One of the things that I can't stand about the Catholic Church today is how, after Vatican II, we abandoned the heritage of music that we had gathered over CENTURIES. When I see some flat melody and insipid lyrics in a song written by some hippy in 1976 being sung in church, I want to vomit.
Ladies and Gentlemen, no matter how you feel about the Catholic Church, you cannot deny the fact that for centuries the major composers wrote their music for the church, and people learned to sing it and play it.
Kyrie Eleison - Lord have mercy
Christe Eleison - Christ have mercy
Kyrie Eleison - Lord have mercy
Gloria en Excelsis Deo! - Glory to God in the highest!
Of the many crimes perpetrated against America by it's publik skool sistim, the failure to teach Latin, and the dismissal of classical music are two of the most grievous to me. Well, OK, the failure to teach ENGLISH would be the most grievous crime. But the failure to teach Latin would be number two.
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