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All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems.
Richard Morris

Old, Days, Hear

The tunes, rhythms, and messages are drawn mainly from secular culture.
Richard Morris

Culture, Messages, Secular

When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.
Richard Morris

Faith, Music, Great

And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem.
Richard Morris

Problem, Talk, Wants

As for sacred polyphony, there is no reason to be afraid of it.
Richard Morris

Afraid, Reason, Sacred

At St. Francis de Sales in Atlanta, we do not have an organ. We do not have rehearsals during the week. We do not have a professional choir.
Richard Morris

Week, Sales, Choir

But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing.
Richard Morris

Else, Sing, Nowadays

Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.
Richard Morris

Music, Church, Seem

Even Catholic parishes today are not wanting for talent. But no serious singer or organist will get anywhere near the typical music program, at least if he wants to retain his self-respect.
Richard Morris

Music, Today, Serious

For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith.
Richard Morris

Faith, Beauty, Music

Inaudible prayers, particularly of the Canon, which at first don't seem to have anything to do with music, end up being a very important part of the aesthetic of the traditional structure of the Mass.
Richard Morris

Music, End, Important

Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.
Richard Morris

Music, Live, Times

It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap.
Richard Morris

Music, Car, Hear

It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.
Richard Morris

Truth, True, Difficult

Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy.
Richard Morris

Music, Liturgy, Roman

Never have so many recordings of the great Masses and motets been in wider circulation.
Richard Morris

Great, Masses, Recordings

Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed.
Richard Morris

Place, Again, Once

Participation is easily obtained with Latin chant.
Richard Morris

Latin, Chant, Easily

Record stores have whole sections devoted to the chant.
Richard Morris

Whole, Sections, Devoted

The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days.
Richard Morris

Character, Days, Seems

The pastor of a parish will typically have no education in the chant or in music, and he will hire the first music director who walks through the door.
Richard Morris

Music, Education, Through

Then suddenly the Roman liturgy disappeared as we knew it.
Richard Morris

Knew, Suddenly, Liturgy

There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again.
Richard Morris

Nothing, Again, Song

Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it is supposed to mean.
Richard Morris

Music, Mean, Sound

You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition.
Richard Morris

Music, Country, Hand

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Clergyman

Born: September 8, 1833

Died: May 12, 1894

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