1921 - 2007 Hymnal Number: 212 Versifier of "Keep in Mind " in Singing the New Testament Born: 1921, Paris, France.
Died: October 9, 2007, Île-de-France, France.
Buried: Seminaire des Missions, Chevilly-Larue, Île-de-France, France.
A member of the Holy Spirit Fathers, Deiss attended the Gregorian University in Rome and taught theology at the Grand Scholasticat of Cheville in Paris, France. His works include:
Early Sources of the Liturgy, 1967
It’s the Lord’s Supper/, 1976
Spring Time of the Liturgy, 1979
Sources:
Brink & Polman, P. 313
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
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Fr. Deiss was pastor, liturgist, author, international lecturer, renowned Scripture scholar, and an expert on liturgical music. He was selected by Pope Paul VI to coordinate the Lectionary psalter following the Second Vatican Council. His Biblical Hymns and Psalms was the one of the first major collections of liturgical music in the vernacular, and gave us such songs as "All the Earth," "Keep in Mind," and "Grant to Us, O Lord." A tireless advocate of the reforms of Vatican II, Fr. Deiss continually encouraged those who worked in liturgical reform to remain fervent in prayer, and he dedicated much of his life to liturgical catechesis through workshops and writings.
--www.decanimusic.co.uk/
Lucien Deiss