“Samaritánæ” (3rd Sunday of Lent)
The “Ordo Cantus Missae” introduces not only…
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.”
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).

Were you shocked to see the Pius XII Hymnal (1959) assigning vernacular hymns to different parts of the Mass?

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Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

Many have requested the following document (which governs any funerals at my parish).

This arrangement of the “Pange Lingua” (which contains the famous “Tantum Ergo” verse) works quite well.

Father McManus makes no exception for hearing-impaired or deaf Catholics; his decree is absolute.

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.
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