all were sung. All this was by no neans due to laziness; rather, it was rreant to e:xpress grief at the death of Cllrist. Nevertheless, in order to cozrpensate for the diminution of the sung Offioe which, during the Sacred Triduurn, ped many of the accretions picked up over the centuries, the entire psalter was added to the roster of Good Friday practioes.
BUT look: the valleys shine with pranises, And evei:y buming rroming is a prq>hecy of Christ Corning to raise and vindicate Even our sori:y flesh. 'll1en will your graves, Gethsemani, give up their angels, Retum them to their souls to leam 'Ihe scngs and attitudes of gloi:y. 'Ihen will cr:eaticn rise again like gold Clean, from the fumace of your litanies: 'Ihe beasts and trees shall sham your :resun:ecticn, And a new world be bom from these green tarbs. In the Lord Jesus, b. <lli:ysogcnus
be guided by pru:ience." 'Ihe then president of the Consi Ziwn explained the rrotives of such prudence: "Acoount Im.lSt be taken of the architectural and artistic situaticn which, in many countries, is protected by severe civil laws." 'Ihe central positicn of the altar of whidl the Instruction speaks is to be taken in an ideal and psydlological rather than geonetrical sense. '!he altar
and by participating in the celebraticn. Vhat is at stake is this - we must give to a carmrunity which lives its liturgy the places it needs for a true celebratim. 'lllus it will be neaessa:cy that whoever collaborates in this task should knav and keep before his mind the profound rreaning and the demands of the liturgy. In any case , no change is to be undertaken without the authorization and rontrol of the diocesan liturgy comnission. 'lllis latter cannot judge the case f rom a sinple description or a general sketch, but only f ran plans which are precise , carrplete and detailed. Turin, 22 October, 1967 Diocesan Feast of the Dedication of the Churches + Michele Card.Pellegrino Trans. by Damian Snyth Mount St. Joseph Abbey
Lent; the GEN G-1 (Faith , H , Love) paraphrases of Psalin 90 , "Call the IDrd Thy Great Salvation ," is excellent for the 1st Sunday in Lent; and a mmber of the Marian hyrms (COM A-1 etc. ) are no less good for Advent. CHRIST THE LORD IS RI SEN AGAIN TEM J -1 4 Easter Christus ist erstanden CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN 77 . 77 .4 . Miahael. Weisse, 1531 Germany, 12th c. Tl' . , Catherine Winkworth, 1858 h'rist the 4- te who slum-bered in the grave is 5- Hynns of glo- ry ' songs of praise , the r , ffi ) J I 3 J J J J 1 1- b ro- ken ery chain , hark , the ge ls 2- us dured the strife , is our chal 3- less up- en the cross , lives in glo- ry ® 3 J ; J j 1- shout for joy , sing- ing ev- er- more on hi gh : 2- Lamb to- day ; we too s ing f or joy , and say : 3- now on high , pleads for us and hears our cry : @ J-IJ J ; j I I
NOIES The Hymns of Wes Ze y and Watts , 1942 , p. 109 , as quoted in Cecil Northcott, Hymns in Chris tian Worship {Eaumeniaa l S tudies in Worship 13) , Richm:>nd 1964 ,9 . (2) Le Traduzioni dei Libri Liturgiai: A tti del Congresso tenuto a Roma i Z 9-13 novembre Z96 5, Citta del Vaticano 1966 , 12-13: "Ne, evidenterrente , i traduttori devono usare la stessa lingua per le pericopi della Sacra Scrittura, che oontengcno la Parola di Dio, e par le orazicne o gli inni." Translaticn f rom the French text in N oti tiae 44 (1969 ) , 10. Published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana , 1968. 'Ihe project, with its 296 Latin hynns, is only provisional. Brief but suf ficient bibliographical notes are given , providing the student with the latest conclusions energing f rom the recent decades of scholarly research. A re-print was issood by Cover Publicaticn , New York , 1957 two bound volurmes at $15 a set. (6 ) Op. ai t., Vol. I, art. "Arrerican Hynnody", p. 59 . ( 7) Plus a nurcber of additicnal hynns in the Service Section. 'Ihe statistics are taken either f rom the hynnals therrselves, or else f rom information gleaned from Cecil Northcott, Hymns in Chris tian Worship (Eaumeniaa l S tudies in ship 13) , Richnr:nd 1964 , 52-55.