‘Draining the Catholic Sappy Liturgical Music Swamp’ - oh Hallelujah! I will ONLY attend the 7:30 am NO music mass. The music at the other masses is gut-wrenchingly banal, and yes, it is worse than any of the Protestant worship, some of which is quite well done (and some of which is pretty bad).
Oh, I am so encouraged.
“...I will ONLY attend the 7:30 am NO music mass. The music at the other masses is gut-wrenchingly banal...”
YES, YES, SADLY, YES.
A year ago, I made the leap to a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) group; we are permanent guests in a local R.C. parish.
Every Sunday and holydays, we have TL Mass, and twice a month, is is a Gregorian Chant Missa Cantata; processional and recessional hymns are traditional Catholic hymns, sometimes in English, sometimes in Latin. In accordance with the rubrics of the Latin Mass, offertory and communion hymns are always in Latin.
We(I sing in the Schola Cantorum) have done some of the most beautiful medieval hymns that I have ever heard.
I grew up with the TLM, but I had forgotten how reverent, beautiful, and uplifting an experience it is.
Until now.
If you have the opportunity, seek out a TLM in your area.