Practice and Latin Mass

At the Thursday practice, our pre-chat featured some talk about Pope Francis washing the feet of two women and two Muslims at the juvenile prison. My concern is that the Canon Law is specific that only men 'vir' should be chosen. While the Pope is the supreme legislator, I'd have preferred that he change the law first, rather than disobeying it. He could change the law to 'people' or 'altar-servers' or even 'Brownies' and I'd be happier than having him just ignoring the law that obedient priests have complied with for decades. There is apparently a saying that highlights the SJ's lack of interest in liturgical accuracy:

'as lost as a Jesuit in Holy Week'.

So, perhaps, our Jesuit Pope is just carrying on a tradition of his Society.
But there's no denying that the image is a powerful one:

God bless our Pope

Six of us met in the Crying Room. After a short prayer, we ran through Missa De Angelis. We spent more time on the Gloria, which we hadn't sung publicly. We went over several topics: excelsis should sound like eggshells-is; we should emphasise the middle sound of the phrases (Ado-RAH-mus) and drop the volume at the end of each phrase. Other pronunciation tips: propter manyam; Domine Dehyyus; sushipay; noh-hstram.
This version sounds quite good, I think:

In the Sanctus, remember to hold the note just before the highest, as in the third Sanctus. And to run into Dominus.

We went through Missa Cum Jubilo. The main point was to extend the 'eyh' sounds as in Dominus Deyhus.

The idea of sung Vespers in the Chapel Royal looks good. I will contact Holy Rude to say that we can't make their proposed date in May and get some options.

Fr Kenneth was happy with the idea of a Scratch-chant day in St Mary's, although we couldn't have the same day as a wedding. I will try to confirm a date for St Mary's, either September 28th or October 5th.

Some of us continued in symposium and got gloomy about the fate of the North Korean people. We also learned about war-crimes from a translators point of view. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1524709.stm

At the Latin Mass, we were somewhat short-handed but made a creditable effort. The accoustics in Holy Spirit work well. Missa De Angelis was well received and several people joined in with Regina Caeli.