Last week National Public Radio ran a story called “Narcissism on Rise in Pop Music Lyrics.” It opened up with, On this very day in 1985, the number one song on the Billboard Top 100 was…”We Are the World” (“We are … Continue reading
Tagged with Gregorian Chant
Gather Us In, A Bad Song Is Playing
A reader writes into Fr. Z to ask why Gregorian Chant is to be preferred at Mass to hymns like “Gather Us In” which the reader, a newly minted Catholic, happens to like. Fr. Z responds here, and the commenters … Continue reading
How God Saved My Soul Through Music
I was inspired to transfer my brain goo to the computer screen over the last couple of hours. Here are the results. Here’s to a more fruitful discussion. I haven’t talked extensively about why I rejected atheistic communism and made … Continue reading
Celtic Woman Singing Little Drummer Boy
Little Drummer Boy is one of my favorite Christmas songs of all time and I surprisingly stumbled across the Celtic Woman version of this song. Celtic Woman is an all-female musical ensemble which I came across on YouTube earlier this … Continue reading
Return of Gregorian Chant
This past Summer a conference took place on the shores of Lake Michigan on reinvigorating the use of Gregorian Chant in our liturgies. The Reform of the Reform continues. Deo gratias! (Biretta Tip: New Liturgical Movement)