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Guest Author · May 29, 2014

Simple English Choral Propers by Jon Naples

Free polyphonic offertories for the Simple English Propers.

Guest Author · May 26, 2014

An Overview of the Music Program at Our Lady of the Atonement Church & Academy (Part 2)

“In 2004, we had one school choir. As of 2014, we have ten.” — Edmund Murray

Guest Author · May 25, 2014

Homily: 6th Sunday of Easter (Year A)

We keep the commandments to show that we love Jesus, but we do that mainly through the help of the Holy Spirit whom we especially receive in the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Guest Author · May 19, 2014

Homily: 5th Sunday of Easter (Year A)

The Church in its missionary efforts has always looked out also for the temporal well being of individuals.

Guest Author · May 19, 2014

An Overview of the Music Program at Our Lady of the Atonement Church & Academy (Part 1)

On Fridays, Mass is celebrated in Latin according to the Ordinary Form. Each day, one of the school choirs leads the liturgical singing.

Guest Author · May 12, 2014

Homily: 4th Sunday of Easter (Year A)

A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.

Guest Author · May 6, 2014

John Henry Newman: A Deep History & A New Communion Motet

From chant to polyphony… our liturgies are being saturated once again with Proper texts and
liturgical music of great beauty.

Guest Author · May 3, 2014

Homily: 3rd Sunday of Easter (Year A)

A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.

Guest Author · May 3, 2014

Simple English Propers Organ Accompaniments

Two exciting new volumes in the field of sung propers.

Guest Author · April 27, 2014

Homily: 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy)

I’m happy that people want to gain the plenary indulgence on Divine Mercy Sunday. But remember, you can also gain it on other occasions.

Guest Author · April 25, 2014

The Thoughtful Theologian reflects on the canonisations of 27 April 2014

God is Truth Itself, and so faith transcends reason, and elevates it without contradicting it.

Guest Author · April 21, 2014

Francis Thompson (1859 – 1907): Catholic, Addict, Poet

The intellect of the world has been corrupted. Francis Thompson is the antidote.

Guest Author · April 6, 2014

Homily: 5th Sunday of Lent (Year A)

“St. Paul quite bluntly says that if your life is in the flesh, then your life in the spirit is dead.”

Guest Author · March 30, 2014

Homily: 4th Sunday of Lent (Year A)

A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.

Guest Author · March 23, 2014

Homily: 3rd Sunday of Lent (Year A)

A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.

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    “Entrance Chant” • 4th Sunday of Easter
    You can download the ENTRANCE ANTIPHON in English for the 4th Sunday of Easter (11 May 2025). Corresponding to the vocalist score is this free organ accompaniment. The English adaptation matches the authentic version (Misericórdia Dómini), which is in a somber yet gorgeous mode. If you’re someone who enjoys rehearsal videos, this morning I tried to sing it while simultaneously accompanying my voice on the pipe organ.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Repertoire for Weddings”
    Not everyone thinks about sacred music 24/7 like we do. When couples are getting married, they often request “suggestions” or “guidance” or a “template” for their musical selections. I created music list with repertoire suggestions for Catholic weddings. Please feel free to download it if you believe it might give you some ideas or inspiration.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Beginning a Men’s Schola
    I mentioned that we recently began a men’s Schola Cantorum. Last Sunday, they sang the COMMUNION ANTIPHON for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C. If you’re so inclined, feel free to listen to this live recording of them. I feel like we have a great start, and we’ll get better and better as time goes on. The musical score for that COMMUNION ANTIPHON can be downloaded (completely free of charge) from the feasts website.
    —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

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“In everything of any importance at all, Sarum (and all other mediæval rites) was simply Roman, the rite which we still use.”

— Fr. Adrian Fortescue (1912)

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