“The Return of the SSPX”
Reflections by a member of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.
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).
After Mass, a presentation was delivered by the Executive Director of the USCCB Committee on Divine Worship.
Can you think of a better way to begin your choir rehearsals?
“But the men wondered, saying, What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey Him?”
This Introit is repeated many times, depending on how many Sundays occur after Epiphany.
By Rev. Laurence J. O’Connell, and *published in English* in 1943.
Our choir is 100% volunteers—and many don’t read music.
These rubrics are official; so when does your church begin the Introit?
Cardinal Ratzinger’s English is *fantastic* (as this video shows).
To match the ancient acrostic, Erasmus changed the first line to “Herodis Hostes.”
Every so often, we stumble across true excellence. Here’s a prime example.
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