2nd Sunday after Epiphany • Saint Vitus Parish (LA)
“New evidence of wondrous pow’r | Behold in Cana’s marriage-dow’r; | Swift its own nature to resign, | The water blushes into wine.” —Msgr. Knox
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004), and did graduate work in Musicology. He serves as choirmaster for the new FSSP parish in Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and children.—Read full biography (with photographs).
“New evidence of wondrous pow’r | Behold in Cana’s marriage-dow’r; | Swift its own nature to resign, | The water blushes into wine.” —Msgr. Knox
“Heaven is not light-years away; that’s a silly way to think about it.” —Most Rev’d Robert Barron
Mass should be a peaceful experience for the congregation, not an opportunity to be harassed.
Many people don’t realize that gorgeous plainsong books were printed in the 19th century…but they were not in Latin.
A recording of Bach’s A-minor Prelude & Fugue made by the master at age 78.
It looks so simple when placed in a booklet like that…
I could not have been more thrilled to see this list—those are exactly the tunes I love!
Go to the 1:07 marker and you will hear something worth dying for…
“And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him up in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”
The physical and mental demands made upon a choirmaster are considerable.
Each verse written out, with a translation by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.
As you can see, this new hymnal is pleasantly thin and not heavy.
Several questions deal with music at the Traditional Latin Mass (“Extraordinary Form”).
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We’re under tremendous pressure to transfer our website to a “subscription model.”
We don’t want to do this. We believe our website should remain free to all. It’s annoying to have to search for login credentials (e.g. if you’re away from your desk).
Our president has written the following letter:
* Thirteen Men & Coins (Holy Thursday Appeal)
Traditionally on Holy Thursday, the priest washed the feet of thirteen men. Theologians held various opinions regarding whom the “13th man” represented. Before the liturgical changes of Pope Pius XII (which changed the number from thirteen to twelve), the priest washed each man’s feet, kissed his foot, and gave him a coin.
This “coin” business seems providential—inasmuch as our appeal begins on Holy Thursday this year.
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