Thursday, January 08, 2004

More Sacred Music from OCP?

Is this what the Holy Father envisioned in his Apostolic Letter, SPIRITUS ET SPONSA on the 40th Anniversary of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM wherein he says:
4. Then with regard to the different elements involved in liturgical celebration, the Constitution pays special attention to the importance of sacred music. The Council praises it, pointing out as its objective: "the glory of God and the sanctification of the faithful"13. In fact, sacred music is a privileged means to facilitate the active participation of the faithful in sacred celebration, as my venerable Predecessor St Pius X desired to highlight in his Motu Proprio On the Restoration of Sacred Music Tra le Sollecitudini, whose centenary occurs this year. It was this very anniversary that recently gave me an opportunity to reassert the need to preserve and to emphasize the role of music at liturgical celebrations, in accordance with the directives of Sacrosanctum Concilium and mindful of the Liturgy's real character as well as the sensibility of our time and the musical traditions of the world's different regions.

Be sure to have your sound turned up!

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