We were sitting in my office and the Little Crow climbed into my lap and pointed to the rain falling on the skylight and outside the window. I was snuggling him because the weather turned colder and the office was chilly. That, and I love any chance I get to cuddle my kids. I also love to sing to them. This is what I found myself singing to the little one: The Rain Came Down The rain came down the water went up into the sky the temperature dropped oh my oh my! the clouds are quickly blowing by the … Continue reading
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Religious music is wonderful for reinforcing our understanding of our Faith and excellent for building our Catholic cultures, but not all religious music is appropriate for use during the Mass. Just up front I want to let my readers know that: I am totally in favor of singing the mass as the norm rather than speaking it; I am completely in love with the high quality older music that has survived the test of time; I believe the choir should be in the loft or at least well out of the line of sight of the congregation because it is … Continue reading
I’m a person with a very visual memory. I think in picture which, if I need to speak or write, I translate into words. When I am reading, all the words translate into images and the story unrolls in my mind like a film and surrounds me. Music is also stored as images rather than directly as sound. Everything in my brain is visual; it is all translated from the pictures when I communicate. To learn a song I practice it over and over and over again until pictures flow in patterns in my mind. Those images hold the music … Continue reading
Recovering Dissident Catholic What Does the Prayer Really Say The above two links are to a commentary about New Age classes, often costing $100 or more to take, being held in parish churches. There are so many reasons why this is wrong, but the above links spoke to that very very well. The comments were good too! I want to talk about why I think these classes happen and why so many Catholics (and non-Catholics too fall into these traps) take up these activities. We are community creatures. We need fellowship and not just during the Mass. During Mass we … Continue reading