Music-Minded Catholics Hope to Sing a New (Old) Song
Despite the fear of some more liberal Catholics, and the hopes of some more traditional Catholics, I don't think that the Pope's attempts to change the music done at Mass is an attempt to impose Gregorian Chant as the standard for all liturgies. I really do believe that the Pope is trying to take the Church to the place where it should have been after Vatican II, that is, to revise the Mass in a new way. It's not going back to the pre-Vatican II state, but will be revised in a different way. I think he believes, as do a lot of us, that the Mass was meant to be revised, not totally re-done, and it needs to be looked at with new eyes now to accomplish that. Neither the liberal nor the traditional camps are going to be satisfied, unfortunately. It's not going back to the way it was, but neither is it staying the same. The Spirit is a-movin'...
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