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The CCWatershed article about "Pay to Pray" lectionaries is especially interesting in light of the Lepanto Institute's article titled "The Hymnal Industrial Complex," which is linked in the footnote of the CCWatershed article. That was an eye-opening read. The suspect incentives and scandalous conduct within the sacred text/hymnal industry is yet another depressing facet of modern Church woes.
It's all egregious enough if you're a traditionalist who believes the faithful have the right to opt out by using the traditional texts and materials. It's a whole other level of sinister and extortionate if you're a Church official who believes the faithful are morally required to use the modern texts.
Since the USCCB is raking in $ from fees for liturgical texts, why do they need largesse from the federal govt? Sounds like we need a DOGE approach to the bishops' finances. Hichborn's reporting on GIA and OCP was outstanding.
The CCWatershed article about "Pay to Pray" lectionaries is especially interesting in light of the Lepanto Institute's article titled "The Hymnal Industrial Complex," which is linked in the footnote of the CCWatershed article. That was an eye-opening read. The suspect incentives and scandalous conduct within the sacred text/hymnal industry is yet another depressing facet of modern Church woes.
It's all egregious enough if you're a traditionalist who believes the faithful have the right to opt out by using the traditional texts and materials. It's a whole other level of sinister and extortionate if you're a Church official who believes the faithful are morally required to use the modern texts.
Looking forward to reading many of these. By the way, the "Duck Test" article seems to be misattributed. The author is Maxim Grigorieff.
Dear Dr K,
The "page 6 of this bulletin" link, above, is not working for me. Thank you!
Since the USCCB is raking in $ from fees for liturgical texts, why do they need largesse from the federal govt? Sounds like we need a DOGE approach to the bishops' finances. Hichborn's reporting on GIA and OCP was outstanding.