"Truly, it is the indescribable sweetness of contemplation which you give to those who love you. In this you have shown the tenderness of your charity, that when I had no being you made me; and when I strayed away from you, you brought me back again to serve you and commanded me to love you." The Imitation of Christ
Friday 26 May 2006
Hymn Lyrics to make you Weep
...Only this time with laughter! Given my previous posts on inclusive language in hymns and getting children to learn the traditional hymns, this offering from Fr. Nicholas at Roman Miscellany just had to get a mention...
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Sometimes the heavy, solemn, dirgefull, Wesleyian kind of hymn is simply tooooo much.
I refer to a recent Mass specifically for children where the singing of more joyous and cheerful hymns for the occassion of the Ascension of Our Blessed Lord would have resounded more with our youngsters.
2 comments:
Sometimes the heavy, solemn, dirgefull, Wesleyian kind of hymn is simply tooooo much.
I refer to a recent Mass specifically for children where the singing of more joyous and cheerful hymns for the occassion of the Ascension of Our Blessed Lord would have resounded more with our youngsters.
I have no problem with joyous and cheerful... it's when the lyrics are ghastly and the tune grating that I object!
...and to be honest, I suspect that the dirgeful bit is more to do with the speed at which the hymn is played or sung than the tune itself!!
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