Babies, Toddlers, And The Sacred Liturgy
I can only imagine what would happen if I brought home a friend home without preparation or planning.
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Reflections On Playing The Piano At Church
Reflections on whether the piano ought be used at the Catholic Mass.
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The Need For Beauty In the Church
Artistic works often look “natural and easy” but their creation might have been by “blood, sweat, and tears.”
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Baptism of our son
Our son was baptized by Most Rev. Bishop René H. Gracida.
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Introduction To “Views From The Choir Loft”
We are excited to announce a new Blog dedicated to Sacred Music & Liturgy!
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Biography • Jeffrey M. Ostrowski
Jeff holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas . . .
He’s At It Again . . . And Again.
Perhaps the reader is wondering why I keep saying the same thing over and over again . . .
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Graduale Romanum Chants And The New Roman Missal
The best kept secret of the Second Vatican Council …
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Folding One’s Hands At Mass
“It is a queer type of mind that actually is interested in knowing whether the deacon should stand at the right or the left of someone else at some moment.” Why would Dr. Fortescue say this?
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The Greatest Blog Entry Ever Of All Time
Edwin Fischer was considered the greatest Swiss pianist. I believe Alfred Cortot was also Swiss, but most people considered him French.
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[Book] Benedict XVI And Beauty In Sacred Music
This book looks like it would make a wonderful Christmas gift!
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The Importance Of Gestures
Physical gestures of reverence and adoration play a huge part in Catholic worship . . .
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Liturgy And Our Television Age
Have you noticed that absolutely everything is shown on television these days?
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Learn A New Word, See It Within 24 Hours (5)
“Good things come to them what wait.” This bizarre phenomenon continues to haunt my life.
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Learn A New Word, See It Within 24 Hours (4)
“What I’m tempted to believe rises to the level of an axiom: We always have time for whatever it is that we want to have time for.”
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