[Jeff Chandler]

Fortunately there are samizdat hymnals cropping up with more and better chant and hymns of beauty and depth.

I hope so. Most of what is offered at Mass is closer to Cain quality than Abel. Words that sound like they were written for children, music that sounds like 70s musicals. I call then "short bus" liturgies.

I pray it will change, but I know it won't in my lifetime. I'm hoping that there will be an Anglican congregation nearby that converts so I can go there.

[Mad Dawg]

What diocese are you in? We're doing a samizdat hymnal in Charlottesville (D. of Richmond) and a friend's parish in Santa Paula (D. of LA) is doing the same.

People blame it on us boomers (and Vat II) but I don't think that's it. I think as the current crop of clerics ordained in the 60's and early 70's hits retirement things gonna happen. I hope. Hymns that sound like they come from a Disney movie or a cocktail lounge just have on staying power. They are kept alive, like the NAB, by authority.