Musical Resources • 3rd Sunday of Lent
The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
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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).

The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.

This free PDF was provided courtesy of the St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books.

I’ve discovered how traumatizing it can be when somebody impersonates you.

Why are the words “ad orientem” never translated?

I cannot help but think of this hymn collection as his greatest masterpiece.

Polish Anti-Communist “Army of Independence” in May of 1949.

You can hear Padre Pio singing the Mass.

A reader from Indonesia kindly sent us these…

The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.

Who wouldn’t welcome this fresh & contemporary piece for Easter?

Many of these melodies cannot be easily found in any other book.

“Devout people are the ones who will be most disturbed by the new liturgy.” —Pope Paul VI (11/26/1969)

The “Gloria in excelsis” is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.

It would not be wrong to say that the entire video revolves around Sacred music.

The book is 1,479 pages. The monastery of Solesmes certainly had a staggering output!
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