Richard Morris
Richard Morris
Richard Morris, was an English philologist and priest of the Church of England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 September 1833
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You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition.
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It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.
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And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem.
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Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the typical music program, at least if he wants to retain his self-respect.
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(Santa Fe) started out very slow because we had a lot of new players but our fly half, Hulbert, is from New Zealand, and his experience made a tremendous amount of difference.
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At St. Francis de Sales in Atlanta, we do not have an organ. We do not have rehearsals during the week. We do not have a professional choir.
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There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again.
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I was pretty healthy when I was a kid. When I started gaining weight after college, I was as surprised as everyone else.
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For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith.
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Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.
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Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy.
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But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing.
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Never have so many recordings of the great Masses and motets been in wider circulation.
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It's probably down because of the provisions on those two UK projects.