Oh man... gotta live this hot topic. It comes up and up again.
For those fo you who are in a situation where you cannot make the case for a weekly worship aid, BUT you might have the leeway to fight for (and perhaps get support for) a more permanent aid/book/supplement....
Has anyone tossed around the idea of taking those antiphon hymns from Antiphonrenewal., Kathleen Pluth, and Christoph Tietze, and compiling a single "antiphon hymnal" for their parish?
I'm thinking about doing just that. We have hymnals that need to be retired and I believe that this would be a good way to find our way into a permanent missal situation (such as the ILP "Book of Sacred Liturgy" [which is Sunday missal and hymnal in one]), while having a resource that expands on what the basic hymnody while giving the texts of the Mass as well.
I'm thinking about a hymnal that is divided up like a missal, with the hymns listed according to the Sundays and feasts of the liturgical year, as well as a few "generic" sections in the back (i.e. Adoration & Eucharist, general praise, cheif office hymns (set to chant and/or metrical tunes [or both]).
HECK.... has anyone thought about a missal that takes the source and summit or Ignatius pew missal approach, but with hymn propers in those places of the chants????? That would be absolutely INVALUABLE to me here...
I have too many projects and ideas, and never enough hours in my life (let alone a week or day)!!!!
For those fo you who are in a situation where you cannot make the case for a weekly worship aid, BUT you might have the leeway to fight for (and perhaps get support for) a more permanent aid/book/supplement....
Has anyone tossed around the idea of taking those antiphon hymns from Antiphonrenewal., Kathleen Pluth, and Christoph Tietze, and compiling a single "antiphon hymnal" for their parish?
I'm thinking about doing just that. We have hymnals that need to be retired and I believe that this would be a good way to find our way into a permanent missal situation (such as the ILP "Book of Sacred Liturgy" [which is Sunday missal and hymnal in one]), while having a resource that expands on what the basic hymnody while giving the texts of the Mass as well.
I'm thinking about a hymnal that is divided up like a missal, with the hymns listed according to the Sundays and feasts of the liturgical year, as well as a few "generic" sections in the back (i.e. Adoration & Eucharist, general praise, cheif office hymns (set to chant and/or metrical tunes [or both]).
HECK.... has anyone thought about a missal that takes the source and summit or Ignatius pew missal approach, but with hymn propers in those places of the chants????? That would be absolutely INVALUABLE to me here...
I have too many projects and ideas, and never enough hours in my life (let alone a week or day)!!!!