SATB • “Come Holy Ghost, Who Ever One” — John Henry Cardinal Newman
This tune will get stuck in your head, and the words by Cardinal Newman are splendid.
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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).

This tune will get stuck in your head, and the words by Cardinal Newman are splendid.

“Peace, peace, peace on earth; peace to God’s people, all people on earth.”

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“Let the operation of Thy mercy, we beseech Thee O Lord, direct our hearts…”

One man’s hymn sensitivities are another man’s…

The word “Thy” is used in the Lord’s Prayer at every Mass, yet nobody struggles to understand it.

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What Guerrero did with this Advent melody is mind-blowing!

“Let Thy grace, we beseech Thee, O Lord … make us to be continually zealous in doing good works.”

This short clip from “It’s a Wonderful Life” helps us understand…

I’d like to know more about this manuscript.

“Let Thy continual pity, O Lord, cleanse and fortify Thy Church…”
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