{"id":469,"date":"2010-01-17T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T22:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=469"},"modified":"2010-12-17T15:00:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T21:00:03","slug":"try-again-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/17\/try-again-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Again, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sources tell me that Rome isn\u2019t accepting the Australians\u2019 vernacular hymn repertoire. <em>Liturgiam Authenticam<\/em> (2001) is best known for what it says about translation. But no. 108 says about congregational hymns that each bishops\u2019 conference<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;shall provide for the publication of a directory or repertory [<em>directorium seu repertorium] <\/em>of texts intended for liturgical singing. This document shall be transmitted for the necessary <em>recognitio<\/em> to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>LA 108 is a huge innovation. Until now (both before and after Vatican II), Catholic hymnody has been a free-for-all in the English-speaking world. Before Vatican you could sing almost anything at Sunday Low Mass (eg. hymns to Mary in May and October without looking at the\u00a0readings) because, if I may put it baldly, the congregation didn\u2019t matter and only the priest said Mass. Since Vatican II we\u2019ve had \u201cAll You Need is Love\u201d (at least back in the 60s and 70s) and \u201cA Mighty Fortress\u201d and everything in between. Imagine that anyone, the Holy See for example, would have second thoughts about all this.<\/p>\n<p>The Australians submitted 750 hymns and were told that some things shouldn\u2019t be on their list. Now how will the Australians\u00a0build the city of God for the Lord of sea and sky? We don\u2019t yet know if the things not on the final list (once that gets hashed out) will be prohibited Down Under. It\u2019s worth asking whether this would really be the implication, because the talk in the US was of a small core repertoire required to be included in every hymnal, plus lots of freedom for additions by various publishers. The short list (not yet even begun to be developed) would be approved by the conference and Rome. The additions would be approved by the bishop of the diocese of the\u00a0publishing house. For this, the local bishop would apply the guidelines found in the hymn <em>directorium<\/em> (as distinct from a <em>repertorium<\/em> of specific hymns) which the US bishops submitted to Rome several years ago. Rome still hasn\u2019t responded to that submission, no doubt because they want a <em>repertorium<\/em> of actual hymns from our bishops, not just a <em>directorium<\/em> of guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>I know, I know, many people get very nervous about white lists and black lists. But I think it <em>could<\/em> be a good thing. Here\u2019s why: it means that vernacular hymnody is getting a huge promotion, liturgically speaking, from the category of \u201cdo what you want but please try to do something appropriate\u201d to \u201ccanonically approved for worship.\u201d Protestant synods\u00a0have done this for centuries with their official hymnals \u2013 the hymn texts mattered that much. Provided there is room for geniune creativity, oversight which improves the quality of our hymnody is to be welcomed. But ask me again when they prohibit something created by <em>me!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>awr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until now (both before and after Vatican II), Catholic hymnody has been a free-for-all in the English-speaking world. 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