by Jeffry Kuznicki, Jr., Director of Music and Liturgy
1st of a 5 part response to the "Ask the Liturgist" question "How do you pick the music for Mass?" To answer the question of how I pick the music for Mass, first, we need to talk about what makes music in the Mass. What do I have some liberty to choose? What is more fixed and unchanging? Here we will discover the Ordinary, the Proper, and situational music as they all relate to the Mass today.