3rd Sunday of Advent (3rd of December)
John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, Whom you know not…”
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.”
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, Whom you know not…”
“Let us not be cast into the darkness to burn in flames, but may we share the joy of heaven, seeing the face of God.”
“He whom the whole world cannot contain was enclosed in thy womb…”
A nicely done Psalm Tone is preferred to a poorly sung authentic version.
This Catholic hymnal was written by a priest named “Police.” (not kidding)
Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: “What went you out into the desert to see?”
Fr. Valentine used to say: “If you don’t blow your own horn, nobody else is going to blow it for you.”
“Pausing a little, arise, make Adoration to the Sacrament, give the Pax to those present, observe Order of calling, and Years…”
Knox was a founding member of the “Detection Club,” which included Agatha Christie and G. K. Chesterton.
At the time I’m posting, this video has 355 views—let’s see if we can raise that number!
Permission has been given to post this marvelous 2016 dissertation by Fr. Shawn Tunink.
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