The Mystery of Missal vs. Gradual has been solved!
Are there concrete reasons to prefer the ancient texts from the Roman Gradual? Short answer: Yes!
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Shall The Nuns Save Us? I Think So.
“Let us continue to do the best things in the worst times.”
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Maurice Lavanoux • “Liturgical Arts”
Anyone have copies of this old magazine?
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Pope St. John Paul II Celebrates Mass “Ad Orientem”
John Paul II leads the congregation facing the traditional way during his June 1999 visit to Poland.
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PDF Download: Extremely Rare Book Of Propers (1962)
A book which Bugnini called the “precursor” to the Simple Gradual is now online!
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Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?
Musicians tend to fight with one another over the DUMBEST things.
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How To Sing The Gregorian Alleluia
The Alleluia can be confusing, especially during Eastertide.
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Truly Marvelous Image of Saint Isaac Jogues
This lovely image is courtesy of D.F. — taken at Georgetown University.
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How I Learned What Liturgy Really Is
Congregations in South Texas normally applaud for the musicians during Mass.
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An Unexplained Problem
I’m unaware of ANY other liturgical occurrence like this one.
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PDF Download: Ordo Lectionum Missae & Ordo Cantus Missae
“…otherwise the entire Mass might be placed into the vernacular; whereupon the Council fathers burst into uproarious laughter.” — Cardinal Stickler speaking of Vatican II
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Liturgical Translations
This is no hybrid: it’s an elegant, accurate, modern, unified English translation of the Graduale!
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Thirteen (13) Organ Accompaniments to “Missa de Angelis” (Mass VIII)
Free PDF downloads for “Mass of the Angels” organ accompaniments • Henri Potiron (1950), Achille Bragers (1937), Dr. Eugene Lapierre (1946), Franz Xaver Mathias (1906), Dr. Peter Wagner (1905), Monsignor Leo P. Manzetti (1906), Julius Bas (1906), and more+
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More unites us than divides us!
Musicians tend to be very “picky” people who don’t get along with one another.
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Proclaim the Passion in a “Theatrical” Manner?
Scripture at Mass is an act of worship: it is not purely didactic, nor is it a make-believe drama that we must re-enact with emotion.
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