Monday, July 30, 2018

SongStories 57: May We Be One (Communion Rite) [Praise the Maker's Love, GIA, 1993]

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Writing a communion song ranks for me among the most difficult tasks liturgical composers have, especially if we hope to say anything orig...
Friday, June 29, 2018

Repenting our inner heretic: modernist and Pelagian edition

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So I was reading a talk given by one of my favorite Scripture scholars, Walter Brueggeman, who specializes in Old Testament prophets and t...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

"What will this child be?" [Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24)]

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I confess that I don't know whether I can separate my head* and heart enough to write a coherent post, one that does what I insist we ...
Monday, June 11, 2018

SongStories 56: Psalm 1—Roots in the Earth (Vision, 1992, GIA)

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For desert folks, a permanent, flowing stream is a great symbol of divine love and protection, and if there’s a tree growing beside it, or...
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Binding the Strong Man (B10O)

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I think most of us who are in the church music biz keep records going back several lectionary cycles so that, for instance, each time the ...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

SongStories 55: Faithful Family (1986, 2000, OCP)

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One of the texts that is favored in the Roman Missal for the washing of feet at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday is an ancie...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

SongStories 54: What Is This Love? (OCP, 2016)

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St. Agnes Senior Choir. Founding members (of 50 years) are standing for recognition at the anniversary mass. About eleven years ago, Te...