Sing of Mary

Stephanie A. Budwey, ThD, is the associate professor of sacred music and dean of the chapel at Austin Seminary in Texas. She is the author of Religion and Intersex: Perspectives from Science, Law, Culture, and Theology (Routledge, 2022), several book chapters and articles, and co-editor of In Spirit and Truth: A Vision of Episcopal Worship (Church Publishing, 2020).

"[Budwey's] academic approach is noticeable in her careful review of the ecclesial documents directed toward the liturgy and Marian devotion, as well as the historical references from the life of the early church to the present. Her pastoral approach shines in the many descriptive reasons why such a deep chasm developed between devotional and liturgical prayer, citing specific devotional practices of nineteenth-century Catholics in America. This book is a welcome addition to seminary study, church music courses, and to the reading lists of our pastoral musicians."Loretta Manzara, CSJ, The Hymn

• ContentsList of Figures   xiAcknowledgments   xiiiPreface. O Higher Than the Cherubim, More Glorious Than the Seraphim   xixIntroduction and Statement of the Problem   xxDefinitions   xxiiSignificance of the Problem   xxvMethod of Investigation   xxxiiiSources of the Study and Limitations   xxxvMarian Theology and Devotion through the Lens of Congregational Song, Past and Present   xxxvChapter One. We Fly to Your Patronage, O Holy Mother of God   1Introduction   1Devotion to Mary before the Council of Ephesus   2Mary in the Bible and Apocryphal Literature   2Beginnings of a Theology of Mary   6Early Prayers and Devotions to Mary   9The Council of Ephesus up to the Millennium   14Mary as Theotokos   14The Four Marian Feasts and Other Marian Liturgical Developments   18Early Marian Hymnody  25Chapter Two. The Face That Most Resembles Christ   35Introduction   35Medieval Marian Devotions, Music, and Liturgy from the Millennium up to Trent   36Shifts in Devotion to Christ and Mary   36Medieval Devotion, Hymns, and Prayers to Mary   47Mary in Medieval Liturgy   78Chapter Three. Through Mary to Jesus   85Introduction   85The Reformation, the Council of Trent, and Beyond   86Mary, the Reformers, and the Council of Trent (1545–1563)   86Marian Devotions and Feasts  92Early Marian Devotion in the United States   98Chapter Four. No Grace Comes to Us except through Mary  103Introduction   103Mary’s Immaculate Conception   104A Brief History of the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception   104Ubi Primum and Ineffabilis Deus 109Ineffabilis Deus Reflected in Marian Congregational Song 113Marian Apparitions 126The Proliferation of Marian Apparitions during the Marian Age   126The Effect of Marian Apparitions on Devotions 129Marian Apparitions Reflected in Marian Congregational Song 131Worldwide Catholic Developments 137Papal Encyclicals, Pronouncements, and Marian Devotion 139Liturgical and Devotional Developments 147Papal Piety and Devotional Developments Reflected in Marian Congregational Song 151Chapter Five. So We Take Thee for Our Mother 167Introduction 167Catholic Developments in the United States 168Spirituality in the United States 168Factors in the United States Reflected in Marian Congregational Song 173The Liturgical Movement and Its Effect 183Musical Developments 187Musical Movements and Documents 187The Effect of Musical Movements and Documents in the United States 189Marian Congregational Song as Influenced by Musical Movements and Documents 191Chapter Six. The Madonna Is Not Pleased When She Is Put above Her Son 195Introduction 195Vatican II and Mary 196The Context of Vatican II 196The Battle Over Mary 199Chapter 8 of Lumen Gentium 209Chapter Seven. Whatever Happened to Mary? 211Introduction 211Worldwide Catholic Developments 212Papal Encyclicals, Pronouncements, and Marian Devotion 212Marian Apparitions 222Mary in the Liturgy 225Catholic Developments in the United States 227Post–Vatican II Shifts in Religious Worldview 229The Influence of the Feminist Movement 236The Piety Void 239Musical Developments 244Musical and Liturgical Documents 244The Effect of Official Documents on Hymnals 247Post–Vatican II Marian Congregational Song 249Chapter Eight. “Come, Join in Mary’s Prophet-Song” 261Introduction 261“The Maiden Mary, Not So Mild” 263“Sing We a Song of High Revolt” 269“And the World Is about to Turn!” 274Bibliography 289General Index 306Index of Hymn Authors, Composers, Texts, Tunes, and Hymnals 320