FSSP Palm Sunday (2018) • “Pre-1955 Rubrics”
Rome gave permission this year to a few parishes to use the “Pre-1955” Holy Week.
Archives for March 2018
Ratchets instead of Bells for your Electric Angelus
Remember to change any electronic bells this Friday and Saturday! Links to some good ratchet sounds included.
PDF Download • Organ Accompaniment for “Vexilla Regis” (Hymn) by Fr. Adrian Fortescue
When I saw this page, my opinion of Fortescue went down—but then I remembered…
Musical Resources • Holy Thursday (FSSP, 2018)
“…Who didst establish the salvation of mankind on the tree of the Cross; that whence death came, thence also life might arise again, and that he, who overcame by the tree, by the tree also might be overcome…” —Preface
Liturgy outside Liturgy
A New Study of the Liturgical Theology of Alexander Schmemann
Towards An Online (Modern) Palestrina Edition
“I don’t think I need to say why a complete Palestrina online would be a good idea.” —Gervais Frykman
Fighting With A Bishop • Good Idea?
“We are fully determined to restore Latin to its position of honor.” —Saint John XXIII (22 February 1962)
The Preface of the Holy Cross
An eloquent liturgical text worthy of prayerful reflection
Eight Lessons • “Make Musicians Love Working With You”
Good-hearted musicians amplify success musically, economically, and spiritually.
Are Canonisations Infallible?
Dogmatic definitions never involve a new doctrine of faith or morals, since whatever a Pope defines must be contained in Holy Writ or in Tradition in order to be infallible.
A Literal Translation of the New Testament
David Bentley Hart’s experiment in recovering the conceptual vocabulary of a distant
4th Sunday of Lent (“Laetare Sunday”)
“Grant us, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that we may treat with unfeigned veneration and ever receive with heartfelt faith Thy holy rites which we constantly celebrate…”
When Music Encounters Religion
A very special project at the University of St Andrews: the TheoArtistry project.
PDF Download • Rare German Hymnal (879 pages)
Most German hymnals we’ve come across contain words only—but this one has harmonies!
New Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Invoking Mater Ecclesiae in a new annual feast
3rd Sunday of Lent (Extraordinary Form)
“Be merciful, O Lord, we beseech Thee, and free us from all sins and dangers…”
Blue Heron shines the light on Ockeghem—“The best composer you’ve never heard”
“He is in every way a composer of Bach’s stature and accomplishment both technically and expressively.” ~ Scott Metcalfe