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Afternoon - Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent - Missa 'Confessio Et Pulchritudo' - February 25th, 2010

New Liturgical Movement >> Divine Praises (Plainchant) SECRET HARBOR >> Withdrawing to be with God WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: Can laypeople own a monstrance ? WDTPRS >> Wherein Fr. Z rants - QUAERITUR: not genuflecting to tabernacle during Mass WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: How to do vespers in a parish ? Whispers in the Loggia >> The Lion...The Legend

Evening - St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor - September 10, 2009

Insight Scoop >> "Called to Eternal Life": Babies and Rights RORATE CÆLI >> The return of the Sedia Gestatoria ? The Recovering Choir Director >> Two plainsong settings of the Apostles’ Creed WDTPRS >> An American bishop calls the Kennedy funeral a “scandal”

NLM: Plainsong Must Return to Our Parishes

Jeffrey Tucker presents a very lucid argument for returning plainsong now as the new Liturgical translations are being implemented . Read his essay and see if you agree. The Church in her wisdom accommodates this with the musical structure of the Roman Rite. It gives the parts that change the least to the priest. The parts that change a bit more but still not much are assigned to the people generally (the ordinary). The parts that are very difficult and change every week are assigned to the choir, precisely because people with a musical vocation love change and variety and can handle that from a technical point of view. So consider using the new Mass texts as a way to completely rethink the way music is used in the parts that generally belong to the people. By using plainsong, we make the transition easier, and also take a huge step to using the music that is most suitable to the Roman Rite. The full article is here .

Evening Roundup - Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Creative Minority Report : Scandalous Jesus Bio Set for Release Standing on My Head : Bad News The Recovering Choir Director : Plainsong for the Domestic Church Whispers in the Loggia : The Healing in the Chapel (Please, read this story... It IS that important)