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To: murphE
now Pope Benedict, has shown to the world the luxuriant beauty of the old mass that has inspired some of history's greatest composers

Not yet he hasn't. Not even close. As I said, as much of an improvement the funeral and inaugural Masses were over the "stuff" we've had to endure over the last decades. It's falls just that far short of the Old Mass in all it's glory.

12 posted on 04/28/2005 2:03:45 PM PDT by Gerard.P (The lips of liberals drip with honey while their hands drip with blood--Bishop Williamson)
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To: Gerard.P

The "old Mass" in less than all its glory was usually something less than glorious. It wass not until mid-century that the dialogue mass caught on. Until that time any dialogue was largely between the priest and the altar boys. Meanwhile the congregation said their beads or read private devotional books. And as for Palesttrina, forget that. We heard mostly old Victorian saws or the kind of Italian operatic pieces that Pius X so hated.


46 posted on 04/28/2005 7:21:16 PM PDT by RobbyS (JMJ)
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