hasn’t heard it in a while.
 
Justin1224 said:
This morning while I was at church before mass, I had another parishoner come to me and asked if I would suggest that we sing Lord of the Dance sometime soon. He said he likes the hymn and hasn’t heard it in a while.
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What is your opinion of “Lord of the Dance”?
 
Justin1224 said:
This morning while I was at church before mass, I had another parishoner come to me and asked if I would suggest that we sing Lord of the Dance sometime soon. He said he likes the hymn and hasn’t heard it in a while.
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:eek:
 
pnewton said:
I love that hymn, but I don’t remember too many times the readings touching on the Scriptures. I have never used it. Now you got me going all nostalgic. Here is a new thread for Protestant hymns.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=6981807#post6981807
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Actually, “How Firm a Foundation” was fitting in a way this Sunday. The whole point of the readings today was repentance, coming back to God, strive for heaven, IMHO.

The readings kind of reflect the verse:
“The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake!”
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The one that makes me chuckle is Dan Schutte’s Behold the wood. The verses sound exactly like the theme to Gilligan’s island.
So, I always have to stiffle a smile as I play/sing the song because it is used on Good Friday or Palm Sunday. You gotta look solomn on those days or they’ll stone ya!

…"for there can be no greater love shown upon this land…
…"so, join us here each week, my friend you’re sure to get a smile…

you get the idea.

:o
 
hosea said:
The one that makes me chuckle is Dan Schutte’s Behold the wood. The verses sound exactly like the theme to Gilligan’s island.
So, I always have to stiffle a smile as I play/sing the song because it is used on Good Friday or Palm Sunday. You gotta look solomn on those days or they’ll stone ya!

…"for there can be no greater love shown upon this land…
…"so, join us here each week, my friend you’re sure to get a smile…

you get the idea.

:o
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I think that song can be played ridiculously slow!

Behooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold, behoooooooooooooooooooooooooooold the wooooooooood of the croooooooooooooss, on which is hung our salvaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaation. O come, let us adooore.

Every. Good. Friday. :o

Other than that I like it.
 
We have the Gather at my parish…We use common psalms from the Gather…

Has anyone ever used the Normand Gouin I Will Bless the Lord? It’s a really nice version of psalm 34…it has great accompaniment
 
22nd Sunday in OT

entrance: I am the light of the world
response: You have made a home for the poor from Gather #67 (ps 68)
Offertory: There is a river (great Tim Manion song)
Communion: Ave Verum Corpus, Come to me, and Be not afraid
closing: How can I keep from singing.

We are going to start doing a short latin piece each week as the EM’s get into position to distribute communion. I watch the Mass from the Cathedral each week on TV and they do that every week. It enhances the wonderful traditionalism of the Sacrament.

peace,
Terry
 
I wish my parish could do the Gregorian Chant Alleluia, Mode VI. It’s somber, simple, and beautiful. It’s better than some of the ones in Respond & Acclaim.

I’ve always had a soft spot for “How Can I Keep From Singing?” :o
 
benedictgal said:
“Sup” is actually most fitting. It brings in two contexts, the Last Supper (not called the Last Dinner) and the “Supper” at Emmaus. The Mass on Holy Thursday is also called Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Oddly enough, one of the things that the USCCB is starting to recognize is the need to retain the “archaic” language in a hymn. Removing it with something else tends to take away the meaning. For example, WLP changed the words to the text of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence to read “Christ our God to earth, decended”, replacing “decendeth”. “Decendeth” is actually in the present tense and the context here is that at every Mass, Christ decends to Earth. The USCCB stated that such language should not be changed.
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I’ve frequently seen (and like) the use of “Descending”, as I think it retains that sense of the present. I find myself rather inconsistent when it comes to archaicisms – sometimes I think they give the song a degree of sacredness, and other times I find them ridiculous. I suspect that may be related to the sound, not the meaning: “descendeth” does not bother me, whereas “makest” does. It is certainly easier to sing “Thy” than “didst”. . .
 
This is what I suggest for next weekend:

Sunday, September 5, 2010 - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C

Processional Hymn: #737 How Firm a Foundation FOUNDATION
Preparation of the Gifts: #732 Take Up Your Cross ERHALT UNS, HERR
Communion Hymn: #334 Behold the Lamb Willett
Recessional Hymn: #733 Lift High the Cross CRUCIFER

This is what my music director has for next weekend:

Processional Hymn: #201 Praise to the Lord LOBE DEN HERREN
Preparation of the Gifts: #475 Come to Me Norbet
Communion Hymn: #377 The Summons KELVINGROVE
Recessional Hymn: #652 Eternal Father, Strong to Save MELITA
 
23 Sunday in Ordinary Time
9/5/10 Year C

Entrance: Praise to the Lord
Offertory: Take up your Cross
Communion: As a Deer Longs and I heard the voice of Jesus say
Res: Crown him with Many Crowns
 
Have any of you ever done “Love bade me welcome” as a communion anthem? Seems very appropriate.
 
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