Leni:
I agree about the hymns. Why don't you come back to Rome and lend your song to us! :)
"I agree about the hymns. Why don't you come back to Rome and lend your song to us! :)"
Actually, about 35 plus or minus years ago, there was a big stink between the Lutherans and Catholics here in the U.S. because the Catholic Church (where the singing pre-Vatican II was done primarily by boys choirs or by Greg. chanters) started to introduce singing by the parishioners in their services. But they didn't have much in the line of hymns because the singing hadn't been done by the "audience" much before. So they swiped many to most of the hymns out of the Lutheran hymnal. There was a lawsuit. Don't know how it was settled, but obviously it was.
Personally, I liked it better w/the boys choirs and chanters. Bring back pre-Vatican II. It took so much beauty and mystery out of the Catholic Church. But I have high hopes for Pope Benedict XVI. I believe he will turn some of the worst parts of V-II around. I think BXVI will be a great Pope. May he live a long, long, time and fool all of those (mostly libs) who think he is merely an interim Pope. I'll bet he revs up to high gear real fast.