23 July 2011
I confess to being
a bit of a DS III snob. Hard to beat the old Common Service. But every once in a while we throw in Divine Service IV (and even rarer, DS V), and I hate to admit it: I like it.. Cindi just admitted as much too. DS IV a beautiful liturgy. I look forward to it each time we use it. The old Petri 1531 Preface (more or less); the Kyrie that combines the best of East/West with the Christe elision smack in the middle of each response; the excellent Nunc Dimittis. It makes for a fine liturgy and we've quite a few people who look forward to it when it rolls around.
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DS IV is used here in NID at our Pastors Conference for Mass. I see it as a compromise rite for the liturgical and praise camps.
That said, I don't care for it. YMMV.
I LOVE DS III, probably because it's what I learned from childhood, but I like DS IV. I especially like the Kyrie.
I think DS I is more of a compromise between liturgical and praise camps; especially when using "This is the Feast." But my opinion is probably based on the fact that my former congregation offered liturgical and contemporary, and they used DS I for the liturgical.
If I ever become afflicted with Alzheimer's, I'm guessing it will be DS III that'll be "in there," and I hope my visitors will sing it to me.
DS III feels like a well-worn pillow I can always return to. We've used IV as a spoken, more spartan, setting during Lent. Don't have my altar book in front of me; does it have notation for DS IV in it?
Yup
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