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NewUlm1976_2000
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Actually, those songs listed in the link are very common and are some of my favorites when they are used to match up with weekly readings of similar topics.
Music tastes are very subjective, many people out there like the music and the messages behind them.
Music tastes are very subjective, many people out there like the music and the messages behind them.
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benedictgal
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Iāve read the article. Truer words have never been spoken. This is all mindless tripe that belongs to the cult of the banal that Pope Benedict wrote about in The Spirit of the Liturgy.
Music is not subjective, at least, not music that is used for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. At least that is how I read Pope Benedictās comments in Sacramentum Caritatis:
Music is not subjective, at least, not music that is used for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. At least that is how I read Pope Benedictās comments in Sacramentum Caritatis:
Liturgical song
I would say that most of the songs quoted in that article just donāt pass the ear test for sacred music.
- In the ars celebrandi, liturgical song has a pre-eminent place. (126) Saint Augustine rightly says in a famous sermon that āthe new man sings a new song. Singing is an expression of joy and, if we consider the matter, an expression of loveā (127). The People of God assembled for the liturgy sings the praises of God. In the course of her two-thousand-year history, the Church has created, and still creates, music and songs which represent a rich patrimony of faith and love. This heritage must not be lost. ***Certainly as far as the liturgy is concerned, we cannot say that one song is as good as another. Generic improvisation or the introduction of musical genres which fail to respect the meaning of the liturgy should be avoided. As an element of the liturgy, song should be well integrated into the overall celebration (128). Consequently everything ā texts, music, execution ā ought to correspond to the meaning of the mystery being celebrated, the structure of the rite and the liturgical seasons (129). ***Finally, while respecting various styles and different and highly praiseworthy traditions, I desire, in accordance with the request advanced by the Synod Fathers, that Gregorian chant be suitably esteemed and employed (130) as the chant proper to the Roman liturgy (131).
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