Society of Saint Gregory

The dangers of allowing a bride and groom to producr their own order of service:

'The bride and groom make their wedding vowels'

and my particular favourite...

The Hymn: 'Love, the vinyl love-sick selling' - No. 123

Thank you for your comments. I shall pass your compliments on to Simon Jacobs who, no doubt, will be pleased to hear that his efforts as organ scholar at Westminster Abbey have also been appreciated as far afield as Westminster Cathedral.

Woops, I think I may have flown a little close to the sun there! I ought to have made clearer the reference to the 'cosmic liturgy' with which our earthly liturgy joins.

I think what I'm trying to drive at, as it is increasingly on my mind, is my belief that what I might call 'Cathedral Liturgy ...

A quote from JPII

"The liturgy, like the Church, is intended to be hierarchical and polyphonic."

By our baptism we are worthy and called to participate in the divine liturgy which allows participation in the divine life. We must never attempt to debase the worshiping Church in heaven by ...

Hello again to all and thanks for the replies. Musicus, you are of course correct that the nature of the relationship between a cathedral's music and liturgy and that of its diocesan parishes is warmly discussed. And yes, I do have something to say on this but I will explore a different forum for ...

I have split this new thread off from the St Paul's Cathedral thread - Musicus (moderator)

Perhaps this might be an appropriate time for me to enter the discussion and (with some trepidation) to make my first post. I have recently been appointed Precentor at Westminster, having been one of the ...