“Asperges Me” • Gregorian Chant
In the Extraordinary Form, the “Asperges Me” is only used on Sundays.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
In the Extraordinary Form, the “Asperges Me” is only used on Sundays.
Following the Mass, Archbishop Joseph H. Schlarman was made an honorary Indian chief.
“Sheen told a friend of mine that anything he’d ever said of significance was taken from either Knox or Chesterton.” —Fr. George Rutler
Printing copies of the propers is very handy for singers not yet confident with the Liber and other books.
As musicians, what sustains us? Certainly, good music is a requirement. Not just good music, but beauty itself.
Can you imagine a liturgical commentator standing at the front of Church declaring something like that?
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI received two Honorary Doctorates on Sacred Music last Saturday
Report on the sixth (last) day of the Sacred Music Colloquium in Pittsburgh
The organist will play softly at the Offertory.
My mother was present during that Mass and recorded some brief snippets on her iPhone.
This piece by Fr. Antonin Lhoumeau will knock your socks off!
Have you noticed that contemporary music was not forced upon congregations the same way contemporary architecture was?
Medieval manuscripts were normally created by (at least) two monks: one drew, one wrote.
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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