tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post2552281603920328981..comments2023-09-19T05:03:19.109-07:00Comments on Scelata: HereticScelatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674226359189392827noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-88108873603281769012008-10-29T12:03:00.000-07:002008-10-29T12:03:00.000-07:00Umnnhhh...In the Ex/Form, the sung Mass is normati...Umnnhhh...<BR/><BR/>In the Ex/Form, the sung Mass is normative, period.<BR/><BR/>The "Low Mass" was an aberration--really, a convenience--developed in monestaries which had multiple priests who said Mass daily but for whom there was not a schola available at the time.<BR/><BR/>It remained in use for persecuted countries, wartimes, and parking-lot considerations (not all that different from wartimes...)<BR/><BR/>If you take Augustine's dictum "Cantare amantis est" seriously, then singing is not "solemnization" but rather, complete.<BR/><BR/>Sorta like the bun on a hamburger.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-78392587869561503182008-10-29T08:09:00.000-07:002008-10-29T08:09:00.000-07:00I completely agree. To be honest, how refreshing ...I completely agree. To be honest, how refreshing a little silence can be - especially at communion. I'd rather walk back from communion to silence than sing another verse of "Be Not Afraid" every Sunday.George Tarasukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474832347398929633noreply@blogger.com