tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post3366717159199368594..comments2024-01-09T21:24:26.589-05:00Comments on The Catholic Libertarian: What will it take for Catholics to find their voice?Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-6679843061109343422008-01-30T13:05:00.000-05:002008-01-30T13:05:00.000-05:00Ah, music and the Mass. May I rant a little? ;-)I'...Ah, music and the Mass. May I rant a little? ;-)<BR/><BR/>I'll take the position that there are plenty of excellent hymns available; it's just that they're all 100+ years old. I usually check the numbers on the board against the hymnal or missalette to see what's on tap. If it's 19th Century or older, I'll belt away (glad I learned to sight-read music as a yoot). I live for the times we get to sing the Ode to Joy.<BR/><BR/>If it's 20th Century, and especially some of those, ahem (and forgive me), "hippie hymns" from the '70s or later, not so much.<BR/><BR/>END OF PART ONE<BR/><BR/>INTERMISSION<BR/><BR/>PART TWO: LATER THAT DAY<BR/><BR/>I shall now let fly against cantors who seem to think their job is to demonstrate the wonders of their warbly voice for us peons, rather than delivering the hymn in a way us peons can follow.<BR/><BR/>In my first parish after RCIA (I was a cradle Catholic and returned to the Church to be married), I occasionally served as cantor. It was a small parish and my wife's uncle was music director, so he dragooned me into helping out when he found out I could sing a little. I tried to sing straight from the shoulder, as it were, to give people something to follow.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-38352664195725969482008-01-30T09:47:00.000-05:002008-01-30T09:47:00.000-05:00My wife is a Lutheran actually (well, it is really...My wife is a Lutheran actually (well, it is really confused, he dad was Catholic and she was baptised catholic, but her mom was Lutheran and she is the one who confirmed her).Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638332009159486046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029092777053537.post-43602348194265345932008-01-30T07:13:00.000-05:002008-01-30T07:13:00.000-05:00Become Lutherans.Become Lutherans.Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.com