Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Wow. Beautiful. This also demonstrates a big reason why monasteries are essential to the Church. Who else is in a realistic position to pray in this fashion, for several hours a day in choir and more individually?
The Church is much poorer for the loss of so many vocations, and the resulting closure of so many monasteries and convents, which followed V-2.
Indeed, Frank. My Catholic grade school had a Dr. Cordone who taught us music theory. Many First Fridays we sang the Mass in Gregorian chant.