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USCC News Release: Liturgy Office Suggest Substitution for Reproaches (1977)
USCC News Release: Liturgy Office Suggest Substitution for Reproaches by John Willig, March 23, 1977
WASHINGTON--The Secretariat of the Catholic Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy is recommending that the Good Friday "Reproaches" not be used this year during Holy Week.
The Liturgy Committee's secretariat here is suggesting that parishes use the option of substituting "other suitable songs" during the Veneration of the Cross in the Liturgy of Good Friday, an option clearly spelled out in the Church's liturgical books.
The "Reproaches" are a traditional musical element in the Good Friday Liturgy that commemorates Christ's passion and death. The main theme of the Reproaches is God's steadfast love for all people, contrasted with their failure to respond to divine love.