David Ancell / Sunday January 23, 2011
A number of years ago, my grandmother told me about how she loved the Latin when that was the language of the Mass. I must confess that I didn’t understand her. It seemed strange that she wouldn’t be perfectly happy with having the Mass in English. We gave her a CD of Gregorian Chant one year, and she loved it. She could tell that I wasn’t so enthusiastic.
Years later, I’ve been to the Extraordinary Form a few times and really enjoy it. The parish to which we belong has a schola that does chant about once a month, and it is beautiful. I only wish that I had discovered all of this while my grandmother was still alive.
Thanks to the National Catholic Register, I learned of the Chant Cafe site. It is well worth reading about the music of the Mass and how things have departed from the original intent of Vatican II. Until I read it, I did not know what an Introit was or that there was a setting for the antiphons for the Mass. Then, one day, the schola in my parish was singing it, and I realized that they had been doing this all along. Ah, yes, this is one more reason why I love the liturgies at Assumption. By the way, this is a small parish with not a lot of staff. So, lack of resources isn’t a very good excuse for not having a beautiful Mass.
Category: Liturgy
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