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Jazz with Jesus
By
deacon greg kandra
From Manhattan comes this hip liturgy: a Sunday night jazz mass. Dig it. This comes from the America magazine’s web page.
Quote of the day
By
deacon greg kandra
“We need to foster worship which stuns, which leaves the newcomer, long-time practicing Catholic, above all the fallen-away simply thunder stuck. Worship must at some point leave people speechless in awe. We need language and music and gesture which in its beauty floods the mind with light even while it swells the heart to bursting.…
Making a joyful noise?
By
deacon greg kandra
The God Googler, Mike Hayes, posted this snip from a mass, featuring a sung eucharistic prayer, and asked “What do you think of this?” Well? On the one hand, I like a chanted eucharistic prayer very much; it’s not done often in the U.S., and it takes a certain facility with music to pull it…
Exult in glory: insight into the great chant of the Easter Vigil
By
deacon greg kandra
Looking for a little dissection on The Exultet? Look no further. Visit Fr. Z’s site and you’ll find a rich and interesting look at that Everest of Chants (which Your Humble Blogger, along with countless others, will be scaling in a few short hours…I’m packing extra oxygen and ropes.)
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