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Why Music Is Integral to the Sacrifice of the Mass – The Catholic Mass #27

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Christianity, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Today in the Catholic Mass Series, we begin a new section examining the externals that surround the Mass, like vestments, the church building, and starting today, sacred music. From antiquity, music has been a part of worship. In fact, even false religions recognize the importance of music in their respective devotions and rites. Today in the first of two episodes on music and the Mass, we explore the history of music in sacred worship, starting with Jewish ceremonies and the Psalms, leading up to the present day. We also start to examine the various kinds of music in a sung Mass. REFERENCED PIECES:
  • Jacob Collier (Audience Choir) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KsF309XpJo
  • Falsobordone Chant : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFrGqJUYceg
  • Processional Hymn : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=12486
  • Introit : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=12674
  • Kyrie (II) : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=12846
  • Gloria (II) : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=13063
  • Epistle : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=13378
  • Gradual & Alleluia : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=13473
  • Gospel : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=13778
  • Credo (III) : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=14010
  • Agnus Dei (II) : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=15513
  • Communion Antiphon & Versicles : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=15854
  • Te Deum (Hymn) : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=16705
  • Recessional (Sequence) : https://youtu.be/shihFsKnqu0?t=17073
  • de Morales, Cristóbal – Requiem
    • Introit & Kyrie : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTtPxltC7_w
    • Pie Jesu (Dies Iræ) & Offertory : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umW2GALmY2w
    • Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Communion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xvAy85WfGE

  •  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – Requiem
    • Whole with Chapters : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp2SJN4UiE4
    • Introit : https://youtu.be/Dp2SJN4UiE4?t=80
    • Kyrie : https://youtu.be/Dp2SJN4UiE4?t=346
    • Dies Iræ : https://youtu.be/Dp2SJN4UiE4?t=494
    • Offertory : https://youtu.be/Dp2SJN4UiE4?t=1552
    • Sanctus : https://youtu.be/Dp2SJN4UiE4?t=1972
    • Agnus Dei : https://youtu.be/Dp2SJN4UiE4?t=2332
    • Communion : https://youtu.be/Dp2SJN4UiE4?t=2505

  • To Jesus’ Heart All Burning : https://youtu.be/HoRVUU1ocnA?t=46
  • Pure Imagination : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVi3-PrQ0pY
  • Funeral Mass of President Kennedy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPXSwoTcL0g
  • Kevin Allen (O Sacrum Convivium) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AWMryoC4sw

 

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0:00.0

Today in the Catholic Mass series, we'll start a new section of seven or eight episodes looking at many of the things that surround the Mass, like vestments, the church building itself, and starting today sacred music.

0:17.0

From antiquity, music has been a part of worship. In fact, even false religions recognize

0:21.8

the importance of music. Today, in the first of two episodes on music and the Mass, we'll

0:27.1

look at the history of music in sacred worship, starting with the Jewish ceremonies and its psalms

0:32.0

leading up to the present day. We'll also start to examine the various kinds of music in a Catholic

0:37.3

song mass. On SSPXpodcast.com slash mass, you'll be start to examine the various kinds of music in a Catholic sung Mass. On SSPX

0:39.2

podcast.com slash mass, you'll be able to find all of these episodes, videos, and resources.

0:43.8

This is free to listen to, but please do consider a one-time or a small monthly recurring donation.

0:48.0

And please consider leaving a rating and a review on this podcast. This will make sure that more

0:51.9

people can find these episodes and discover the beauty and the truth of traditional Catholicism. So now let's join Father Ian Palco for the first of two

0:59.7

episodes on music. Episode 27, why music is integral to the sacrifice of the mass. Father Palco,

1:08.0

good to see you again. How have you been? I've been pretty well. It's been a little while, I think, but good to be back.

1:13.2

Yeah. It is great to have you back. And we're going to be talking about art and architecture, vestments,

1:31.1

some things like that, things that surround the mass, the things that you see and hear.

1:35.1

And we're going to be doing, I think, two episodes, right, Father, about music? I think that's the plan. Originally, it was just one. And then my notes got longer and longer and longer and

1:40.8

longer. I had to cut it off at some point in time. Yeah, yeah, fair enough.

1:45.0

All right. So let's talk today about music and let's give us an introduction, or could you

1:49.4

give us an introduction about why music is such an important integral part of the mass? Or I guess

1:54.3

I should ask, is it integral to the mass of liturgy? Well, I would say it certainly is. One of the

1:59.9

things that I could, I think we even before we go to

2:03.9

worship or anything like that, I think we would see that there's something integral to human nature

2:09.2

and music. There's something that that matches these up. I mean, even the, the Greeks, various

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