Message From A “Traditional” Priest
“Believe me we had some long offices back in those days.”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
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).
Some EF communities will celebrate the “External Solemnity” of Corpus Christi today.
Cardinal Sarah has committed an “unforgivable sin” in the opinion of progressive liturgists.
It seems many wish to include Mass VIII in their program booklets.
Many of the big publishing companies skip the Corpus Christi Sequence—they literally leave it blank.
I really don’t “get” the lyrics in Catholic hymnals by the major publishers.
The last time we sing “Vidi Aquam” is Pentecost Sunday; now we go back to “Asperges Me.”
Including rehearsal videos and special 13th-century hymn to the Most Holy Trinity.
Fantastic photograph taken by our organist during Mass on Sunday…
“Once familiar features of the preconciliar rite are now as remote to us as some obscure aboriginal ritual.” —Msgr. McManus (1980)
Throughout the movie, Hitchcock seems to imitate the liturgy.
For reasons I don’t fully understand, this chasuble was only worn once.
On Pentecost Sunday, the FSSP Superior General will visit our parish.
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