Accents Do Matter!
The upcoming feast of the Epiphany gives a good example…
Archives for December 2024
God’s in His Holy Place, but in which Mode?
Ideas have consequences.
Year’s End Appeal • “Asking for Help”
As 2024 comes to a close, we could really use even a TINY amount of your generous financial support…
“Music List” • Feast of the Holy Family
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I have prepared for the Feast of the Holy Family.
Bizarre Statements From “Leaflet Missal” Founder
Imagine blaming the rise of Adolf Hitler on the Church’s immemorial use of a ‘lingua sacra’ during Mass!
PDF Download • From Cambridge: “Saint John Fisher Responsorial Psalms Collection” (253 Pages)
This 2024 collection incorporates responsorial psalms by many composers, particularly Catholic composers associated with Cambridge University.
“Music List” • Midnight Mass (Christmas)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” we used at our Christmas Midnight Mass.
“Silent Night” • Easy Organ Arrangement
Choirs will ‘pick up’ this piece up with minimal rehearsal time.
PDF Download • “Chart For Each Mode”
If you notice any errors, please let me know!
Reader Question • “Extra Verses” for the Propers
Jeff Ostrowski answers a reader’s question with nine (9) statements.
Year’s End Appeal • “Asking for Help”
As 2024 comes to a close, we could really use even a TINY amount of your generous financial support…
“Source and Summit” • What Is That?
Notice how Dom Franquesa (without explanation) stealthily annihilates sacrifice, sin, and the adoration we owe God.
Rorate Caeli + ICEL + Dynamic Equivalence
There’s an old adage: “Once stung, twice shy.”
“Music List” (4th Sunday of Advent, Year C)
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
“Entrance Chant” • 4th Sunday of Advent
Like so many Advent antiphons, this one is in the first mode and comes from the prophet Isaiah.
