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You know about the hymns vs. propers debate.\u00a0As\u00a0rich as the Latin propers (introit, gradual, etc.) are, they’re seemingly too difficult and inaccessible for most people, as the leaders of the liturgical movement in Europe had already started to conclude by the 1930s (e.g. Pius Parsch). Many people have long since concluded that vernacular hymns are the way to go. I\u2019m torn, because I really like both.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s another intriguing option suggested in the 1967 Roman instruction Musicam Sacram<\/em> at no. 33:<\/p>\n

It is desirable that the assembly of the faithful should participate in the songs of the Proper as much as possible, especially through simple responses and other suitable settings.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The idea is to keep the propers, but find an easier way for the people to participate in them. Here\u2019s what we\u2019ve trying at Saint John\u2019s Abbey for the introit and communio when we don’t do the chant propers. We’re drawing on the experience of the Polish church.<\/p>\n

The Communist government did not permit the Polish Church to print congregational hymnals. So they devised an ingenious system of singing the responsorial psalms after Vatican II by fitting all the refrain texts into 5.6. meter. That way, any refrain melody can be used with any refrain text. If you only know three melodies at first, you can use them until you learn other more. But from day one every refrain can be sung, it it\u2019s short enough for the congregation to pick it up just by hearing it. We\u2019ve used this system of 5.6. refrains, not for the responsorial psalm where there are unmetered texts of widely varying length in our lectionary, but for the introit and communio of Advent and Lent. There is no official English translation of the Latin chant propers, which gives us the freedom to devise a refrain text in 5.6. meter which more or less captures the theme of the longer Latin text. There\u2019s a price, since not everything you want to say can be said in 11 syllables. But this must be the type of solution envisioned by MS 33. And in our case we reprint the refrain with music in the worship leaflet.<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> are the entrance antiphon and communion antiphon from last Sunday, III Lent. We all know it\u2019s a challenge to engage the congregation in song during the communion procession, as is so strongly encouraged in the official documents. By using the same melody for the entrance and the communion, it makes it much easier for the congregation to pick up the communion refrain and to retain it for singing by heart while processing.<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> is a video clip of part of the entrance from last Sunday, psalm verse with a simplified Gregorian tone. \u00a0You hear it getting gradually louder as the monks process from the cloister walk into the church. The congregation was small during the academic spring break, but you hear people joining in rather well. Some monks would prefer that the organ not come in part way through and it would all remain unaccompanied; others like the way it builds to a crescendo.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure lots of you are doing creative things like this. Please do send us audio and video files, and we\u2019ll consider putting them up for others to see.<\/p>\n

BTW, do you think the 5.6. refrains in the Polish lectionary will survive in this Liturgiam Authenticam<\/em> era? It\u2019d sure be a shame if something so charmingly Slovak and pastorally successful would go down the tubes.<\/p>\n

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