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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


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)


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” • 26th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Readers have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I’ve prepared for 28 September 2025, which is the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and Mass Propers for this Sunday are conveniently stored at the spectacular feasts website alongside the official texts in Latin. Readers will want to check out the ENTRANCE CHANT posted there, which has a gorgeous melody and extremely powerful text.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of September (2025)
    Those who don’t sign up for our free EMAIL NEWSLETTER miss important notifications. Last week, for example, I sent a message about this job opening for a music director paying $65,000 per year plus benefits (plus weddings & funerals). Notice the job description says: “our vision for sacred music is to move from singing at Mass to truly singing the Mass wherein … especially the propers, ordinaries, and dialogues are given their proper place.” Signing up couldn’t be easier: simply scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • Communion (26th Sn. Ord.)
    This coming Sunday, 28 September 2025, is the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). The COMMUNION ANTIPHON with Fauxbourdon verses in honor of William Couture sparkles with beauty. It comes Psalm 118 (the lengthiest psalm) which is an “alphabetical acrostic.” That means each verse begins with the successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Canonic” • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Fifty years ago, Dr. Theodore Marier made available this clever arrangement (PDF) of “Come down, O love divine” by P. R. Dietterich. The melody was composed in 1906 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (d. 1958) and named in honor of of his birthplace: DOWN AMPNEY. The arrangement isn’t a strict canon, but it does remind one of a canon since the pipe organ employs “points of imitation.” The melody and text are #709 in the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Did they simplify these hymn harmonies?
    Choirs love to sing the famous & splendid tune called “INNSBRUCK.” Looking through a (Roman Catholic) German hymnal printed in 1952, I discovered what appears to be a simplified version of that hymn. In other words, their harmonization is much less complex than the version found in the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal (which is suitable for singing by SATB choir). Please download their 1952 harmonization (PDF) and let me know your thoughts. I really like the groovy Germanic INTRODUCTION they added.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Side-By-Side Comparison”
    Pope Urban VIII modified almost all the Church’s ancient hymns in 1632AD. The team responsible for creating the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal spent years comparing the different versions of each hymn: “Urbanite” vs. “pre-Urbanite.” When it comes to the special hymn for the upcoming feast (9 November)—URBS BEATA JERUSALEM—Dr. Adrian Fortescue pointed out that “the people who changed it in the 17th century did not even keep its metre; so the later version cannot be sung to the old, exceedingly beautiful tune.” Monsignor Hugh Thomas Henry (d. 1946), a professor of Gregorian Chant at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary (Overbrook, Philadelphia), wrote: “Of this hymn in particular some think that, whereas it did not suffer as much as some others, yet it lost much of its beauty in the revision; others declare that it was admirably transformed without unduly modifying the sense.” You can use this side-by-side comparison chart to compare both versions. When it comes to its meaning, there’s little significant difference between the two versions: e.g. “name of Christ” vs. “love of Christ.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

But the revisers did not leave them altogether untouched. Saint Ambrose had to be “corrected.” The ‘Iste Confessor’ was greatly altered and the hymn for the Dedication of a Church (which no one ought to have touched) was completely recast in a new meter.

— Father Joseph Connelly

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