Now, Jeffrey, how should I communicate this to the people in the pews?
This morning I was asked to preside for a Mass of the Deacon Candidates and their wives, and the students of the Pastoral School. The liturgy was in the chapel at Holy Names University.
We bagan with the requisite grip and grin, say "hi" to your neighbor, as if we are here to meet one another instead of the Lord.
Introit: Table of Plenty
Psalm: I Will Praise Your Name, heavily paraphrased Psalm 145, further butchered with inclusive language.
Celtic Alleluia
"We Remember" ok, I forget, was this offertory or Communion?
Mass of Glory
I forget what we closed with, but the Mass did not include one song we might sing here at St. Edward
Holy Names U? Well, you are a missionary!
Okay, I'm sorry, but I have to take you to task for this post. All everyone talked about afterwards was the reverence with which you celebrated that Mass. We were especially appreciative of the way you sang the words fo Consecration and the reverence with which you spoke the words of the Eucharistic prayer. And you you can talk about is the music. As Mother Teresa would say, "such a poverty".
Well, I know how beautifully you celebrate the Mass. At the same time, the music selections are a misery. And when this music is used at quasi-official ceremonies, it simply enshrines the worst of the hymn sandwich.