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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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Free Musical Settings • Roman Missal, 3rd Edition

HE ST. RALPH SHERWIN GLORIA is a remarkably prayerful musical setting of the text that is sure to serve our worship for years to come—well worth the investment of time to teach your parish community. — Gregory Glenn, Cathedral of the Madeleine

Mass in Honor of Saint Noël Chabanel (2023)
Jeffrey Ostrowski, Composer

Download the complete Mass for free

Mass in honor of St. Isaac Jogues (2014)
Congregational Mass printed in the Jogues Illuminated Missal

Scores: Organist — Congregation — SATB   •   Videos: Click here

*  PDF Download • “Mass of the English Martyrs” (Ostrowski)
—Includes a choral setting of the “Our Father” (SATB).


Mass in Honor of Pope Saint John Paul II (2014)
Richard J. Clark, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (29 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Mass in honor of Mary, Star of the Sea (2013)
Michael Olbash, Composer

Accompaniments: Click here   •   Practice Videos: Gloria Video — Sanctus/Preface Video


Mass in honor of St. Ralph Sherwin (2010)
Jeff Ostrowski, Composer

Accompaniments: PDF (17 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Missa Misericordiae Dei (2017)
Nigel Lucas Silvester McBain

Musical Score: PDF (14 pages)


Mass in honor of St. John Neumann (2011)
Fr. David Friel, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (21 pages)


Mass of the Alabaster Jar (2016)
Brandon Byrne, Composer

Removed by the composer on 18 January 2025.


Mass in honor of St. Veronica (2016)
Brandon Byrne, Composer

Removed by the composer on 18 January 2025.


Mass in honor of Fr. Solanus Casey (2017)
Composed by Br. Joe Babcock, OFM Cap. and S.V. Guokas

Score with Assembly inserts: PDF (8 pages)


Mass in honor of St. Anne Line (2011)
Jeff Ostrowski, Composer

Accompaniments: Ostrowski   •   Practice Videos: Click here

“Lamb of God” from the
Mass of Saint Anne Line
in 5 different keys.

Congregational Insert • Mass in honor of Saint Anne Line


Mass of the Mediatrix (2011)
Patrick O’Shea, Composer

Full score: PDF (33 pages)   •   Numerous additional resources are here.


Mass in honor of St. Bernadette (2012)
Richard K. Fitzgerald, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (12 pages)   •   Additional: PDF   •   Audio Files: Click here


Missal Chants (2011, ICEL)
Organ Accompaniments by Jeff Ostrowski

Accompaniments: PDF (21 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Glory to God — Our Father

*  PDF Download • SANCTUS (English, Latin, & Spanish)

The same thing has been done for the AGNUS DEI.

Jeff Ostrowski in 2024 harmonized the KYRIE from them the ICEL Missal chants.


Mass in honor of Our Lady of Good Help (2011)
Aristotle A. Esguerra, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (5 pages)   •   Practice Video: Holy, Holy, Holy


Mass in honor of Saint Thomas More (2009)
Fr. Samuel F. Weber, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (15 pages)


Mass in honor of St. Theresa the Little Flower (2013)
Matthew Phelps, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (25 pages)


Mass of the Sacred Heart (2010)
Richard Rice, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (12 pages)


Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe (2011)
Aristotle A. Esguerra, Composer

Accompaniment: Esguerra — Kwasniewski


Mass of St. Theodore (2011)
Richard Rice, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (20 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Mass of the Prophets and Martyrs (2011)
L. Columbkille Simms, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (13 pages)   •   Practice Audio: Click here


Mass in honor of St. Edmund Jennings (2011)
Jeff Ostrowski, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (7 pages)   •   Practice Videos: Click here


Missa Stelliferi Conditor Orbis (2011)
Kevin Allen, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (12 pages)


Mass in Honor of St. Raphael — “Glory to God” (2013)
Heather Hineline and Ben Yanke

Accompaniment: PDF (6 pages)


Mass in honor of St. Patrick — “Glory to God” (2012)
William Finn, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (9 pages)   •   Audio File: Click here


Holy Angels Mass (2010)
Brian Michael Page, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (11 pages) — Full Score (26 pages)


Mass of St. Therese (2011)
Royce Nickel, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (9 pages) — PDF (Vocalist)


Mass of Saint Benedict (2011)
Albert Ahlstrom, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (13 pages)


Mass of the Holy Spirit (2011)
Albert Ahlstrom, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (24 pages)


Capel-y-ffin Mass (2011)
Ian Williams, Composer

Accompaniment: PDF (9 pages) — PDF (congregation) — PDF (choir)

For vigil Masses on Saturday (a.k.a. “anticipated” Masses) we use this simpler setting of the “Holy, Holy, Holy” by Monsignor Jules Vyverman (d. 1989), a Belgian priest, organist, composer, and music educator who ultimately succeeded another ‘Jules’ (CANON JULES VAN NUFFEL) as director of the Lemmensinstituut in Belgium.

