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Archives for July 2024

Veronica Moreno · July 20, 2024

720,000 Views … and Counting!

In last Friday’s Eucharistic Conference, Corrinne May underscored that Silence is an integral and essential part in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

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Fr. David Friel · July 20, 2024

Society for Catholic Liturgy Conference 2024

Hosted in Houston, this conference will explore “Liturgy and the Human Imagination.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 19, 2024

PDF Download • “Plainsong Propers” (1964) — Extremely Rare!

English Gregorian Chant by the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood (O’Fallon, Missouri)

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 16, 2024

PDF Download • “Discomforts Of Transition”

We’d be grateful if a reader could determine the precise year this bizarre pamphlet appeared.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 16, 2024

“Soul of my Savior” arranged for 3 voices

Many readers watched this video, which was a iPhone recording from last Sunday of three young women singing “Soul of my Savior” arranged for three equal voices by Miss Helen Drost. People have been asking where they can get the musical score. Please know it can be instantly downloaded by clicking here.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 15, 2024

What Can You Do With Three Voices?

Some spend their days giving “hot takes” online—but others build the kingdom of God.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 13, 2024

Musical Plan (English) for 14 July 2024

I’m not sure whether anyone wants to peruse my musical outline for tomorrow—which is Sunday, 14 July 2024 (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)—but if you would like to, you can download this PDF document (2 pages). I’ve only been at this job less than two weeks—after spending ten years in Los Angeles—so I […]

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 11, 2024

Introit • “15th Sunday in Ordinary Time”

Mr. Ostrowski shares a ‘quick thought’ regarding the topic of the sacred liturgy.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 11, 2024

Reminder!

Sometimes men—usually not women—brag publicly about how much money they make. It’s important to remember that everything (everything) comes from God, and we’ll be held responsible for every cent. Anything we currently possess is only thanks to God, Who gave us our bodies, minds, health, energy … indeed, our very existence. Only a foolish and […]

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · July 10, 2024

Five Reflections • “The ‘Church’ of My Youth Was Coming to an End”

When the Lord finally calls me home, I have no plans to trip over “eagle’s wings” on my way to the cemetery.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 9, 2024

PDF • “Gregorian Missal” (712 Pages)

Several readers have requested the URL link to download the GREGORIAN MISSAL (Solesmes Abbey, 1989) in PDF format. All you have to do is click here. The book was professionally scanned and made available online by the Church Music Association of America on 21 January 2009.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 9, 2024

Live Recording • “Entrance Chant” (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)

In the 1970s, some musicians felt that annihilating the Mass propers would lead to “freedom”—but the opposite was true.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 7, 2024

PDF Download • {English Mass} This Sunday

Those who wish to do so may download the Order of Music I’m using for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (English Masses). Including plainsong in English, wonderful hymns, settings of the Ordinary in both Latin & English, and even a motet by Kevin Allen.

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Matthew Frederes · July 6, 2024

Bidding Starts in 4 Days on these Catholic treasures!

Christie’s Valuable Books and Manuscripts auction on July 10 will be offering a selection of important Catholic medieval and renaissance manuscripts for sale.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 6, 2024

PDF • “14th Sunday in Ordinary Time”

This Sunday I begin service at my new church in Michigan. If you’re curious about the musical lineup for the Spanish Mass, feel free to download the Order of Music I created for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. I tried to be sensitive to what the parish was doing before my arrival […]

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    Eucharistic Prayer No. 2 on Sundays?

    Highlighted in yellow (on this single-page PDF file) is documentation concerning whether the 2nd Eucharistic prayer may be used on Sundays.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Knox. Has. No. Equal.
    Dr. Finberg (of the University of Leicester) famously said: “No living writer possesses a greater command over the English language than Monsignor Ronald Knox.” A lifetime spent among his works would not exhaust them; always another thing to see, never once a reason to look away. Consider the marvelous way Knox Englished the famous VERBUM SUPERNUM of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The 4th verse (in Latin) means: “By being born, He became man’s companion; at this supper, He became man’s food; in dying, He became man’s ransom; in reigning, He is man’s reward.” Knox brilliantly makes the English fit the Latin meter: The manger, Christ their equal made, | That upper room, their souls’ repast, | The Cross, their ransom dearly paid, | And heav’n, their high reward at last. I believe the meaning of the French word “manger” was not absent from his thoughts when he penned that stanza.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Proportionalist Plainchant • (Documented)
    On this website, we believe: “If we don’t know where we came from, we can’t know where we’re going.” As a result, we often spend hours scanning old books of GREGORIAN CHANT (and organ accompaniments). We don’t claim those items are useful or desirable for today’s circumstances; the goal is understanding where we came from. Here is a fascinating musical score from the 19th century. At that time, it was believed that MENSURALISM (a.k.a. “proportionalism”) was the historically correct way to sing plainsong.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    ‘Ould’ But Not Good
    Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
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Random Quote

[to the executioner] Sir Thomas More: “I forgive you right readily.” [gives him a coin] “Be not afraid of your office; you send me to God.” Archbishop Cranmer: “You’re very sure of that, Sir Thomas?” More: “He will not refuse one who is so blithe to go to him.” [kneeling, he places his head on the chopping block]

— From “A Man for All Seasons” (1960 play by Robert Bolt)

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