Heretical Hymns
A nice tune, but a nasty text!
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Alphabetizing Hymn Titles Inside Hymnals • “Does This Make Any Sense?”
“Many breviary hymns are really only fragments of very long compositions.” —Dr. Fortescue
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Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”
(5 of 50) “Good and Evil”
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“Reminder” — Month of Febr. (2026)
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
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Dom Pothier • Photo from 1904
This is quite a beautiful image.
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PDF Chart • “Plainsong Rhythm”
Whence this lack of curiosity?
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PDF • “3-Voice Motet” (Father De Laet)
Motet is defined as: “a short piece of sacred choral music, typically polyphonic and unaccompanied.”
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PDF Download • “Hymn for 2 Voices”
If your choir is very small, this piece is for you!
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PDF Download • “Pange Lingua” for Three Voices (Father Edgard De Laet)
For very small choirs, this arrangement can be sung with one male and two females.
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Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”
(4 of 50) “Human Freedom” [a.k.a. “Virgin Birth”]
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Music List • (3rd Sund. Ordinary Time)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.
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PDF Download • “Tantum Ergo” for 3 Voices (Kevin Allen) Paired with a Hymn for 2 Voices
The children’s choir I direct loves singing Kevin Allen’s music … as does our adult choir!
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Active Participation • “Participatio Actuosa”
“The faithful should also be taught to unite themselves interiorly to what the ministers or choir sing, so that by listening to them they may raise their minds to God.”
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“Holy Name Hymn” (2-Voice Arrangement)
This 2-voice arrangement is free to all.
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PDF Download • Introit (3rd Sn. Ord.)
This coming Sunday—25 January 2026—is the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A).
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