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.”
Why aren’t the Propers from the Roman Gradual identical to the Mass Propers printed in the Roman Missal? • “Recent research … has made it clear that the antiphons of the Order of Mass were never intended to be sung.” — Bishop Donald Trautman (2007)+
Fr. Joseph Terra, FSSP, was also seriously wounded in this burglary-turned-murder.
“If some senseless decree were to order the total or partial destruction of basilicas or cathedrals, then
obviously it would be the educated — whatever their personal beliefs — who would rise up in horror to oppose such a possibility.”
Can AD ORIENTEM be excluded from the Novus Ordo? Vatican says: “Negatively, and in accordance with the following explanation.”
His Holiness mentions St. Thomas More, St. John Fisher, and others.
Speak now, or forever hold your peace!
Are you bothered by the VANDALISM done to Lectionary Sequence translations?
Are there concrete reasons to prefer the ancient texts from the Roman Gradual? Short answer: Yes!
“Let us continue to do the best things in the worst times.”
Anyone have copies of this old magazine?
John Paul II leads the congregation facing the traditional way during his June 1999 visit to Poland.
A book which Bugnini called the “precursor” to the Simple Gradual is now online!
Musicians tend to fight with one another over the DUMBEST things.
The Alleluia can be confusing, especially during Eastertide.
This lovely image is courtesy of D.F. — taken at Georgetown University.
