Throughout the next year, and until the implementation of the New Translation of the Roman Missal, The Authentic Update will focus on issues surrounding the New Translation and developments in Sacred Music arising from it. I hope you will visit here frequently and join in the conversation as the Church enters into this remarkable period of liturgical transformation.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Just Another Brick in the Wall

An interesting bit of information about the direction of music in the Catholic Church today. Although not necessarily a "watershed event" for either liturgy or liturgical music in particular, World Youth Day and the week-long celebrations around it have become important public events for the Church.... a chance for larger audiences of people around the world to see the Catholic Church on display.

In the past, the liturgies at World Youth Day have been sometimes embarrassing, sometimes very much in line with what one would expect to see at an average Catholic parish, and on rarer occasions have actually been good models for what liturgy should be from an evangelical standpoint. Those are MUCH rarer occasions, by the way.

This year, some of the Masses for World Youth Day will probably raise more than a few eyebrows... not among the youth, mind you, but among those who have bought into the "cutting edge music will attract youth to the church" agenda. These Masses are actually....what would be a good description....well, they are actually very CATHOLIC!

Let's take a look at what we'll hear....

Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 12:00 noon
Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit
(Missale Romanum of 1970)


Palacio de Deportes, Madrid

Prelude: Ave Maria (Schubert) [World Youth Alliance Quartet]

Hymn at the Procession: Come, Holy Ghost (Lambillotte)
Introit: Caritas Dei (plainsong, mode ii)

Kyrie: XVI

First Reading (Hebrews 11:1-2,7-11)

Psalm: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people. (St. Luke 1:68-75) (plainsong, mode v; Marier fauxbourdon)

Alleluia (plainsong, mode vi)

Gospel (St. Matthew 14:23-33)

Intercessory Prayers

Offertory: Confirma hoc Deus (plainsong, mode viii; with chanted verses)
Hymn at the Offertory: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)

Sanctus: XVIII
Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam...
Agnus Dei: XVIII

Communion: Spiritus Sanctus docebit vos (plainsong, mode viii; with psalm verses)

Motet at the Communion: Ave Maria (Victoria)

Hymn at the Communion: O Lord, I Am Not Worthy (Gouzes)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)
Motet at the Communion: Veni Creator Spiritus (Josquin)
Marian antiphon: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode i)

Hymn at the Retiring Procession: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Postlude: Fugue in D Major (BWV 532) (J.S. Bach)
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Thursday, 18 August 2011, 12:00 noon
Votive Mass of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
(Missale Romanum of 1970)

Palacio de Deportes, Madrid

Prelude: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach) [World Youth Alliance Quartet]

Entrance Hymn: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda anima)
Introit: In nomine Jesu (plainsong, mode ii)

Kyrie: XVI

First Reading (Acts 4:8-12)

Psalm: Our help is in the name of the Lord. (Isaiah 12:2-6) (plainsong, mode v; Marier fauxbourdon)

Alleluia (plainsong, mode vi)

Gospel (St. Matthew 1:18-25)

Intercessory Prayers

Offertory: Portas caeli (plainsong, mode viii)
Hymn at the Offertory: The Lord is Now About to Enter His Temple (Gouzes)

Sanctus: XVIII
Memorial Acclamation: Mortem tuam...
Agnus Dei: XVIII

Communion: Gustate et videte (plainsong, mode iii; with psalm verses)

Hymn at the Communion: Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All (Sweet Sacrament)
Motet at the Communion: Jesu dulcis memoria (Palestrina)
Motet at the Communion: Ave Verum Corpus (Byrd)
Marian antiphon: Ave Maria (plainsong, mode i)

Recessional: Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)

Postlude: Praeludium in D minor (BuxWV 140) (Buxtehude)


Certainly a bit different from years past, no? And yet there are still those who insist that there is NO WAY that Catholic music is moving back towards tradition....right?

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