(Installment #3) “Catholic Hymnals” • Keven Smith
Top 10 Features • “An Ideal Extraordinary Form Hymnal”
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Bishop Sheen on Sanctifying the Moment
Wise words from Sheen’s book, “Lift Up Your Heart”
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“Resplendent Beyond Reckoning” • Sherborne Missal (1399AD)
As the Isaac Jogues Missal would do 650 years later, this Missal provides pictures of the priest during the Canon!
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(Installment #2) “Catholic Hymnals” • Veronica Brandt
“For every hymn which is unequivocally denounced as ‘schmaltzy’ expect to find someone for whom that hymn is what sustained them through a particularly bleak time.”
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Video Excerpt • “Fastest Organ Pedals I’ve Ever Seen!”
I’m jealous of anyone who can play the organ pedals so fast!
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Josef Hofmann • “Pianist Par Excellence”
Anton Rubinstein, who hated child prodigies, called Josef Hofmann “the greatest musical genius the world has ever known.”
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25 August 2020 • A 20-minute Mass?
Some erroneously attack the Extraordinary Form by claiming that before Vatican II “priests rushed through Low Mass in less than 20 minutes.” Well, during the pandemic, we have had Mass without the reception of Communion by the Faithful—and it makes duration of Mass surprisingly shorter. On feasts with no GLORIA, no CREED, and no HOMILY, […]
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(Installment #1) “Catholic Hymnals” • Patrick Torsell
Five tips for rousing, inspiring hymn playing!
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“Homily — 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A” • Father Valentine Young, OFM
“Catholic teaching says we should pray for people who die. If we were sure they were in heaven, that wouldn’t be necessary—so let’s be consistent in our teaching.”
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Quick Vocal Tip: Be Breathy, but Briefly
You’ll never meet a serious choral singer who strives for a breathy sound. But a little breathiness in warmups and personal practice can work wonders.
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Huge Discovery! (Not a Joke) • Re: “Gradual Antiphons vs. Missal Antiphons”
Last night I discovered something I never knew—so I immediately telephoned a priest to verify this.
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Homeschool Snapshots: Take 2
A homeschooling mother offers a few verses that inspire her during the dark times of teaching, when cooperation is lacking and patience must grow. Hang them on your walls to remind you of God’s good graces.
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“Secret Book of Happiness” • Official English Translations of the Roman Gradual
Overkill: “ too much of something; the amount by which destruction exceeds what is necessary.”
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Biography • Charles Weaver
Charles Weaver is on the faculty of the Juilliard School…
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Clarity! • Missal vs. Gradual Text (Ordinary Form)
If this problem is to be solved, we must first understand it.
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