Should we retun to Folk music at the Mass!

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If he sang it in Italian I’d not understand the lyrics. That alone would help tremendously. I’d probably think he was singing some Italian love song, which is revealing.
 
Haha, we call it the “yoohoo song”.
You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord…

I know it’s from Scripture, but yikes. We never do it. People ask me all the time why we never sing it…um, for the same reason as Be Not Afraid, and Here I Am (which is eerily similar to the Brady Bunch theme.

Of that era, I prefer “Take Lord Receive” which done correctly, is gorgeous.
 
That’s funny. If communion takes too long our parish breaks out into an acapella “Lord prepare me, to be a sanctuary…”, which is the exact same melody as the chorus of “Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown Band.
 
I didn’t know that song. Chicken Fried I know of course. I just listened to ‘Lord prepare me…’ you are right!

Reminds me of ‘Remember Your Love’ which stole its verse tune from ‘Pure Imagination’ from ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’.
 
hmmm don’t know that one. No one sings acapella in my parish.
They’re kind of askeered of me, LOL 😆
 
Those who replied ‘yes’ should take a good long read of Pope St Pius X’s Tra le Sollecitudini. Is there any good reason why the dictates of this document should be thrown out (leaving out ecumenism)? This sort of garbage (folk music/rock n’ roll at Mass) comes straight from Protestantism and has absolutely no place in the Catholic Church.This, among other issues, is why I’m taking a long hard look at the Eastern Orthodox Church. They would never tolerate such rubbish in their Divine Liturgy.
 
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Michael85 said:
Those who replied ‘yes’ should take a good long read of Pope St Pius X’s Tra le Sollecitudini. Is there any good reason why the dictates of this document should be thrown out (leaving out ecumenism)? This sort of garbage (folk music/rock n’ roll at Mass) comes straight from Protestantism and has absolutely no place in the Catholic Church.This, among other issues, is why I’m taking a long hard look at the Eastern Orthodox Church. They would never tolerate such rubbish in their Divine Liturgy.
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It seems to me that many contemporary Catholic artists, like Matt Mahar, Audrey Assad, and others who write from a deep knowledge of scripture.

This document also conveys many messages which have since been changed, (justly) like disallowing women from singing in the choir.
 
No one said anything about putting rock and roll in the Mass.
Where do you go to church?

People who take things WAY out of context and develop a whole philosophy out of things that don’t really exist don’t get much street cred from the people in parishes that really work for good liturgy.

Some things at CAF never change I suppose.
 
Another valid option in that case is having no instrumentation at all. One of the main benefits of chant and polyphony is that they are at their finest when the human voice is unaccompanied. Most hymns can also be sung in this fashion with no problems.
 
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I purposely have not joined the choir, so as not to have to sing songs that I find unpleasant. If we had a schola singing chant and Ren-music, I would join it in a heartbeat.
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That’s basically the way I feel. While I prefer Thomas Tallis or William Byrd to the St Louis Jesuits I simply opt out instead of trying to force others to my preference. When I was once asked why I didn’t sing in the choir given my nice voice, I simply said for the same reason many in the current choir would stop if they were asked to sing Palestrina.
 
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Such a practical reply too! hmmmmm

I wish you would come and sing in my choir. I really do.
peace
 
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If he sang it in Italian I’d not understand the lyrics. That alone would help tremendously. I’d probably think he was singing some Italian love song, which is revealing.
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Most of the lyrics to that song are direct from Sacred Scripture.
 
I have been afraid that the charity level here might drop. I know music stirs a lot of emotions, positive and negative. But for the sake of those who give of the time and talent, such as it is, I would recommend everyone practice the Golden Rule. Do not refer to the work of others, or in the case of “guitar guy” the name of others, in any tone that you would not want to be addressed about your ministry in the Church.
 
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Some things at CAF never change I suppose.
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I agree. For instance,“On Eagles Wings” continues to be ridicuuled and bashed. I had the song played at my mother’s Catholic funeral. I don’t practice the Catholic faith and CAF does little to change that.
 
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Give praise with tambourines and dance,
praise him with strings and pipes.

Give praise with crashing cymbals,
praise him with sounding cymbals.

Let everything that has breath
give praise to the Lord!
Hallelujah!

Psalm 150:4-6 (NABRE)
 
Oh, plenty of people love it. The problem is, we musicians hate it because for a long time there, it was requested constantly. You do get sick of some pieces.
During those horrible days of the “Glory & Praise” hymnal, there were many songs that were ok, but they were terribly over-used. Like to a ridiculous point.
We had one pastor that wanted Here I Am Lord as the processional every.single.week. People got sick of it really fast. It was just ok to begin with, but when it’s shoved down your throat week after week, you come to dread some of those oldies.
Glad it meant something to you in your time of sorrow.
I don’t think I’ve played it at church in over 15 years though.
 
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Have you ever played “Shout to the Lord”? Once I attended a Mass on Easter where the men’s contemporary choir sang it using a keyboard. Standing O at the end of Mass.
 
That doesn’t automatically make for good lyrics. I mean we could have a song whose words were some long genealogy. That wouldn’t be good.
 
I don’t care what the instruments are, anything can be appropriate or inappropriate. It depends on the culture of the parish and the skills of the music ministry. At my parish the English Masses have more traditional organ music with a choir and the Spanish Masses have guitars and “praise music.” Both are beautifully and appropriately done and well received within their respective communities. I’ve heard dreadful uninspired organ/choir music and I’ve heard ridiculous “folk music.” Its all context and skill.
 
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