tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post1495391354055260126..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Awful HymnsMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-81866875644696693202012-05-15T06:23:56.422-07:002012-05-15T06:23:56.422-07:00It's the best. Although yesterday they sang &q...It's the best. Although yesterday they sang "Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star" which almost gives me goosebumps.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-70898421103638437742012-05-14T22:56:22.517-07:002012-05-14T22:56:22.517-07:00You would have been deeply encouraged to hear my u...You would have been deeply encouraged to hear my uncle expounding on this same subject some weeks ago. As nearly as I can remember, he used these excellent words to describe a particularly pathetic hymn, sung at a particularly pathetic tempo: "It doesn't sound like the Church Militant. It sounds like people trudging along, heads drooping, banners dragging. . ." I do like a good (mind you, a *good* hymn) myself (I'm partial to "Adoro Te Devote"), but would hasten to agree that there is something incomparably wonderful in the deep quiet that accompanies the arrival of Our Lord early in the morning.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922256237670687588noreply@blogger.com