Kate Keefe
@SingenBingen
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Music for psalms, acclamations, Mass texts for congregations everywhere. Writes at https://t.co/W1BdQPkhIu and @The_Tablet #Synod2024 #womenwerethere
Joined April 2012
Been inspired by the music at any church event recently? But you could be! There are so many great hymns out there, both old and new, so if you're choosing, please consult your church musicians before giving them a fixed list.
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What would it be like to be mended by a miracle? There's very little in the Gospels from the recipients of miracles, but what there is is intriguing. Here's my latest for @The_Tablet on deafness and modern miracles https://t.co/9QM6956t4U
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They made him both popular with the people and unpopular with the authorities. As the Gospel writers keep pointing out, these cures are what the prophets
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Nothing ordinary about the hymns for Ordinary Time... Here's my latest for @The_Tablet on themes and thinking in the current part of the Church's year. https://t.co/QfUBXNfEpO
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The readings in them can be sequential from Sunday to Sunday; the Gospel usually is, but the First and Second readings can dodge around a bit, and the
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When water is everywhere – but there really is not a drop to drink.
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When water is everywhere - but there really is not a drop to drink. When we went to bed, everything was normal; when we got up, the taps didn’t work.
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When water is everywhere – but there really is not a drop to drink. How to cope when the taps run dry, by @SingenBingen with photo by @RuthieGledhill
https://t.co/28pu4X1BuH
#catholic
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And there was no warning. We’ve lived in countries where the water supply is regularly interrupted, and we can cope with that; you always fill the kettle
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Carolling gaily before the carols start
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Carolling gaily before the carols start. We’re coming to the end of the Church’s year, which means Advent is just around the corner.
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Looking forward to tomorrow? We should be! Here's my latest for @The_Tablet on choosing Advent hymns. Yes, there's no Gloria for four weeks but plenty of Alleluias and rejoicing, so don't let the Advent music be penitential!
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We’re coming to the end of the Church’s year, which means Advent is just around the corner. And planning the Advent music is quite stressful.
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Succession planning - Music for Mass
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Succession planning. Who will be helping in your Parish in ten years time. We have just had our annual Parish meeting.
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Who's going to be helping in your parish in ten years time? I was thinking about this for volunteers, but of course it's relevant to priests as well. Here's my latest for @The_Tablet on succession planning and what might help
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Every group in the parish is tasked with filling in the answers to an extensive questionnaire about what we have been doing all year and what our plans are.
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Our choir after a holiday
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During the month of August, our choir, like many others, was technically on holiday.
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If he who sings prays twice, it's no wonder that choirs need a summer holiday! Here's my latest for @The_Tablet on the practicalities and some of the problems (and how pleased I am for the choir to be back).
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Mostly we’ve seen each other around on Sundays, of course, except when someone daringly goes to a different Mass, which can feel surprisingly restful. It is
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Coping with the ups and downs of life after a fall https://t.co/5v5fSsB6pH
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But I’ve had to walk around with a crutch for the last few months. People have been astonishingly kind over letting me cross the road or giving me a little
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Did you ever play snakes and ladders as a child? It's a very moral game, a surprisingly late addition to British childhoods. The whole concept of up and down is rich in reverberations. Here's my latest for @The_Tablet
https://t.co/tSs6xM6zPk
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But I’ve had to walk around with a crutch for the last few months. People have been astonishingly kind over letting me cross the road or giving me a little
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Psalms stripped of poetry and impossible to sing
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The new lectionary has now been in force since the beginning of Advent last year. I say “in force” rather than a more neutral expression, because there was no
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Fancy a singalong with the Pope? Here's my latest for @The_Tablet on the prayer he sang on St Peter's balcony. We're teaching it to the congregation; it's short, it's easy and Youtube means you can pray with Leo as well as for him.
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When our new Pope came out on to the balcony for the first time to address us all, he also took the opportunity to praise the Queen of Heaven, and ask for her
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Would you actually want to be choosing the next Pope? It's an awesome responsibility. But I'd like to know that the discussion at least covered certain topics. Here's my latest for @The_Tablet on why we need to pray for the cardinals.
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It was very sad to hear that the late Pope had died (on Easter Monday morning), but on the other hand, what a great day to go, with heaven having its biggest
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New Pope. New hope. @SingenBingen As the Church bids farewell to Pope Francis, the world watches Rome with expectation. In a Jubilee year marked by hope, what kind of leadership does the Church need now — and what might the Holy Spirit have in store? https://t.co/nocutV7dux
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It was very sad to hear that the late Pope had died (on Easter Monday morning), but on the other hand, what a great day to go, with heaven having its biggest
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Lent Gospel Acclamations : the New Lectionary - Music for Mass
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Here are our musical settings for the new words for the Lent Gospel Acclamations in the new Lectionary which started Advent 2024.
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New Lectionary, new Lent Gospel Acclamations (and they don't fit the tunes of the old ones). Here's a link to a new set for this year (I'll add Palm Sunday/Good Friday as soon as the ink is dry) , hope this helps!
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Kate Keefe blogs church music and the psalms
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