13th Sunday after Pentecost (1st in September)
“Having received Thy heavenly sacraments, O Lord, we beseech Thee that we may profit unto the increase of everlasting salvation…”
Archives for August 2017
Thoughts That Enter A Choirmaster’s Mind
A word about depression and discouragement.
John the Baptist and the Meaning of Marriage
‘Til Death Do Us Part
Report • Summer Sacred Music Workshop 2017
About 65 musicians attended the Summer Sacred Music Workshop III and the next annual workshop is already in planning!
Very Great Mischiefs Which Arise From The Use Of Polyphony By Religious Orders (1610)
Fourth: musicians who beguile their way into religious orders are for the most part silly, idle, vacillating, vain, effeminate, and even vicious individuals.
Musical Resources • 12th Sunday after Pentecost
“…and it chanced that a certain priest went down the same way, and seeing him, passed by.”
Volunteer Choirs • Rehearsal “Tricks”
Only two people in the whole school are forced to publicly demonstrate their work: the choirmaster and the coach.
Ministry of Consolation • A Case for Congregational Singing at Funerals
“If you, the bereaved, cannot give voice to your grief in this moment, we shall do it for you.”
What Do Catholic Teenagers Sing?
A lesson in presumptions and realities
Musical Resources • 11th Sunday after Pentecost 1
“After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.”
PDF Download • “O Esca Viatorum”
I am deeply saddened that some people still don’t know where these items are located.
Ordo Missæ from “People’s Mass Book” (1964)
Two words come to mind: inexplicable and bizarre.
Tenth Anniversary Celebration • “Summorum Pontificum”
A Solemn Pontifical Mass will be offered in Philadelphia on September 14, 2017
“That’s not Eucharistic” • Why We Sing the Communion Antiphons
What does the Incarnation have to do with the Communion Procession? A great deal.
Musical Resources • 10th Sunday after Pentecost 1
“At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others…”
Learn From Children Choristers
We church musicians are called to be more childlike than other musicians.
Fr. George Rutler Speaks Candidly On Church Music
Many topics are broached: Pope Francis, contemporary church music, whether Christ had perfect pitch, and so forth.
Fr. Patrick T. Brannan, SJ • My Tribute
The cardinal was informed by ICEL: “There is no doubt that Father Brannan knows his Latin and Greek; but does he know English?”
PDF Download • “Hymns Ancient & Modern”
Including a magnificent hymn for two voices (“Rex Sempiterne”) appropriate throughout the entire liturgical year.
The Scandal and Allure of the Priesthood
A Reflection on Priesthood by Archbishop Philip Tartaglia