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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 17, 2025

“For me, Gregorian chant at the Mass was much more consonant with what the Mass truly is…” —Bp. Earl Fernandes

“When things are holy and sacred, they are perceived as such by all.” —Bishop Fernandes

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 16, 2025

“Lindisfarne Gospels” • Created circa 705 A.D.

Lusciously resplendent illuminations created 1,300 years ago by Roman Catholic monks in North England—now available to be viewed in high resolution!

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 7, 2025

Reader Feedback • Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” at a Nuptial Mass?

“Isn’t Mendelssohn’s wedding march largely frowned upon in the Catholic Church?” —A reader

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 1, 2025

Antiphons Don’t Match?

The short answer is: the “Adalbert Propers” were never intended to be sung.

Corpus Christi Watershed · April 30, 2025

Dramatic & Spectacular Testimonies from Last Year’s Sacred Music Symposium

“I had to stop singing for a moment while trying not to cry.” —2023 Participant

Corpus Christi Watershed · April 7, 2025

Father John Paul Lewis • “Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Oklahoma City”

The musical director is Dr. Alvez Barkoskie IV.

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 28, 2025

“From A Priest” • Reader Feedback (28 March 2025)

“I grew up in an Italian-American family.” —Feedback from a priest.

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 22, 2025

“Reader Feedback” • 22 March 2025

Remember: “Misery loves company!”

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 14, 2025

“Reader Feedback” • 14 March 2025

I also hold a music degree and have accepted a job at…

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 14, 2025

Reader Feedback • “Reform of the Reform”

“Throughout those 40+ years, I designed the music liturgy according to my sense of entertainment, failing to realise what it was supposed to be until much later.” —Chad H.

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 12, 2025

“I Hate, Loathe, and Utterly Despise the Trivial Details of Ceremonies.” —Father Adrian Fortescue

“I want never to hear another word about ceremonies for as long as I live. I would rather discuss the symptoms of cancer.” —Dr. Fortescue

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 11, 2025

Our Own Richard J. Clark Conducts 250 Children in Chant & Polyphony!

Reclaiming Gregorian Chant for children at the New England “Pueri Cantores” choral festival & Mass.

Corpus Christi Watershed · February 25, 2025

Famous Italian Actor Regrets Aborting Son

“It was the mistake of my life. When I was very young, I had the chance to become a father, but I had my son aborted. Now, I’ve become very strongly against abortion.” —Andrea Roncato

Corpus Christi Watershed · February 17, 2025

“The Sad State of Liturgical Music in the Catholic Church” • Thomas G. McFaul (2002)

“Nothing in pop music ever sounded quite as loathsome as what is played and sung in the church today.” —Thomas G. McFaul

Corpus Christi Watershed · February 10, 2025

Monsignor Ronald Knox—His Actual Voice!—Speaks of Saint John Henry Newman (1948)

It is beyond fascinating to hear his actual voice.

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    “Music List” • Pentecost Sunday
    Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for Pentecost Sunday (8 June 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. Because our choir is on break this week, the music is relatively simple.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Truly Great Processional” • (Pipe Organ)
    I stumbled upon this live recording of a PROCESSIONAL I played on the pipe organ in 2002. It’s an excerpt from a much longer composition by Sebastian Bach. In those days, there weren’t sophisticated recording devices allowing one “fix” wrong notes. (Perhaps they existed, but we didn’t have machines like that.) So it was necessary to play the entire piece from beginning to end. If you’re a church organist, feel free to download the PDF score. I suppose it’s only a matter of time until some joker uses “artificial intelligence” to play music at church … but there’s something so satisfying about playing an organ in real life.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Proof Which All Can Immediately See!
    “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” as the famous maxim goes. Over the years, I’ve observed malicious attacks on the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal. Rather than scoring a ‘hit’ on the Brébeuf Hymnal, its attackers often reveal profound ignorance. I’ve been advised never to reply … but I break that rule today. Certain voices online assert that the Brébeuf Hymnal is “untraditional” because it includes both the Urbanite and pre-Urbanite versions of the hymns. But if only they would glance at a copy of the 1913 VESPERALE (printed by order of Pope Saint Pius X) they would see how mistaken such statements are.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    When to Sit, Stand and Kneel like it’s 1962
    There are lots of different guides to postures for Mass, but I couldn’t find one which matched our local Latin Mass, so I made this one: sit-stand-kneel-crop
    —Veronica Brandt
    The Funeral Rites of the Graduale Romanum
    Lately I have been paging through the 1974 Graduale Romanum (see p. 678 ff.) and have been fascinated by the funeral rites found therein, especially the simply-beautiful Psalmody that is appointed for all the different occasions before and after the funeral Mass: at the vigil/wake, at the house of the deceased, processing to the church, at the church, processing to the cemetery, and at the cemetery. Would that this “stational Psalmody” of the Novus Ordo funeral rites saw wider usage! If you or anyone you know have ever used it, please do let me know.
    —Daniel Tucker

Random Quote

“Like all other liturgical functions, like offices and ranks in the Church, indeed like everything else in the world, the religious service that we call the Mass existed long before it had a special technical name.”

— ‘Rev. Adrian Fortescue (THE MASS, page 397)’

Recent Posts

  • “Music List” • Pentecost Sunday
  • “Participation” • Recovering its Receptive Dimension
  • “Breathtaking Photographs” • First Mass of Father Michael Caughey, FSSP (Muskegon, MI)
  • “Truly Great Processional” • (Pipe Organ)
  • “Re: Vigil Masses” • Reader Feedback (3 June 2025)

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