"I almost believe it is our high and holy duty to sing loudly the original 'wretch' line that our liturgical experts have bowdlerized out of that great old song ["Amazing Grace"] whenever the congregation sings the bland version instead. God in his wisdom saw that the American Church lacked persecutions and so sent her liturgists" (page 46).
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Quote of the Day, via Kreeft
"I almost believe it is our high and holy duty to sing loudly the original 'wretch' line that our liturgical experts have bowdlerized out of that great old song ["Amazing Grace"] whenever the congregation sings the bland version instead. God in his wisdom saw that the American Church lacked persecutions and so sent her liturgists" (page 46).
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Ha. I actually just got this book and read it cover to cover in about 2 days. A wonderful coincidence, and the page with that quote got a star on it. It's things like this that justify my kneeling in the Cleveland diocese following the Agnus Dei.
ReplyDeleteAs a second note, the word that Google used for me to prove I wasn't a machine on that last post was "brible"... coincidence?
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