You wrote:
“The tune and the lyrics of Morning has Broken and its use as a hymn in the Catholic Church predates Cat Stevens. This author is displaying his ignorance.”
Where in the article did the author claim the song came into the Church because of Cat Stevens?
The author doesn’t.
And when one looks up this ditty, we find it rather superficial.
Morning has broken
“Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day”
So can’t we have Catholic Music at Holy Mass?
I thought also of the church song “Morning Has Broken.” This was a song I’d first heard sung by the popular entertainer Cat Stevens, who, as far as I knew, was now a devout Muslim.
I didn't say he WROTE it, just that this author seemed to think that because he RECORDED it and is now a Muslim -- somehow it doesn't belong. I was only pointing out that it has a history that predates Cat Stevens.