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Corpus Christi Watershed · November 7, 2013

Now Available! Online Latin Lectionary For Masses In The Ordinary Form

Sometimes “seeing is believing.”

Corpus Christi Watershed · November 6, 2013

Jesuit Martyrs of North America by John A. O’Brien

A free PDF download of this entire book is provided, courtesy of the St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books.

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 30, 2013

National Catholic Register Mentions Watershed Hymnal

“I’ve found that almost all of the students, regardless of their current knowledge level, are receptive to the Church’s treasury of sacred music and her teaching on the subject.”

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 29, 2013

Fr. Jeffrey Keyes Featured In Regina Magazine

“Disgusted and hurt, I went back to selling hotdogs and making music in a liberal Catholic church on Sunday evenings.”

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 28, 2013

REMINDER: Upcoming Holy Day of Obligation

Friday, 1 November 2013 (All Saints Day) is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics.

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 24, 2013

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman

Corpus Christi Watershed assisted the Birmingham Oratory with media work leading up to the Papal Visit and Beatification of Cardinal Newman.

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 24, 2013

Organ Accompaniments to Simple Gregorian Chants

PDF organ accompaniment scores for simple chants found in the Parish Book of Chant.

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 18, 2013

Why Are We Bored At Mass?

Dr. Scott Hahn admits to being bored at Mass … and explains why his daughter “doesn’t want to go to Heaven.”

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 17, 2013

Interesting Catholic Websites

Please let us know about interesting Catholic websites!

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 17, 2013

Celebrating the Golden Jubilee of ICEL in Rome

Maestro Charles Cole strikes again!

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 15, 2013

Catholic Composer Brian J. Nelson To Appear On EWTN

Catholic composer and convert to the Faith Brian J. Nelson will appear on “The Journey Home” program on Monday, 4 November 2013, at 7pm on EWTN.

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 13, 2013

Gregorian Chant Chironomy Video

What’s it like to attend the Sacred Music Colloquium?

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 10, 2013

Bishop Dominique Rey (Fréjus-Toulon) visits Texas

Most Reverend Bishop Dominique Rey recently held a special conference about the Sacred Liturgy called “Sacra Liturgia 2013.”

Corpus Christi Watershed · October 3, 2013

Bishop René H. Gracida • Golden Jubilee Homily

“I was a late vocation. There were twelve men ordained in my class. All of them were twenty-six years old at ordination. I was thirty-six … ten years late.” — Bishop René H. Gracida (2010)

Corpus Christi Watershed · September 30, 2013

Cristóbal de Morales • Agnus Dei “B”

“Missa Mille Regretz” is based on the famous chanson of the same name…

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    “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
    New Bulletin Article • “8 June 2025”
    My pastor requested that I write short articles each week for the parish bulletin. Those responsible for preparing similar write-ups may find a bit of inspiration in these brief columns. The latest article includes a few anecdotes about Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and Abraham Lincoln.
    —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

“I, (Name), do declare that I do believe that there is not any Transubstantiation in the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, or in the elements of the bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.”

— ‘From England’s Anti-Catholic Oath (1673)’

Recent Posts

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  • “Truly Great Processional” • (Pipe Organ)
  • “Re: Vigil Masses” • Reader Feedback (3 June 2025)
  • Proof Which All Can Immediately See!
  • New Bulletin Article • “8 June 2025”

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