The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed.
All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems.
Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.
My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.
It's hard for the Catholic Church to accept change. When the mass was no longer said in Latin, loyalists went into mourning for years.
Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing.
One of the things that is wonderful about hymns is that they are a sort of universally shared poetry, at least among certain populations.
I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for our independence.
Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important part of the aesthetic of the traditional structure of the Mass.
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery.