Adam Wood likes the Psallite Mass as much as I do: “This is, by far, the best new setting of the Ordinary I have heard or seen since the new translations were announced.”
Indie Music in the Catholic World
I got a kick out of the category designation of this great new CD by the St. Gregory’s Academy: Indie!
This CD looks and sounds wonderful.
The Simple Choral Gradual
This will be in print within 30 days.
Chanted Mass and Readings, Extraordinary Form
Wanted to make sure that all people with an interest in the extraordinary form know of these two wonderful sites that provide notated orations and readings in Latin:
Current and Forthcoming: Fifth Sunday of Easter (Plus Monday Collect)
COLLECT
Current
God our Father,
look upon us with love.
You redeem us and make us your children in Christ.
Give us true freedom
and bring us to the inheritance you promised.
Forthcoming,
Almighty ever-living God,
constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us,
that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism
may, under your protective care, bear much fruit
and come to the joys of life eternal.
AFTER COMMUNION
Current
Merciful Father,
may these mysteries give us new purpose
and bring us to a new life in you.
Forthcoming
Graciously be present to your people, we pray, O Lord,
and lead those you have imbued with heavenly mysteries
to pass from former ways to newness of life.
_________
I’ve not made any attempt to compare weekday Collects, but it might be that here we find the most dramatic differences.
Here is Monday of the Fifth Week in Easter
Current
Father, help us to seek the values
that will bring us eternal joy in this changing world.
In our desire for what you promise
make us one in mind and heart.
Forthcoming
May your right hand, O Lord, we pray,
encompass your family with perpetual help,
so that, defended from all wickedness
by the Resurrection of your Only Begotten Son,
we may make our way by means of your heavenly gifts.
Here is Thursday
Current
Father, in your love you have brought us
from evil to good and from misery to happiness.
Through your blessings
give the courage of perseverance
to those you have called and justified by faith.
Forthcoming
O God, by whose grace,
though sinners, we are made just
and, though pitiable, made blessed,
stand, we pray, by your works,
stand by your gifts,
that those justified by faith
may not lack the courage of perseverance.
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I’ve heard it said a hundred times that the 3rd edition of the Roman Missal is not a new Missal but merely a new translation. That is true if we are speaking of the Latin. But as regards what will will actually hear said from the sanctuary starting on Advent 1, it is in fact a new Missal – and thanks be to God for that!
The Gravesite of Mary Berry
Mary Berry (1917-2008) worked tirelessly and joyfully, regardless of the many obstacles put her in way, to evangelize for liturgical music her entire life – and especially Latin and English chant. Her students are all over the English speaking world today and they are making the difference.
Here is an photograph taken yesterday of her gravesite at St. Birinus at Dorchester, Oxfordshire.
It’s happening
Last night, I had my first look at the completed book The Simple English Propers, by Adam Bartlett (with many collaborators). I’m still beside myself with joy. Single sheet downloads are one thing; a completed book for the whole liturgical year is something else entirely. This project only began last Advent, and now is 99% complete, and the last 1% should be complete today.
On this same day, we signed the last of the contracts to go forward with the Simple Choral Graduale by Richard Rice.
I hope you can appreciate what is happening here. For the first time since the new order of Mass appeared in 1969/1970, we will now have two complete books of (modern) English propers for Sundays and feasts specially prepared for the ordinary form Roman Rite. This is a remarkable step. Yes, it is forty years too late. What’s important is that it is happening.
I’m elated. A special thank you to all donors who made this possible. I hope that it will not be too many weeks before I can post links where you can get these books – and the prices are going to be so low and affordable – low enough for every parish.
St. Cecilia, pray for us!