Author Topic: Novus Ordo laity compose their own songs now (Read 5298 times)

Malleus · « **on:** November 18, 2014, 06:19:00 PM »

What do people here think about this? Just like in the Protestant sects, I have noticed that the lay people in the NO make up their own songs now, and sometimes even use them in the New Mess. I don't really know much about music in general, but what I perceive is that these songs usually have this "pop music" or Protestant air to them. I don't know if it's because they're meant to be sung with guitars and other profane instruments, but they just put me off and make me think of Protestantism.

BTNYC · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2014, 08:38:00 AM »

They couldn't do very much worse than some of the "professionally" written heretical pop songs they've been using for decades now ("Gather Us In" "Sing a New Church" etc).

TKGS · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2014, 09:28:37 AM »

Interesting that you "noticed" it.

All songs have to be "made up" at some point. There was a time that no choir in the Church ever sang Faith of our Fathers or even "The Mass of the Angels". The songs and the music had not yet been composed.

But I agree with BTNYC that there is no point in condemning some of the faithful for composing new songs when the "professional" songs they have available to them are so putrid. In any event, someone with some sort of authority in the parish and/or diocese had to approve the use of these songs. So, if you object to them, who are you really objecting to?

Ladislaus · « **Reply #3 on:** November 19, 2014, 09:49:03 AM »

Yep, they could hardly do worse than Carey Landry. "Giant Love Ball"

Dolores · « **Reply #4 on:** November 19, 2014, 10:14:12 AM »

Certainly individual songs can be criticized for their content, but I do not think they can be criticized merely for being new or because they were written by lay individuals. All songs were new at some point, and some hymns that are now considered holy and traditional were written by laymen, for example, Adeste Fideles.