Chanting on Our Behalf - A Pastoral Guide to Presidential Chanting and Musical Leadership (Book & CD)

Though one rarely hears an entire chanted liturgy today, any prayer the priest sings seems somehow richer, more heartfelt and efficacious. Unfortunately, many of those in training for ministry do not receive the training needed to properly sing the parts of the Mass. Using the texts of the current Sacramentary, Chanting on Our Belialf offers expert guidance for singing the preface, the Eucharistic prayer, the Exsultet and other presidential prayers. Of course, we learn music best by hearing and imitating it. Chanting on Our Behalf comes with a CD that demonstrates each chanted prayer, featuring the voice of Father John Schiavone. This book can be used with advantage in seminaries as the basis for a course in ministerial singing. Priests who are already ministering will find the book useful if they are concerned about their role as singing ministers. - Frank Quinn, OP - Aquinas Institute of Theology Ricky Manalo is a member of the Paulist community. An accomplished musician, composer, lecturer and author, he specializes in ritual music, liturgical inculturation, and spirituality. His compositions combine accessibility with challenge, continuity with variety and solemnity with joy.