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CALLING ALL PRIESTS! —Your Parishioners Are Waiting… They’re Waiting For…

Jeff Ostrowski · August 14, 2014

946 RofR ARDINAL ANTONELLI was the first Secretary of the Concilium, which reformed the Roman Rite in the 1960s. He is an impartial and extremely well-informed witness of these liturgical reforms. Here’s what he wrote on 24 July 1968:

“Until the Council, liturgical law was regarded as something sacred; but for many, it no longer exists. Everyone now feels authorized to do what he likes, and many of the young do just that.”   (source)

He later added: “In the liturgy, every word and every gesture expresses an idea which is always a theological idea.”

A new publication for Ordinary Form parishes is available, and Cardinal Antonelli would have loved it, because it emphasizes (through beautiful images, typesetting, & explanations) that “every word and every gesture of the liturgy expresses a theological idea.”

BUT HOW CAN A PARISH buy these books? Even though it’s sold for an incredibly low price, the fact remains that parishes often don’t have extra money. Good news! The people in the parish are waiting to help you!   Listen to what one parish priest said:

ONE SUNDAY MORNING, I put a sample copy of the Missal in the narthex for the people to view, and kept it out there for a couple of Sundays. I was amazed at the response. “It’s beautiful!” — “It’s just what we need in the pews!” — “Can I contribute towards the cost?” And so, I launched out into the deep and asked for donations. Within 72 hours we had not only covered the cost, but also had more donations than we could possibly use for that project.

[N.B. He was talking the Campion Missal (Extraordinary Form), but the Jogues Missal does the same thing for the Ordinary Form.]

To grab the attention of your parishioners, why not get a gigantic poster like this one? Use the “Contact Us” on the upper right for more information. The best part: You can enlarge the picture of your choosing!

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Cardinal Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli OFM Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

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23 May 2022 • FEEDBACK

From a reader: “I wasn’t looking for it. But, I stumbled across your hand-dandy arrangement of Pachelbel’s Canon. Jeff, this is the greatest thing since sliced bread! I had to play a wedding on Saturday. The bride requested the Canon. There were 11 bridesmaids! The organ loft is a football field away from the communion rail. It’s so difficult to play and keep checking the mirror. Your arrangement is absolutely genius. One can skip and choose which variations to use. The chord names are handy so that when my eyes are off the music, I always know where I am at. A thousand times thank you for sharing this arrangement!”

—Jeff Ostrowski
19 May 2022 • “Trochee Trouble”

I’m still trying to decide how to visually present the “pure” Editio Vaticana scores, using what is (technically) the official rhythm of the Church. You can download my latest attempt, for this coming Sunday. Notice the “trochee trouble” as well as the old issue of neumes before the quilisma.

—Jeff Ostrowski
16 May 2022 • Harmonized Chant?

This year’s upcoming Sacred Music Symposium will demonstrate several ways to sing the CREDO at Mass. This is because—for many parishes—to sing a full-length polyphonic CREDO by Victoria or Palestrina is out of the question. Therefore, we show options that are halfway between plainsong and polyphony. You can hear my choir rehearsing a section that sounds like harmonized plainsong.

—Jeff Ostrowski

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We cannot exaggerate our indebtedness to Dr. Julian’s “Dictionary of Hymnology,” a monumental work, without which we could not have reached the high standard of accuracy, as to both texts and authorship, which we set before us when entering upon our labours.

— Committee for “New English Hymnal” (1906)

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