First Look Images! • “Proper Of The Mass” By Fr. Samuel F. Weber
This 1,292 page book is much thinner than I had anticipated.
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).
This 1,292 page book is much thinner than I had anticipated.
I was surprised to see composer David Haas comment on facebook in support of this.
A “Dialogue” Low Mass with singing (c. 1958) by choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney.
You will notice that Fr. Weber’s version sounds quite similar to the authentic Latin chant.
Notice how the priest, dressed in cope, is engulfed in darkness at the beginning of the Easter Vigil—except for candles burning.
Catholics can now *see with their own eyes* the antiquity of our liturgy.
Should we assume malice on the part of those who denigrate the Traditional Mass?
I don’t usually release “rough cut” PDF files, but this one is so valuable…
Bells are rung and the organ played at the “Gloria”—but then stay silent until the Easter Vigil “Gloria.”
Some have criticized Christ for making Judas part of his special group of friends.
From what I can tell, a trend toward *ugly* artwork in Church publications began in the late 1950s.
Why do so many traditional priests have an aversion to Pope Pius XII’s revision of Holy Week?
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