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Views from the Choir Loft

What A Roman Catholic Hymnal Looks Like!

Jeff Ostrowski · May 26, 2021

LEASE ENJOY these beautiful photographs of The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal, which—if you’re a Catholic organist or choirmaster—will change your life! The following was written by someone from France, whose parish uses the Brébeuf hymnal. (Although he is from France, he currently lives with his wife and child in the United States of America.) Here’s what that person wrote: “The Brébeuf Hymnal is not only a fantastic musical resource, it’s also a great literary achievement: the diverse translations therein are accompanied by glosses filled with names, dates and analysis, reminding us of the richness of our Catholic tradition. As a lover of history, language, and poetry, I always enjoy comparing translations to see how these ancient prayers have evolved and how they’ve stayed the same. This hymnal fuses Faith and history in a detailed, eloquent and exhaustive (but concise) way.”

Photographs • Pew Edition:

Photographs • Choral Supplement:

Photographs • Organ Accompaniment:

I would be remiss if I failed to mention another indispensable booklet we use all the time:

*  Instructional Video • “How To Use This Book”
—YouTube: “Using the Brébeuf Index Correctly”

*  PDF • “What People Are Saying”
(Testimonials from Catholics in the pews.)

*  PDF • “What Experts Are Saying”
(Testimonials from authorities on Sacred Music.)

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

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    Vespers Booklet (4th Sunday of Lent)
    The organ accompaniment booklet (24 pages) which I created for the 4th Sunday of Lent (“Lætare Sunday”) may now be downloaded, for those who desire such a thing.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Vespers Booklet, 3rd Sunday of Lent
    The organ accompaniment I created for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (“Extraordinary Form”) may now be downloaded, if anyone is interested in this.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Weeping For Joy! (We Hope!)
    Listening to this Easter Alleluia—an SATB arrangement I made twenty years ago based on the work of Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel—one of our readers left this comment: “I get tears in my eyes each time I sing to this hymn.” I hope this person is weeping for joy!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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Thus the priest-celebrant, putting on the person of Christ, alone offers sacrifice, and not the people, nor clerics, nor even priests who reverently assist. All, however, can and should take an active part in the Sacrifice. “The Christian people, though participating in the Eucharistic Sacrifice, do not thereby possess a priestly power,” We stated in the Encyclical Mediator Dei (AAS, vol 39, 1947, p. 553).

— Pope Pius XII (2 November 1954)

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