“Polls Ye Shall Always Have With You”
When was the last time you saw the music of today’s popular Catholic composers treated in a serious way?
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Benedict Brought Peace To The Church With “Summorum Pontificum”
“If the right is given to African tribes to include their pagan traditions in the liturgy, I think the same should also be given to the rite of a thousand year-old Christian Church, based on a much older Roman tradition.” — László Dobszay
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“Cannot” vs. “Will Not” in Sacred Music
Maybe I should have used the annoying little saying I learned as a kid: “I would if I could, but I can’t, so I won’t.”
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Now Online! Fr. Josef Jungmann’s Study of the Roman Rite “Missarum Sollemnia”
Freely PDF download of Fr. Jungmann’s masterpiece, “The Mass of the Roman Rite: its origins and development.”
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Ratzinger: “How much filth there is in the church!”
“Have mercy on your church,” Cardinal Ratzinger prayed in 2005. “When we fall, we drag you down to earth, and Satan laughs, for he hopes that you will not be able to rise from that fall; he hopes that being dragged down in the fall of your church, you will remain prostrate and overpowered.”
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Dom Joseph Gajard (1885-1972)
The greatest choirmaster of Solesmes and chef d’atelier of the Paléographic Musicale.
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Positive Liturgical Fruits Of Vatican II: First Part
In some respects, the Second Vatican Council did not go as far as Pius XII went in 1958 regarding active participation of the faithful.
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Does This Cartoon Sound Rude?
The intention is to get people thinking about why we substitute our own choices for the texts assigned by the Church at Entrance, Offertory, & Communion.
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Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt Reviews the NOH (1958)
“We know of Vatican accompaniments, not so expert as these, that have been junked because they were Vatican. Apparently no one has junked these and no one is likely to.” — Msgr. Schmitt
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Top Ten “Oops” Quotes On Sacred Music
“… we would be faced with the necessity of providing different sets of missals for different strata of intelligence.” — Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt (1963)
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Common side effects of Crestor (AstraZeneca)
I was given Crestor to lower cholesterol. I took a pill each night for 2.5 weeks.
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Which Translations Do You Prefer? Literal Or Poetic?
I never thought I’d say this … but I agree with Paul Inwood.
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How Artwork Should Be Integrated In Liturgical Books For The Laity
Practically speaking, how might a Catholic be edified by artwork?
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Initial Response To Pope Francis’ Recent Actions Regarding Monsignori
What? You never heard of the “horse barn” mentality?
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When Is The Sequence Sung? Before The Alleluia?
In 2000, there was an effort made at restoring the Sequence to its proper place.
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