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“Laudate Dominum” by William Croft (†1727) is a miracle.
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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).

“Laudate Dominum” by William Croft (†1727) is a miracle.

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.

These rubrics are official; so when does your church begin the Introit?

Our choir is 100% volunteers—and many don’t read music.

Cardinal Ratzinger’s English is *fantastic* (as this video shows).

“May this Communion, O Lord, cleanse us from sin…”

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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.

Please let me know your thoughts in the FB combox…

This feast has been moved *four times* since it was created in 1893…but that’s not my problem.

Communion anthem: “Jesus went down with them, and came to Nazareth and was subject to them.”
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