Kindle and iPad editions of SEP (correction) is here!
I’m very pleased to announce what is probably the first-ever music book for liturgy in an ebook format. Here it is for your Kindle!
The Pope at Vespers, Serra San Bruno
Here is a beautiful example of music in service of the Word – and contrary to what people believe, that music need not be complex. It only needs to assist in the prayer.
AP Story on the New Missal
I love doing these interviews with reporters because the reporter is usually surprised at how interesting the subject truly is. In this case, we probably spoke 30 to 45 minutes. But of course the result is always the same: everything I said is reduce to a sentence or two. That’s fine. That’s the business and you take risks anytime you speak to a reporter. I’m not unhappy with the results actually. Here is the AP story.
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Simple English Propers
One Voice but Thoroughly Catholic
This is quick video that shows how the Simple English Propers sound with just one voice.
Propers with hymn tunes
Do you know the hymn “Creator of the Stars at Night”? Try that tune with these words:
To you, O Lord, I lift my soul
I trust in You, save me from shame.
Let not my foes boast over me.
Protect the ones who trust your name.
And thus have you sung the entrance proper for the First Sunday of Advent. Add Psalms from the choir and you have something wonderful.
The following Sunday:
Let Zion’s people see the Lord
Who comes to set the nations free.
The Lord will sound His glorious voice.
Your heart will hear Him joyfully.
You see where this is going, right? It’s quite the revelation, isn’t it? Any parish can do this. More of this is being discussed at the MusicaSacra forum, all led by Kathy Pluth, a hymn expert who believes that propers should have primacy at Mass. She has combined her two loves and come up with something truly innovative and wonderful. This is a fantastic way forward. I hope she produces the entire book!