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To: NYer
Wow! Moles inside OCP! Whooda thunkit?

This is seriously encouraging news. Our parish uses the "Classic" OCP missalette, which is marginally better than the standard one, but still has a heavy proportion of trash to decent music.

In addition to getting rid of the hideous pop music (including anything by Haugen or Haas) and putting in ALL the old Catholic standards, they need to ditch the tacky 1970s woodcuts at the head of each Sunday. They look like hippy cartoons produced by a 10 year old with limited artistic talent.

Of course, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" or "Sleepers Wake" (one of its English names - "awake" doesn't fit the metre) is not really a Catholic hymn. It was written by Philip Nikolai, a Lutheran pastor and famously set in a cantata by J.S. Bach. But it's sound theologically and should be stolen. We should steal all the good Anglican hymns too.

7 posted on 02/07/2013 6:48:03 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother

Very encouraging. I recently learned about how lists of songs sung at each Mass must be sent in for copyright and money reasons.

The person I was talking with said that the choir in which they are a member is not singing some songs by a certain author because that author has outed himself. They do not want to support his alternative lifestyle that is against church law.


11 posted on 02/07/2013 8:00:19 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: AnAmericanMother

**In addition, I know for a fact that there are many within OCP who are ready for a change. They have grumbled quietly for years but deferred to the marketing managers at OCP who are convinced that they have to keep doing what they doing or else they lose money. Sometimes it takes a real pastor to show up and say: there is another way and I believe you can thrive by pursuing it. And no matter what you hear to the contrary, many people within OCP will be celebrating this change.**

This internal strife will work to Sample’s benefit in my opinion........please Lord, let us get good Catholic music!


12 posted on 02/07/2013 8:03:11 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: AnAmericanMother
a cantata by J.S. Bach. But it's sound theologically and should be stolen. We should steal all the good Anglican hymns too.

Amen. Things went downhill after Palestrina.

14 posted on 02/07/2013 8:08:36 AM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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