(Screenshots) • Proving Holy Saturday Took Place In The Morning
Five reasons keeping Holy Saturday in the morning is a good idea.
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Archives for February 2021
“Homily: Second Sunday of Lent” • Father Valentine Young, OFM
I would not want a gift if it came from somebody who thought he had to give it to me.
Part 2 • “Starting Your Own Traditional Latin Mass”
Can you say “yes” to these seven questions?
Is This Really The Same Church??
Whoever accompanies this piece on the organ did something—in my humble opinion—very clever!
Solmization from the Inside
What if we take medieval music pedagogy seriously? Do its methods have anything to offer us today?
“Old Solesmes” Method • What’s That?
I recently conducted an experiment…with surprising results.
Four Reasons to Improvise at the Organ
If an ex-clarinetist can do it, you can do it—and the benefits far outweigh the effort involved.
The Liturgical Request: “Iube, Domne, Benedicere”
Like so many of the inaudible prayers of the Mass, this short statement is rich in significance.
CDW Guidance for Holy Week 2021
Bishops have broad freedom to determine what adaptations may be necessary in 2021.
PDF Download • “O Sacred Head Surrounded” … placed into Gregorian Chant!
Also provided: an organ accompaniment for “Jam Christe Sol Justitiae” (an ancient Catholic hymn for Lent).
PDF Download • “Daily Missal with Vespers for Sundays” by Dom Lefevbre (2,007 pages)
…including news Re: the 3rd edition of the Saint Edmund Campion Missal, scheduled to be released in April.
PDF • “Spiritual Mass Plan for Church Organists”
Some guidance on how to stay recollected at a low Mass while you’re also playing organ.
Surprising Popularity!
One of our most popular downloads has proven to be the organ accompaniment to “The Monastery Hymnal” (131 pages). This book was compiled, arranged, and edited by Achille P. Bragers, who studied at the Lemmensinstituut (Belgium) about thirty years before that school produced the NOH. Bragers might be considered an example of Belgium “Stile Antico” […]
15 February 2021 • To Capitalize…?
In the Introit for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, there is a question regarding whether to capitalize the word “christi.” The Vulgata does not, because Psalm 27 is not specifically referring to Our Lord, but rather to God’s “anointed one.” However, Missals tend to capitalize it, such as the official 1962 Missal and also a […]