Kyrie

One of the more unusual aspects of my intern site is the lack of a sung kyrie or great thanksgiving in the liturgy. At least the pastor and most of the interns preceding me have not done this. However, the congregation does sing the response to the spoken (supposed to be sung) parts. Having had this as part of my home congregation at Pilgrim Lutheran in Puyallup I thought it would be only fitting to cantor the parts. Never having done this before (except once, which is a whole 'nother story) I was apprehensive about doing this. I even woke up this morning with the tune running through my head. With the help of the pianist, Ronda, I managed to do OK with it today. At least I didn't murder it. But, this leads me to a question(and I will leave you with this): If a person murders a part does that mean it is now dead and is of no use?