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Archives for November 2024

Adam Raha · November 28, 2024

Saint John of the Cross • Arrested & Imprisoned By His Own Carmelite Brothers

Many years ago, I was very calmly trying to de-escalate a disagreement I was having with someone close to me…

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 26, 2024

“Entrance Chant” • Immaculate Conception

This Introit is in mode iii, which some consider the most beautiful.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 26, 2024

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)

What is he talking about? Where can I go to hear these “aesthetically superior” interpretations? Where can they be found?

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 25, 2024

How Sharp Are Your Eyes?

The feast of the Immaculate Conception contains a typo.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · November 25, 2024

Bouyer on Liturgical Reform: “More intolerant and fussy than anything we’ve ever known.”

“Perhaps in no other area is there a greater distance between what the Council worked out and what we actually have.” —Professor Louis Bouyer

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 22, 2024

“Music List” • (Christ the King Sunday)

Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 20, 2024

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for this Coming Sunday (Christ the King) — 34th in Ordinary Time

Including three separate points on Dom Combe’s shameful and defamatory statement.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 19, 2024

“Entrance Chant” • Christ the King

The feast of Christ the King—a completely modern feast—was added in 1925.

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Corrinne May · November 19, 2024

“Imagine You’re Out of Rehearsal Time but Desperately Need a Hymn for Advent…”

“I had such fun recording the vocals for these rehearsal videos.” —Corrinne May

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 19, 2024

“Reader Feedback” • 19 November 2024

“I’m currently gathering materials for a newly ordained priest…”

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Daniel Tucker · November 18, 2024

The Breviary in the Life of the Laity

Recently I have been enjoying looking through the inaugural (1927) edition of a 20th-century liturgical magazine called Orate Fratres. The July 1927 issue included an excellent article by a Chicago laywoman named Ellen Gates Starr entitled “The Delights of the Breviary: From the Point of View of a Lay Woman.” As we in the 21st century […]

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 18, 2024

High Resolution Scan • “Missale Romanum” (1857)

This rare missal from 1857 contains some musical notes.

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William J. Fritz · November 16, 2024

Principles vs Preferences

I ran into this idea recently…

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 16, 2024

“Music List” • (33rd Sund. Ordinary Time)

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 15, 2024

Lectionary Errors

Why even mention such a thing? Everybody makes mistakes, right?

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    Oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymnal
    The Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn is featured in the Brébeuf Hymnal. Indeed, the legendary Father Adrian Fortescue made a translation of it—matching the original’s meter—which was elevated by the Brébeuf team. For years, we’ve been working on a Spanish hymnal: “Cantoral del Padre Antonio Daniel.” The progress has been slow but steady, and we encourage anyone fluent in Spanish to consider joining the proofreading team. A few days ago, my wife helped me record a rehearsal video for this Spanish version of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Rare Plainsong Accompaniments
    Our contributor, Veronica Brandt, went deep into Australia to take photographs of organ accompaniments for Gregorian Chant. Some consider these peculiar PLAINSONG ACCOMPANIMENTS—with 3-part harmonies by Barcelona Cathedral organist, Father Josep Muset i Ferrer—to be the rarest in the world. Click here to learn more. Thanks Veronica! 😊
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Hidden Chant” • For the Ordinary Form

    Not even the magnificent “GregoBase”—which is incredibly comprehensive—realizes music for this antiphon was published by the Vatican in the 1930s.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The sun’s disc did not remain immobile. This was not the sparkling of a heavenly body, for it spun round on itself in a mad whirl, when suddenly a clamor was heard from all the people. The sun, whirling, seemed to loosen itself from the firmament and advance threateningly upon the earth as if to crush us with its huge fiery weight. The sensation during those moments was terrible.”

— ‘Dr. Almeida Garrett, professor of natural sciences at the University of Coimbra (1917)’

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