No, respectfully, I suggest that you allow something appropriate to your own situation to be revealed to you through prayer and openness of heart.
You Tube has sections of Faure’s Requiem:
Thank you!
Of course.
I don’t receive communion for obvious reasons when I’ve gone to Episcopal/Anglican services as well. I’ve done it to receive my Catholic musical spiritual inspiration.Yes, I would hope, too and that may explain why only 200 people came to the All Soul’s Mass. I have a feeling that had it been on All Saints Day, there would have been the normal amount of congregants as you would see at any All Saints Day mass, rather than the small number at a typical All Souls Day mass. But it doesn’t make sense to do a Requiem for All Saints Day.
This a good recording of it:
I understand that you know the rules. I just mentioned that in my post so nobody gets the wrong idea about me.Of course.
That’s true.
Thanks for the link.
The Episcopal Cathedral in my city does Choral Evensong on Wednesday evenings. I am thinking of going. What is the service like? How long is it? Is there anything else besides listening to the organist and choir?
So true, and that had never occurred to me until our new music director came. She is from Texas, and I was telling her about the time we sang that previously under the old director. She smiled and told me that she had never used that piece because where she came from it wasn’t exactly the type of hymn people wanted to hear. It took me a minute to get it since I’ve always thought of it as a sort of national hymn, and then I was like, “Ohhh, right!, that would be a sore spot with some!”
Evensong is my favorite service. After an organ prelude, it starts with a sung Introit (usually by choir). Then there are some short prayers with responses that may be sung or said. Then a hymn. Then a psalm, usually chanted. Then a scripture reading followed by a sung Magnificat. Then another reading followed by a sung Nunc Dimittis (Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace…) Then the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer and some other prayers, usually including the General Thanksgiving (I love this) and the prayer of St. John Chrysostom. Another hymn. An anthem (this is where we do the Requiem) by the choir and closing prayers. Then the Orison (don’t know what this word means or where it came from, but it’s a short evening - themed piece by choir), the blessing and the final hymn. There may be an organ postlude.
I will let you know when I go. Do they have any books or booklets for the congregation to use to follow along?
Why not work with your parish’s liturgy committee to have Evening Prayer at your Catholic parish? Why would you expose yourself to the possibility of theological errors by going to hear someone else’s preaching?
My parish cannot even get people to join the choir. I want to hear choral evensong, but this would never happen in my parish. Therefore, I may attend the Episcopal choral evensong, mainly for the music.
Forgive me for saying so, but that’s just sad.
I cannot carry a tune in a bucket, so choir is not an option for me. I am involved in Bible study. I do not have time to devote to recited Evening Prayer in my parish. I do participate in quite a few activities in my parish, including the evangelization committee. Since I am not a musician, I see nothing wrong with visiting another church to hear the music. Back when I was in college, I used to attend brown bag concerts at the Episcopal cathedral. Many of the concerts featured sacred music.
Why would this be any worse than purchasing a CD of the music or watching a YouTube video?
In my opinion, you would be exposed to theologically unsound preaching by going to hear this live. This is why I think it’s worse.
There may not even be any preaching. Even if there was, I am solid enough in my faith to ignore it. I found this website which says this:
Interesting point. But you find them on radio all the time. Some are actually good as they study the life of Christ from Scripture and stuff.
