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| What parts of the liturgy MUST be sung? | heather | Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
Question: What parts of the liturgy MUST be sung, not recommended, not suggested, but MUST be sung? Please be specific, if possible; most importantly, MUST the responsorial psalm be sung? |
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| Question Answered by Mr. Jacob Slavek
Dear Heather, The Psalm is NOT absolutely required to be sung. The instruction says that the "psalmist or reader sings or recites the psalm verse". (GIRM, no. 129) The Alleluia verse must be omitted if it is not sung, so that means that it cannot be recited. Then there are other parts of the Liturgy that would make absolutely no sense at all to recite, such as Gregorian Chant, but I suppose an argument could be made that that too could be recited. Hymns are often recited during the Liturgy of the Hours. Mr. Slavek Footer Notes: (a) A Eucharistic Minister is clergy (Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion). Laity are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and should never be called Eucharistic Ministers. (b) There is no such Mass called the Novus Ordo. The Current Mass is the Roman Missal of 2000, or the Oridinary Form of the Mass. The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Missal of 1962, or the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Please refrain from using the term, Novus Ordo. Thanks. (c) The titles of Acolyte and Lector belong exclusively to the Installed Offices of Acolyte and Lector, who are men (only) appointed by the Bishop. These roles performed by others are Altar Servers and Readers, respectively. |
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