When the American Bishops convene for their Annual Meeting --- this year in Baltimore --- they may be filling the newly renovated cathedral with a different hymn as they prepare to vote to "establish norms for hymns at Mass."
"The directory is to serve not so much as a list of approved and unapproved songs as a process by which bishops might regulate the quality of the text of songs composed for use in the liturgy." (From the Office of Media Relations, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Can you imagine the tunes that will be sung as this issue evolves?
The article concludes with the following: "The document said that the large number of liturgical songs that exist in the United States have benefited the liturgy, but also said that 'a certain stable core of liturgical songs might well serve as exemplary and stabilizing factor.'”
The American Bishops' Conference website is www.usccb.org . The site offers many informative folders!
