PDF Download • Communion for Sunday
Such a shame it only comes every three years…
Archives for April 2026
“Translating the Bible” • Msgr. Ronald Knox (1953)
There’s no question Knox sometimes enjoyed “pushing the envelope” or stepping outside the box.
Season’s End Repertoire
I’m trailing the timeline and need to close the distance.
PDF Download • “Funeral Procession”
Funeral Procession drawn by Simon Bening, a mediæval artist who died in 1561.
Re: The “Correct” Way To Sing Gregorian Chant
A choir member’s visit to find Dom Pothier in Normandy’s Abbaye Saint-Wandrille de Fontenelle. She finds beauty and peace.
PDF Download • Ascension “Entrance Chant”
More than once, Father Valentine told me: “When I sing this beautiful Introit, I can almost see the apostles standing there.”
Every Artist Needs a Refuge
Every artist must enter into the interior life. In doing so one becomes a finer musician and a better servant of God and of each other.
Simplified Accomp. • Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”
A simplified keyboard accompaniment for Franz Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”
“The Unselected Hymn” • Do You Recognize It?
I fought for this one—but lost the battle.
2026 Sacred Music Pilgrimage (Washington DC) • With Richard J. Clark
This choir pilgrimage is more than a trip—it is a sacred journey.
“Reminder” — Month of April (2026)
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
“Gregorian Chant Isn’t a Platform for Your Personal Theories, Jeff” • (A Letter We Received)
“My desire, Leroy, is to answer your question in a rigorously straightforward way.” —Jeff Ostrowski
Request From Australia
“This is an exquisite setting and I know my singers would very much enjoy singing it.” —Mary
PDF Download • “Anima Christi”
I received a request for this organ accompaniment…
PDF Download • “Rarer Than a Blue Moon” — Side-by-Side English Translation (Pius XII Psalter)
Very Rev’d Father Charles J. Callan called it “the most recent critical edition of the Hebrew Massoretic text.”