Musical Resources • Septuagesima Sunday (Extraordinary Form)
Yet the laborer called at the eleventh hour does not taste the joy reserved to one who has “worked and suffered without reckoning the hours.”
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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).

Yet the laborer called at the eleventh hour does not taste the joy reserved to one who has “worked and suffered without reckoning the hours.”

Only one word describes Guerrero’s musical genius: fearsome.

Then the Pope declared that it was the motet’s words—not its melody—which annoyed him.

“Sanctify, O Lord, the gifts we offer, and purify us from the stains of our sins…”

By the French Roman Catholic composer, Raphaël Mercier (d. 1953).

Their garments resemble the “winter” cappa magna.

I saw something cool on YouTube.

“O Lord Jesus Christ, who—in the days of thy subjection to Mary and Joseph—didst consecrate home life by ineffable acts of virtue…”

There’s something less scary you can do to help build up God’s Kingdom.

In 1971, Sheen appeared on “Firing Line” and spoke about St. Augustine.

A puzzling article appeared in the National Catholic Register by Msgr. Charles Pope.

“Parents, love your children and do your best to shield them from exposure to pornography.” —Bishop Gracida

Liturgical progressives constantly praise the “stylistic diversity” of the Ordinary Form, but the truth is surprising.

By the mighty Francisco Guerrero!

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