Cardinals announce adoration, Vespers ceremony for conclave

cna ^ | March 5, 2013 | David Uebbing

[AnAmericanMother]

Prayers are from the heart, of course, and when you can find the words, that's great. But having a framework or formula helps for those days when you are stressed, or distracted, or simply can't find the words.

Your grandbabies' prayers contain formulae - and they're adorable!

[SuziQ]

I’m a ‘cradle Catholic’, but I’m an Anglophile when it comes to Church music. I LOVE Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, and Ralph Vaughn Williams. When we lived in NJ, I was in a Parish Choir whose director used a hymnal called “Oxford Hymnal”, or something like that. Gorgeous music!

[AnAmericanMother]

There's nothing to compare with the English Sound, is there?

The Oxford University Press puts out quite a number of music books, including a massive Book of Carols and a couple of historical works. It prints sheet music as well.

There are a few likely suspects, besides the English Hymnal itself (which is published by OUP):

We sing from all of these (although the 16th c. anthem book copies keep disappearing, Thou Shalt Not Steal to the contrary notwithstanding :-( )

[SuziQ]

We did a version of “Ave Verum Corpus” from it that was just beautiful!

[AnAmericanMother]

Was it this one?

William Byrd: Ave verum corpus

I would call that the "usual suspect".