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In churchy news… CNA says that Card, Farrell is the president of the
Pontifical Commission for Confidential Matters. What the heck is the
Pontifical Commis...
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ReplyDeleteBen Trovato, thanks for your comment. I have been away otherwise I'd have explained sooner that this posting was occasioned by my encounter with a musical setting of the new translation which embodied an inappropriate relationship between text and music. It is this characteristic - of the musician having failed to appreciate the meaning of the text which I consider the key failing in much of the liturgical music provided over the last forty years. A solemn text such as "We proclaim your death..." is poorly served by marriage to a jolly jingle such as might normally accompany an advert for toothpaste or breakfast cereal.
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