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Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 1, 2022

“I Decided to Get a Plane Ticket and Fly 8,700 Miles From Singapore to Take Part.”

“These are the musical treasures everyone needs to know about.” — 2022 Participant

Corpus Christi Watershed · June 28, 2022

“81 Photos” • Sacred Music Symposium 2022

More than eighty photographs give you a “glimpse” of a week dedicated to restoring authentic Catholic music.

Corpus Christi Watershed · June 28, 2022

“I Found Myself Weeping, Almost In Disbelief…”

“Your faculty may never know the depth of how you affected each person there. For my part, I am forever changed…” — Symposium Participant (Texas)

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 28, 2022

Scandalous “Catholic” Hymn

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 24, 2022

The USCCB desires your input!

“All contributions will be shared anonymously to ensure all questions can be answered with honesty and authenticity.”

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 9, 2022

Quote: “A weekend our choir will not soon forget!”

St. Mary’s: “Our singers experienced an incredible weekend working with Mr. Kevin Allen, the world-renowned composer.”

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 3, 2022

“Repertoire Page” • Sacred Music Symposium 2022

Sign up today! A few voice parts still have openings.

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 13, 2022

“To Hear Before You Die” • Essential Listening Guide

You might have heard parts of the “French Suites” by Bach without even realizing it…

Corpus Christi Watershed · February 9, 2022

“A New Era Of Church Music”

Also included are three (3) versions of the Stations of the Cross, by Fulton J. Sheen, Cardinal Ratzinger, and Alphonsus Liguori.

Corpus Christi Watershed · January 5, 2022

“A Plea to the Bishops” • By Monsignor Charles Pope

“As a pastor of souls, I wince at this sort of language directed at good Catholics…” —Monsignor Charles Pope

Corpus Christi Watershed · December 25, 2021

“Merry Christmas!” • From Our Family To Yours

Dear readers, thank you for everything!

Corpus Christi Watershed · September 2, 2021

Breaking! • Joint Statement by Superiors General of “Ecclesia Dei” Communities

“We beg for a humane, personal, trusting dialogue, far from ideologies or the coldness of administrative decrees.”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · March 31, 2021

New Website! • “Restore The 1954 Holy Week”

We are pleased to observe how this site included our liturgical PDF files.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · October 22, 2020

PDF Download • “Mass Propers for Weekdays, Commons, and Saints” (1,294 pages)

Useful links as a “follow-up” to Mæstro Clark’s article about Fr. Weber’s plainsong settings.

Corpus Christi Watershed · September 19, 2020

Homily • “25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A”

We should also examine ourselves on the subject of generosity and jealousy. When we see other people prosper in some way, receive some advantage or recognition, how do we respond?

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President’s Corner

    How Well Does ICEL Know Latin?
    This year, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June 2025) falls on a Sunday. It’s not necessary to be an eminent Latin scholar to be horrified by examples like this, which have been in place since 1970. For the last 55 years, anyone who’s attempted to correct such errors has been threatened with legal action. It is simply unbelievable that the (mandatory) texts of the Holy Mass began being sold for a profit in the 1970s. How much longer will this gruesome situation last?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Is the USCCB trolling us?
    I realize I’m going to come across as a “Negative Nancy” … but I can’t help myself. This kind of stuff is beyond ridiculous. There are already way too many options in the MISSALE RECENS. Adding more will simply confuse the faithful even more. We seriously need to band together and start creating a “REFORM OF THE REFORM” Missale Romanum so it will be ready when the time comes.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Common” Responsorial Psalm?
    I try to avoid arguing about liturgical legislation (even with Catholic priests) because it seems like many folks hold certain views—and nothing will persuade them to believe differently. You can show them 100 church documents, but it matters not. They won’t budge. Sometimes I’m confronted by people who insist that “there’s no such thing” as a COMMON RESPONSORIAL PSALM. When that happens, I show them a copy of the official legislation in Latin. I have occasionally prevailed by means of this method.
    —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 (1912)

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