Singing in Harmony with Heaven
How can the music heard today in the Catholic Church be renewed so as to faithfully fulfill its traditional role – to proclaim the divine dignity of the Mass, and to draw people into its contemplative dimension of reverent adoration, transformation, and loving communion? Please join me as we study the oft-neglected but luminous path which the Church has charted for this inspired renewal, and as we share our questions and challenges along the way.
Podcasting since 2019 • 23 episodes
Singing in Harmony with Heaven
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Repertoire 7: Singing in Harmony with the Angels
Above, the hosts of angels sing praise; below, men form choirs in the churches and imitate them by singing the same doxology... The inhabitants of heaven and earth are brought together in a common assembly; there is one thanksgiving, one sh...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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21:38
Repertoire 6: Lord, have mercy
Are we aware of the depth and breadth of meaning in the words "Lord, have mercy" as we recite or sing them in the Mass? Studying the use of the word "mercy" in the Old and New Testaments, in Church Tradition, and in the great Liturgical traditi...
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Episode 21
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18:11
Repertoire 5: The Penitential Rite
Outside of the world of opera, isn’t there something fundamentally incompatible between sincere penitence and singing? How then has the Liturgy brought these two seemingly contradictory acts into harmony with one another?
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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11:36
Repertoire 4: "Amen" and an Overview of all the Congregational Parts
Do the liturgical musical settings we use in the Mass correspond to the description given by the Second Vatican Council – that they are to be a “new part in the musical heritage of the Church, not unworthy of its past”? Do they radiate the holi...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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22:08
Repertoire 3: Sign of the Cross / All the Priest’s Parts
Because our seminarians and priests have typically been strongly influenced by the music of our secular culture, and cut off from an authentic living tradition of priestly chant, they are often in need of discernment and/or re-education in this...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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9:27