Daily Archives: 15 July 2012

CCTLS 12: Composing Liturgical Music

People still compose music for liturgy. Maybe as much as they did one or two generations ago. Let’s see what John Paul II said about it. 12. With regard to compositions of liturgical music, I make my own the “general … Continue reading

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RDCA V, 23-28: Blessing a Church, Liturgy of the Eucharist

After the altar is blessed, it is dressed with a cloth and decorated with flowers (V, 23). Candles are lit and used, “if need be, the cross.” The bishop then receives the gifts at the chair (V, 24), and the … Continue reading

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