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To: AnAmericanMother
Your church is definitely the exception and not the rule. The rule is that modern Catholic music is badly awash in folksy rhythms and instruments with the undercurrent of protestant gospel music type lyrics, if not an outright Protestant song.

While I certainly do not mind listening to How Great Thou Art and Amazing Grace as sung by Elvis or other great gospel singers, I do not find that these songs have a place in the Catholic liturgy and intentionally do not sing them when played there.

67 posted on 04/06/2007 11:29:59 AM PDT by theanonymouslurker
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To: theanonymouslurker
That's what I hear . . . of course, other churches aren't immune and I've heard some spectacularly bad music in Baptist, Lutheran, and Methodist churches.

Our rector is pretty serious about playing it 100 percent orthodox, we even use a missalette that isn't from OCP. Liturgical Press "Celebrating the Eucharist", with illustrations from the St. John's Bible (which is spectacular btw).

It's actually quite nice, good hymns in the back (largely German and older Anglican, with the usual older Catholic standbys (like "O Sacrament Most Holy"), and a few of the Eagles Wings/Gather Us In ones . . . but we just ignore those.)

68 posted on 04/06/2007 11:35:18 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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