tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464180585819540715.post8885887741401124779..comments2023-10-31T08:09:30.343-07:00Comments on The Token Catholic.: On Hymns.J.Samuel Ross.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11981863011563791787noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464180585819540715.post-1710036734498275122010-09-23T00:45:31.532-07:002010-09-23T00:45:31.532-07:00I'm trying to think of "non-liturgical&qu...I'm trying to think of "non-liturgical" hymns in our customs. The obvious one I can think of is at the antidoron. In most churches, it is no longer done during psalm 33 in the Liturgy, (and in fact, it is a feat to find a parish where they even bother singing that wonderful post-communion psalm), but transpose it to the end of the Liturgy. Sometimes you'll find a hymn being sung here, and a few things have been composed for the purpose.<br /><br />The other point is during the communion of the clergy. There's a short psalm verse provided to be sung during this time. Historically, the entire psalm was sung with the verse provided was an antiphonal refrain after each verse (the whole thing done between left and right choirs) but this usage is forgotten in most places, though there have been recent efforts at restoring it. As such, the single verse is chanted, leaving nothing appointed while the clergy partake. As the Byzantine Rite eschews silence, something is usually done as a space-filler: pre-communion prayers, a short homily, a reading from the day's synaxarion (martyrology), or sometimes a hymn.<br /><br />Those are the only points that occur to me.Bbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10989307876421460920noreply@blogger.com