Yesterday’s Solemn Mass Was An Inflection Point
Consider three (3) clerics who took part in this Solemn Mass at the National Shrine
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Directing A Choir: Are You Tough Enough?
Your sense of humor says it all…
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“ Dissonance? ” • Gregorian Accompaniment
Nothing could be further from the truth!
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I Was Wrong to Dread the “Pre-1955” Holy Week
Five (5) differences between the ancient rites of Holy Week (“Pre-1955”) and the Pius XII version.
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“Crotalus” • How Does It Sound?
Holy Thursday pew version from a pocket recorder.
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PDF Download • Organ Accompaniment for “Vexilla Regis” (Hymn) by Fr. Adrian Fortescue
When I saw this page, my opinion of Fortescue went down—but then I remembered…
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Musical Resources • Holy Thursday (FSSP, 2018)
“…Who didst establish the salvation of mankind on the tree of the Cross; that whence death came, thence also life might arise again, and that he, who overcame by the tree, by the tree also might be overcome…” —Preface
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Fighting With A Bishop • Good Idea?
“We are fully determined to restore Latin to its position of honor.” —Saint John XXIII (22 February 1962)
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4th Sunday of Lent (“Laetare Sunday”)
“Grant us, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that we may treat with unfeigned veneration and ever receive with heartfelt faith Thy holy rites which we constantly celebrate…”
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PDF Download • Rare German Hymnal (879 pages)
Most German hymnals we’ve come across contain words only—but this one has harmonies!
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3rd Sunday of Lent (Extraordinary Form)
“Be merciful, O Lord, we beseech Thee, and free us from all sins and dangers…”
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Contemporary “Stabat Mater” (SATB) • by Gustaaf Nees (d. 1965)
You’ve never heard this arrangement before—perfect for Lent.
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“Tu Es Petrus” (Rec. 2017 Symposium)
No matter how many people imitate John Denver on the guitar in our churches, Palestrina and Victoria will always be loved and sought by serious Catholics.
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“First Run Through” • Guerrero’s Kyrie
“To put it simply, I was pierced by the beauty of the liturgy in a way I have never before experienced.” —2017 participant
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Rare Lenten Hymns You’ve Not Sung
“Our hymnbooks know nothing of such a treasure as this, and give us pages of poor sentiment in doggerel lines by some tenth-rate modern versifier.” —Fr. Fortescue
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