Modern Catholic liturgists looked to their Protestant contemporaries and borrowed parts of or entire hymns from non-Catholic sources. Like secular songs, hymns oftentimes have separate and ...

Based on Isaiah 55, “Come, All You Thirsty” is a contemporary hymn, reminiscent of a lullaby, that invites all who are fatigued in body and soul to lay down their burdens and seek healing ...

With use comes familiarity, and that evolution of contemporary Catholic sacred music is visible in this latest Gather edition. If too wide a net was once cast, now the work of refining has begun.

Contemporary hymns were replaced by music rooted in medieval Europe. So much was changing. Sermons were focusing more on sin and confession. Priests were rarely seen without cassocks.