Lenten Music

This year, while appreciating my files of music selections from years past when it comes to picking out hymns every Sunday, I have also begun using English Propers at Communion. The choir or myself sing the Propers from the Sacred Music Project. They're beautiful little melodies written in chant notation and a great way to begin introducing Propers to the congregation. We sing it and then sing a Communion hymn. It's especially beautiful for the choir to learn the way in which music is a part of the Mass as we sing something that goes perfectly with the readings and Gospel of the day--just as the Church intends.