{"id":12944,"date":"2013-02-14T17:49:21","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T22:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=12944"},"modified":"2013-02-14T17:49:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T22:49:21","slug":"rock-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/02\/rock-mass.html","title":{"rendered":"Rock Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I found myself wondering recently whether the necessary components for a mass in rock style are available. Below are songs which have the right titles and are not a world away in their themes. But are there other songs, and ones perhaps more suited for this purpose, than the ones below? I wonder what it would be like to try incorporating these into a worship service. And would there be any interest in someone writing an actual rock mass? Or has it been done, and I just don't know about it?<\/p>\n

Kyrie (Mr. Mister)<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>Gloria (U2)<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fish - Credo - Internal Exile\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wC4kqc04Hjc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Credo (Fish)<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=27IiNyTczOU\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=27IiNyTczOU<\/a>\n<p>Agnus Dei (Michael W. Smith)<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Agnus Dei by Michael W. Smith with lyrics\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KVFzxazTQNM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>There aren't a lot of songs actually called \u201cCredo.\u201d But there is an abundance that are called \u201cI believe,\u201d and some of those might be considered for inclusion: songs by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ybYgP48X2DY\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Blessid Union of Souls<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4qwDb4WJnuI\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tears for Fears<\/a>, for instance, and for some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/t\/the+book+of+mormon\/i+believe_20912876.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the one from <em>The Book of Mormon<\/em> musical<\/a> might also be an option. There's also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BzKrI2SGa7I\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a Credo by Kjartan Sveinsson<\/a>, formerly of Sigur R\u00f3s, but it isn't really in a rock style. And for Japanese speakers, there is one by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=aXlMrQaQal0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ayaka<\/a>. But none strikes me as clearly preferable to \u201cCredo\u201d by Fish.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking to try to get all the proper components, that is more challenging. 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