The Dialogues: If your parish uses English, use the Missal versions of these chants. This pertains to all dialogues, including all Amens and the Mystery of Faith. I would strongly recommend against using any musical settings of the dialogues that come pre-packaged with "Mass settings." There is no need for these to somehow match the ordinary of the Mass.This also goes for the Sprinkling Rite: Asperges outside of Easter and Vidi Aquam (or their English equivalent) in Paschal time. Can we please work to restore these traditional texts and melodies, and, at the very least, the distinction between the two chants? Final judgment here: sing what is in the Missal.
The Mass Ordinary: Again, the Missal chants should be the first and foundational choice of any parish. Going beyond them should usually mean moving to Latin. If the parish is not ready for that, consider these English adaptions of chant. If you want to stick with mainstream publishers, I'm personally impressed with the solemnity of The Mass of Grace by Lisa Stafford from World Library Publications. There are other polyphonic ordinaries appearing in the month ahead, which should be very interesting. Final judgment: you can get by with the Missal but there are many opportunities for progress here.
The Psalms: These will not change. The Revised Grail has been approved but probably won't be implemented for another decade. I strongly suggest that you use Chabanel. They will continue to be valid and beautiful.
The Sung Readings: Again, there are no changes to the text here. You can sing the readings using existing resources. Print this post
