Guest Article by Mæstro Jerome Cole • Organist, Composer, and Choirmaster
“My mantra is that music at Mass should help reveal the face of God to us, so that we might contemplate Jesus Christ truly present in the Eucharist.” —Jerome Cole
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
“My mantra is that music at Mass should help reveal the face of God to us, so that we might contemplate Jesus Christ truly present in the Eucharist.” —Jerome Cole
Like it was yesterday, I remember fighting with those high school students about hymnal headers.
“I was recently asked to step in and lead someone else’s choir at Mass…” —Penelope
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Is celebration “versus populum” a good idea? Father Mike’s answer might raise some eyebrows…
Platinum singer-songwriter Corrinne May, our contributor, recently appeared on EWTN.
Exciting news for the sacred music world—regarding something important starting next week.
Stricken with terror, they fled to the mission, where Brébeuf and Lalemant were just finishing the prayers after Mass…
The last thing church musicians need is another collection of goofy, syrupy, mawkish hymns.
“The Sacred Music Symposium was a vehicle of grace that changed my life.” —2019 Participant
The motu proprio 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 “hit him pretty hard” says the private secretary to the Pope Emeritus.
From his place of retirement, he sent a private letter following “Traditionis Custodes” (a document which attempted to strangle the Traditional Mass).
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all.
It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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