St. Felix, of the royal family of France, with St. John of Matha founded the Order of Trinitarians for the ransom of captives. He died in 1212.
John's birthday present finally arrived! We were a little worried that maybe amazon.de was not as reputable as amazon.com, or that it had been intercepted by the Austrian Post Office. John is very excited to now have the Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin.
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Lord John The Latin the Introspective of Lesser Wobbleton
we salute you oh bilingual one
Soon to be trilingual, when the German finally kicks in! I guess you won't really be an American, then.
Once the Muslims take over Europe, you can rest assured that titles like that will be intercepted by the Austrian Post.
I'm so glad your gift arrived...but, frankly speaking, the pictures of Maria are much more attractive!
John, A few days ago you posted a comment on music...it is a sad state of affairs, isn't it? One of the fruits of the charismatic renewal, as I see it, is worship music that is truly focused on the triune God, and is indeed music that leads one to true worship of Him. Style aside for the moment, the lyrics tend to be very direct in expressing the truth of who God is and who we are not.
Mom,
Speaking of cute pictures of Maria, did you ever recover the prints from your co-grandparents?
I think you are largely right about the music. At least lyrically, the music of the CR tends to be much better than the standard fare of Haugen, Haas, and Joncas typical of most Catholic parishes.
What annoys me most about "Here I Am, Lord" (discussed in the article you linked to earlier) is the chorus. Perhaps I don't have a full comprehension of the logic of song composition, but placing our response to God's call in the refrain seems to make the response the main event, rather than God's initiative of grace in calling us, which I think is the more traditional understanding.
How many times does the word "I" appear in the refrain? I count six (including the me). Something's not right here.
"Here I am Lord. Is it I Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart."
"I ...", "I...", "I...". It's my objection to the song "Refiner's Fire". Although the desire expressed is laudable - to be holy - the point of the song is still what "I" want.
Perhaps, though, the "I" in "Refiner's Fire" can be forgiven more readily than the one in "Here I Am, Lord." I'd say it's not inherently bad to tell the Lord what we want; after all,
1. doesn't integrity in the human person mean that the mind, heart, words, and actions of said person are all of one accord / one thing?
2. Also, real love is about faithfulness and commitment, yes, but isn't desire part of real love, as well? Jesus wasn't indifferent to our situation when He came and died on the cross.
Maybe the trouble with "RF" is that it's sung in public, when it might be better off as a song one person sings to the Lord. ?
"HIAm," otoh, doesn't talk about desire, nor about the cross; it's more sentimental. Besides which (whole 'nother topic), it's not strictly *sacred* music, on which grounds I question whether it should be heard at Mass at all.
Margo,
Good insights. I would agree that "RF" is less self focused than "Here I AM" (and many others); and I think Daddy would agre with that as well.
Also, regardless of the relative merit of the lyrics, you're right to point out what I think is a more important fact: the music itself is not sacred according to the prescriptions of St. Pius X's Tra Le Sollecitudine (and other documents) and thus ought never to be heard in the Mass.
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