Mass in honor of St. Edmund Arrowsmith (2010)
Jeff Ostrowski, Composer

Accompaniments: PDF (Higher Key) — PDF (Lower Key)   •   Practice Videos: Click here

Scores & Videos for the SATB Gloria: Click here   •   Congregational: (Melody-Only)

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President’s Corner

    Music List • (4th Sunday of Lent)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC I created for this coming Sunday, which is the 4th Sunday of Lent (15 March 2026). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. This feast has sublime propers. It is most often referred to as “Lætare Sunday” owing to its INTROIT. I encourage all the readers to visit the feasts website, where the Propria Missae may be downloaded completely free of charge.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • Communion (4th Snd. Lent)
    The COMMUNION ANTIPHON for this coming Sunday, which is the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year A), is particularly beautiful. There’s something irresistible about this tone; it’s neither happy nor sad. As always, I encourage readers to visit the flourishing feasts website, where the complete Propria Missae may be downloaded free of charge.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Good Friday Flowers
    Good Friday has a series of prayers for various parties: the pope, catechumens, pagans, heretics, schismatics, and so forth. In the old liturgical books, there was no official ‘name’ for these prayers. (This wasn’t unusual as ‘headers’ and ‘titles’ for each section is a rather modern idea.) The Missal simply instructed the priest to go to the Epistle side and begin. In the SHERBORNE MISSAL, each prayer begins with a different—utterly spectacular—flower. This PDF file shows the first few prayers. Has anyone counted the ‘initial’ drop-cap flowers in the SHERBORNE MISSAL? Surely there are more than 1,000.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Stumped by “Episcopalian Hymnal” (1910)
    Some consider Songs of Syon (1910) the greatest Episcopalian hymnal ever printed. As a Roman Catholic, I have no right to weigh in one way or the other. However, this particular page has me stumped. I just know I’ve heard that tune somewhere! If you can help, please email me. I’m talking about the text which begins: “This is the day the Lord hath made; In unbeclouded light array’d.” The book is by George Ratcliffe Woodward, and its complete title is: Songs of Syon: A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. Back in 2016, Corpus Christi Watershed scanned and uploaded this insanely rare book. For years our website was the sole place one could download it as a PDF file.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Dies Irae” • A Monstrous Translation
    It isn’t easy to determine what Alice King MacGilton hoped to accomplish with her very popular book—A Study of Latin Hymns (1918)—which continued to be reprinted in new editions for at least 34 years. This PDF file shows her attempt to translate the DIES IRAE “in the fewest words possible.” There’s a place for dynamic equivalency, but this is repugnant. In particular, look what she does to “Quærens me sedísti lassus.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Holy, Holy, Holy”
    For vigil Masses on Saturday (a.k.a. “anticipated” Masses) we use this simpler setting of the “Holy, Holy, Holy” by Monsignor Jules Vyverman (d. 1989), a Belgian priest, organist, composer, and music educator who ultimately succeeded another ‘Jules’ (CANON JULES VAN NUFFEL) as director of the Lemmensinstituut in Belgium. Although I could be wrong, my understanding is that the LEMMENSINSTITUUT eventually merged with “Catholic University of Leuven” (originally founded in 1425). That’s the university Fulton J. Sheen attended.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“Much more serious was the problem, what to do about ‘thou’ and ‘you.’ I confess I would have liked to go the whole hog, and dispense with the use of ‘thou’ and ‘thee’, even where the Almighty was being addressed. They do these things in France, but I felt sure you could not get it past the British public. Why not, then, have ‘thou’ for God and ‘you’ for man? That is Moffatt’s principle; but it seems to me to break down hopelessly in relation to our Incarnate Lord…”

— Monsignor Ronald A. Knox

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