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To: Melian
I refuse to stop singing it and sing all the words along with the cantor; but people look at me funny.

Many people in my parish sing all of the Gloria. (In the Spanish service, we have the complete words for the arrangement we're using on the song-sheet handout.)

At English Masses, you can often tell who the visitors are because they turn around to stare at those singing all the Mass parts, or harmonies to the hymns. Phooey, I say.

22 posted on 07/11/2011 9:45:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("This is a revolution, damn it! We're going to have to offend somebody!" ~ John Adams)
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To: Tax-chick

LOL!!
You should see the looks on the visitors faces when we do the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Creed and the Sanctus in the respective liturgical languages and no one picks up a guide.

Or when we all break into the Prayer to St. Michael after the final blessing.


27 posted on 07/11/2011 10:01:20 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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