Changing The Good Friday Prayer For The Jews
“Christianity is the perfect development of the Jewish religion…” —Fr. Leslie Rumble
Archives for November 2015
Musical Resources • First Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form)
“Arise in thy strength, we beseech thee, O Lord, and come…”
American Influence on the Liturgy
The liturgy suffers under the weight of the culture of mediocrity and instant gratification. Most distressing is a false sense of liberty that promotes a sense of entitlement, placing the preferences and opinions of the individual above all else.
Clarity Regarding The Pius XII “Turkey” Indult
Whether this rumor is accurate makes no difference, because the rules for Friday abstinence were changed in the 1960s.
Our Church Music Movement: How Are We Doing?
I never dreamed that so many people love this stuff…and are willing to fight for it!
An Extraordinary Event: NCYC 2015
Traditional Mass offered at National Catholic Youth Conference
St. Cecilia Academy for Pastoral Musicians
The program seeks to broaden the knowledge of already well trained musicians so that they can become well trained liturgical musicians.
PDF Download • Hymnal by Fr. John Selner (1954)
Some of the old Catholic hymnals were dreadful, but this one is splendid.
What can Men Do Against such Reckless Hate?
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” —Leonard Bernstein
PDF Download • “Liber Brevior” (1954)
This special Solesmes book contains another version of the “Chants Abrégés.”
Sacred Music & Babies
What’s our end game?
Solesmes is not infallible…
The accent on “adjúva” should be “ádjuva”
Should the Liturgy Be Televised?
Introducing a New Book by Fr. Uwe Michael Lang
Fides et Ratio
Celebrating the Great Balance of Albertus Magnus
How a Priest Saved Thousands in WW2
A movie I have been meaning to see for years and now heartily endorse.
“Liturgy Wars” and Four Universal Principles
An important approach when utilizing multiple styles in one liturgy is to filter all music through the most important musical and liturgical principals.
Sistine Chapel Choir has made Great Improvement
The Sistine Chapel Choir is sounding like a British Boys’ Choir in their new CD
The Sacral Language of Liturgiam Authenticam as Applied to Choral Diction
The Church has its own language and its own culture. Are you a native speaker?
Stunning New Collection Of English Propers
This book of organ accompaniments by John Ainslie covers every season, including ordinary time.
Don’t Fall For It
“God has no grandchildren. Every generation must be a first generation follower of Christ.”