tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post3803804640324167420..comments2023-09-19T05:03:19.109-07:00Comments on Scelata: A Singular, Vital, Formative RoleScelatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674226359189392827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-46388895065973085582008-05-28T12:37:00.000-07:002008-05-28T12:37:00.000-07:00I read your latest posting as well... the song bei...I read your latest posting as well... the song being referred to by the Bishop ( We are called, We are chosen, We are Christ for one another) is Rory Cooney's "Anthem" ... possibly the most offensive song in the books that is actually suggested as appropriate for Mass. I appreciate your consideration of my opinion so highly...Chironomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024533507945352862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-46353052049818864812008-05-28T08:52:00.000-07:002008-05-28T08:52:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting, Chironomo.Actually about two y...Thanks for posting, Chironomo.<BR/>Actually about two years ago, one bishop, (I want to say Morlino, but I'm not positive,) actually DID come out and name names.<BR/>And I'm thinking "All Are Welcome" was specified.<BR/><BR/>"You will build <I>ME</I> a house?<BR/><BR/>(Save the Liturgy, Save the World)Scelatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674226359189392827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-31404990455415059192008-05-28T07:13:00.000-07:002008-05-28T07:13:00.000-07:00A wonderful homily... BUT... WHEN will someone in ...A wonderful homily... BUT... WHEN will someone in authority such as this Bishop have the KAHUNAS to be specific about what he means? For instance...<BR/><BR/>"Thus, if we are singing hymns which glorify ourselves or what we do rather than give God the glory, SUCH AS WHEN WE SING "THEY WILL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS", then we clearly are not heeding Psalm 115: “Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give the glory.” <BR/><BR/>"If we sing and celebrate that somehow we create the Church or our salvation or the goodness of the world rather than acknowledge God as the source of all and in comparison we are nothing, SUCH AS WE OFTEN SING IN SONGS LIKE "SING A NEW CHURCH" OR "ALL ARE WELCOME", then we clearly are not heeding Psalm 144: “Lord, what is man that you care for him, mortal man, that you keep him in mind; man, who is merely a breath, whose life fades like a passing shadow?” <BR/><BR/>"In short, if we celebrate ourselves rather than our God, AS WE OFTEN DO WHEN WE SING MARTY HAUGEN'S "GATHER US IN" OR RORY COONEY'S "ANTHEM", then we clearly are not heeding Psalm 146: “My soul, give praise to the Lord…make music to my God while I live. Put no trust in princes, in mortal man in whom there is no help. Take their breath, they return to clay and their plans that day come to nothing.”<BR/><BR/>Without such a "naming of names", those who "believe in" this style of liturgical music will fail to see the connection between the Bishop's words and what they see as the ideal style of liturgical music. <BR/><BR/>To quote another Psalm "When Lord, O when will you save your people?"Chironomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024533507945352862noreply@blogger.com