Nothing That Requires Explanation?
Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum has inaugurated the liturgical renewal the Council attempted.
Archives for February 2013
The Church Music Director: Job or Vocation?
Is music your whole life? Should it be?
The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
“Say not only prayers of petition, for that is the way of the greedy. Let us pray always for resignation to the will of God. That is the prayers of the saints.” —Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #07
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
A Deacon on Devotional and Liturgical Music
Just because devotional music isn’t meant for liturgy doesn’t mean that it’s bad per se. A deacon’s brief observations between devotional and liturgical music.
Now Available! Organ Accompaniments for Latin Mass Hymnal
Last week, 800 pages of organ accompaniments starting shipping. These correspond to the only congregational Hymnal & Missal currently available for the Latin Mass.
“Spinning The Wheel” Each Week For Hymns
Each and every week, thousands of Catholics play “Spin the Wheel for Hymns” instead of using the sacred and ancient texts prescribed by the Church. What does this have to do with a rich man born without legs and arms?
Two Lenten Passages
Doing the Will of the Father
A Prayer For The Mission of CCW
“You, Father, are the great Artist of creation. In You, therefore, we find our highest model and our perfect end. Make us good artists, good stewards, and good disciples.”
The New Translation of the Roman Missal
“One is not only appalled by the banality of that English translation, but what strikes one so forcibly is the damage done to the very content of the Latin prayers in what is supposed to pass as a translation.” (1990 article by Msgr. Schuler)
Exodus and the Chair of Saint Peter
In his book “The Spirit of the Liturgy,” Pope Benedict reminds us that Israel’s flight from Egypt had two distinct goals. One was to reach the Promised Land. But the second is perhaps far more important: Exodus 7:16 “Let my people go, that they may serve me.”
Easter Proclamation (Exsultet) – LOWER RECORDING – New Translation (Roman Missal 3rd Edition)
Click here to go back to the Exsultet Website. Click here to learn more about the Vatican II Hymnal.
Keep Calm and Carry On
The irony is that the internet has become a major tool for the success of this movement of restoration ― the restoration of a liturgical tradition that long predates the technology of the printing press, let alone any electric or electronic machinery.
Are You to Wash My Feet?
Presenting a choir piece for the Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday
Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #06
I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”
First Impressions of Bishop Sample’s Pastoral Letter on Sacred Music
A bishop issues diocesan-wide directives on the role of music in the liturgy. A look at some of the more noteworthy instructions.
Humility
The Root Virtue
A Word About Hymns . . . OK, A Few Words!
Tozer: “I have, on the other hand, retained several more or less traditional tunes, absolutely valueless and without merit from a musical point of view, but which seem to have become a necessity if a book is to appeal — as I hope this one will — to the varied needs of various churches.”
Famous Conductor Fired Because He Refused To Sing Hymn
The following letter was printed in the “Sacred Music Journal” (Winter of 2002). I was shocked when I first read it. It concerns a conductor famous for his performances of the works of William Byrd.
A Proposed Lenten Fast for Musicians
Christ’s love has gathered us into one. True, we may be united in the love of Christ—but not necessarily in other things. Our differences may be vast. This is where the bounds of love and Christian charity are truly tested.