Author: Paul Ford
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Does the Ordinary Form Have a Distinctive Voice?
Jeffrey A. Tucker, managing editor of Sacred Music and a friendly and thoughtful dialogue partner, has responded at the Chant Café to my report of the CMAA Colloquium XXII in Salt Lake City.
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Responses to the Responses to “The CMAA Colloquium—a report”
Paul Ford here, not feeling very confident about how to make extensive replies to many but not all of the replies thus far to “The CMAA Colloquium—a report.”
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The CMAA Colloquium—a report
I spent the last week of June in Salt Lake City, in the shadow of the jewel-like Cathedral of the Madeleine, attending my first-ever colloquium (their twenty-second) of the Church Music Association of America. Nearly 300 people from all over the country (and some from overseas) focused their attention and energies on preparing eucharistic liturgies…
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Ephesians 5:21–33 on August 25/26, 2012
As mentioned previously, I hope that some preachers will take up the challenge of preaching on Ephesians this coming summer. This means that they will need to study Ephesians 5:21–33 not only in itself but also in its liturgical context. Because of the liturgical context, some preachers might choose to avail themselves of the short…
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Summer 2012 Sunday lectionary preview and the long form of the readings
In the summer of 1970 (July 26th to be exact, the 17th Sunday of the Year B according to the new calendar) my pastor breathed a sigh of relief when he came across Saint John’s version of the feeding of the 5000. The western church had been reading the Gospel of Mark for the first…
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The entire texts of the extended form of the Pentecost Vigil
I have worked out the entire extended form of the Pentecost Vigil with all the texts in place. Here are the the Word document and the PDF version. The PDF version has the correct glyphs for the versicles and the responses. Please get back to me if you find any mistakes.
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Gregorian Chant: The Revival Announced
The Congregation for Divine Worship wants to put itself in the lead of the rebirth of great sacred music. But the Secretariat of State has its own musicians…
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Evaluation how the RM3 implementation process worked / is working?
I just received this request: “was just wondering if you knew of any resources to help us evaluation how the implementation process went in our parish…”
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How Ordinary Time are your Easter Time songs?
I have observed that it is a difficult thing to sustain Easter Time over its fifty days. Flowers wilt and spirits sag.