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To: dragonblustar
Modern church music sucks.

Yes it does.

We're Catholic and since most Catholic parishes are infested with that stuff unfortunately, we now go to the Latin Mass almost exclusively. The music is mostly Gregorian Chant and a few classic English hymns.

Our choir sometimes sings this during Holy Communion...it transports me straight to heaven:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yd5EE0hAB8

"As the deer longs for flowing water, so my soul longs for Thee my God"

91 posted on 08/28/2016 4:32:00 PM PDT by Claud
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To: Claud

We have three separate choirs.

One does chant; one does some of the modern songs and one tends to follow, (but not always) the modern road.

All the choirs are working the chant into certain parts of the Mass 00 so this is good.

PS. And our parish is growing by leaps and bounds.


106 posted on 08/28/2016 5:00:39 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Claud
The music is mostly Gregorian Chant and a few classic English hymns.

I'd love to hear that or even that old time gospel music.

111 posted on 08/28/2016 5:03:53 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: Claud

“Sicut Cervus” is among my favorites. At my son’s home school graduation in June, the TLM Mass of Thanksgiving was served by a dozen of Johnny’s fellow altar boys, many of whom came out of retirement to serve, and the girls’ choir sang “Sicut Cervus,” as well as Mozart’s “Ave Verum Corpus,” and Arcadelt’s “Ave Maria.”

It was magnificent. The young people of our parish-based TLM community are on fire for their faith. They take their jobs MOST seriously, and perform their duties with reverence and piety. At the same time, they are all perfectly normal teens and young adults who have perfectly normal interests. It is not unusual for them to get together on a Friday evening, first for Adoration, and then to a movie, bowling alley, or diner afterwards. We do the young ones a terrible disservice when we assume that they must be entertained by banal services and music.

Regards,


243 posted on 08/29/2016 6:43:34 AM PDT by VermiciousKnid (Sic narro nos totus!)
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