Given the overwhelming influence of liturgical experts who believed that they were to be "shapers" of a new liturgy, it is hardly surprising, that now — four decades later — most people believe, incorrectly, that singing vernacular hymns at Mass was a "reform" expressly intended by the Council.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Singing the Mass
Susan Benofy in Adoremus Bulletin explores how we wound up with Elvis Movie liturgies (dialog, dialog, dialog, Number! dialog, dialog, dialog, Number!)
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Clever...
ReplyDeleteAlthough the prototype is actually Opera, then its less-grand cousin, Light Opera...
THEN Elvis (etc.)
On the contrary, the Adoremus article quotes Sister Delores Dufner, OSB, as saying "[P]astoral experience leads me to doubt that the average churchgoer is readily led into prayer by the language and imagery of the psalms, which reflect a biblical culture far removed from the culture of our times. ... From a pastoral perspective, we will then have an even greater need for liturgical hymns and songs to interpret the prayers and readings of the liturgy in good contemporary English..." I submit nothing from grand or light opera captures that evaluation of the assembly/audience in a way that compares to "(There's) No Room To Rhumba In A Sports Car" ['Fun in Acapulco' (1963)].
ReplyDeleteOh, I dunno.
ReplyDeleteThere's always The Drinking Song from Lehar's Student Prince...