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Archives for December 2013

Jeff Ostrowski · December 31, 2013

Aren’t Altar Missals Required To Print The Latin Alongside The English?

Are we “the most highly educated laity in the history of the church” capable of making our moral decisions without substantive Church guidance … or are we idiots who can’t figure out what “dew” is?

Gwyneth Holston · December 30, 2013

Tips for Parents in Guiding Artistic Teenagers

Suggestion #6: After high school, don’t send your child to an art college.

Jeff Ostrowski · December 29, 2013

Bugnini Wanted To Eliminate Ash Wednesday!

They failed to realize that one cannot simply “sit down over tea and crumpets” and VOTE INTO BEING the Church calendar. It’s supposed to develop organically.

Fr. David Friel · December 29, 2013

Singing as a Work of Mercy

The Doylestown Comfort Choir

Veronica Brandt · December 28, 2013

Epiphany Proclamations

On Epiphany and calendars – proclaiming dates for 2014 and wondering why Eastern Orthodox dates are different.

Richard J. Clark · December 27, 2013

Why We Do What We Do

“The priest would listen to this heavenly music over and over, crying while listening to it. He was brought great comfort through the ministry of this music. He passed away earlier this fall.”

Jeff Ostrowski · December 26, 2013

The Liturgical Style of Pope Francis & John 12:5

Pope Francis is no Judas Iscariot!

Andrew R. Motyka · December 25, 2013

Once Upon a Mattress

In which Andrew’s wife Julie writes about the joys of being a music director’s wife at Christmas.

Fr. David Friel · December 25, 2013

The Song of the Angels

Divine Worship as a Formula for Peace

Richard J. Clark · December 24, 2013

Light Upon the World

Have a blessed Christmas, and know the Light of Christ shines upon you and dwells within you!

Jeff Ostrowski · December 23, 2013

From CCW President’s Desk: Merry Christmas!

Any good we are able to accomplish here at Corpus Christi Watershed is only thanks to your kindness and generosity!

Gwyneth Holston · December 23, 2013

Good King Wenceslas Looked Out When?

The connection between the Feast of the Nativity and the Feast of St. Stephen.

Fr. David Friel · December 22, 2013

The Book of Non-Blessings

Of Advent Wreathes & Christmas Crèches

Richard J. Clark · December 22, 2013

Live Streaming: Lessons and Carols ~ Our Lady of Atonement

Mæstro Edmund Murray directs a special Festival at Our Lady of Atonement in San Antonio, TX.

Richard J. Clark · December 20, 2013

Emotional Baggage and Changing Demographics

As a child growing up in the 1970s, I was well aware of the utter incompetence I was hearing on Sundays. As you can tell, I am still pretty upset about it.

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    “Music List” • 6th Sunday of Easter (Year C)
    Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for the 6th Sunday of Easter (25 May 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and propers for this Sunday are provided at the the feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Gloria in Spanish” • Free Accompaniment
    Several people have requested an organ accompaniment for the GLORY TO GOD which prints the Spanish words directly above the chords. The Spanish adaptation—Gloria a Dios en el cielo—as printed in Roman Misal, tercera edición was adapted from the “Glória in excélsis” from Mass XV (DOMINATOR DEUS). I used to feel that it’s a pretty boring chant … until I heard it sung well by a men’s Schola Cantorum, which changed my view dramatically. This morning, I created this harmonization and dedicated it to my colleague, Corrinne May. You may download it for free. Please let me know if you enjoy it!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    How Well Does ICEL Know Latin?
    This year, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June 2025) will fall on a Sunday. It’s not necessary to be an eminent Latin scholar to be horrified by examples like this, which have been in place since 1970. For the last 55 years, anyone who’s attempted to correct such errors has been threatened with legal action. It is simply unbelievable that the (mandatory) texts of the Holy Mass began being sold for a profit in the 1970s. How much longer will this gruesome situation last?
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    When to Sit, Stand and Kneel like it’s 1962
    There are lots of different guides to postures for Mass, but I couldn’t find one which matched our local Latin Mass, so I made this one: sit-stand-kneel-crop
    —Veronica Brandt
    The Funeral Rites of the Graduale Romanum
    Lately I have been paging through the 1974 Graduale Romanum (see p. 678 ff.) and have been fascinated by the funeral rites found therein, especially the simply-beautiful Psalmody that is appointed for all the different occasions before and after the funeral Mass: at the vigil/wake, at the house of the deceased, processing to the church, at the church, processing to the cemetery, and at the cemetery. Would that this “stational Psalmody” of the Novus Ordo funeral rites saw wider usage! If you or anyone you know have ever used it, please do let me know.
    —Daniel Tucker

Random Quote

“Parish Priests have to think first of the simple faithful: people now used to the Roman Missal at Mass. They don’t want change.”

— Cardinal Spellman (one of the Vatican II fathers)

Recent Posts

  • “Music List” • 6th Sunday of Easter (Year C)
  • “Can the Choir Sing Alone at Mass?” • Yes! And Here’s Why That Matters
  • “Gloria in Spanish” • Free Accompaniment
  • How Well Does ICEL Know Latin?
  • Nobody Cares About This! • 1887 Rheims-Cambrai Gradual included “Restored” Plainsong

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