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«GLORIA in EXCELSIS» is not said from Septuagesima Sunday until Easter, except on Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, & some special feasts.
In my youth, I recall singing some of these same songs at Mass, but I refused to do the hand gestures.
Your more advanced singers will love this piece by Palestrina!
“My Roman collar is my television uniform.” —Fr. Richard McBrien
“It contains about two hundred hymns—all from approved sources—and covers every phase of Catholic devotion.” —Foreword by the Bishop of La Crosse
Hymns can be implemented into the Latin High Mass with great effect.
Historically, “liturgy” referred to a service done for the people, not by them.
“We feel that the selection of hymns leaves little to be desired…” —From the 1942 Foreword
“Yet zephyrs vainly fan me, and flow’rs to groves invite…”
Some people accept a job as choir director and say, “I have five singers who don’t read music, so I guess that’s how it will always be.”
A beautiful image from 15th-century Austria.
This extremely rare Catholic hymn book is here made available for the first time ever as a PDF download.
It’s hard to imagine a more beautiful text than Sedulius’ Hymn: Hostis Herodes Impie.
Resist the temptation to believe that Francis is 80,000 times as important as Benedict since he receives 80,000 times as much media coverage.
“They call me a Papist and they laugh at my creed…”
