Forgot to mention!
Kasia February 25th, 2008
One of the highlights of the weekend…
Our parish’s new music minister, while a very kind soul of great talent, has a regrettable habit of peppering each Mass liberally with Haugen, Haas, Schutte, and Joncas. And the St. Louis Jesuits. Whenever I see a composer’s name at the bottom with note that s/he was born in the ’50s and is still with us, I have an involuntary anticipatory cringe. It’s usually borne out by the lyrics, the melody, or both. Once in a while I finish and think, “Hey, that wasn’t so bad,” and once in a blue moon I might think, “You know, that was actually OK!”…but as a rule I just don’t care for them.
ANYway, the Communion hymn yesterday was “Eye Has Not Seen.” Melodically, we both actually thought it was OK, but lyrically I thought it was too reminiscent of the Unitarian “hymns” I grew up singing. Though it did actually mention God…well, anyway.
After we left the church, checked the Lost & Found, and had a doughnut or so in the social hall to keep my sugar up until after I’d taken The Canuck to his train, we headed out to the car. We got in, and my beloved said:
“You’ll understand why I wouldn’t say this in the church, and I’m probably tacking extra years onto my time in Purgatory for this, but when they read the name of the Communion hymn, all I could think was: ‘Eye has not seen…but I can has cheeseburger!’”
ROFL. I love that man!…
Isn’t Haugen-Haas an ice cream?