Musical Resources • 3rd Sunday of Advent (EF)
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.”
“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)
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).
Make sure to read the translation of the Offertory Hymn—so gorgeous!
“…there are, in the core of the Church’s sacramental teaching and experience, good contentions and corollary arguments to be made for both practices.” —Archbishop Naumann
A $12,000 reward will be given to anyone who can produce a Vatican II document mentioning “celebration facing the people.”
“Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the prayers and offerings of our lowliness…”
Our Church is notoriously horrible at keeping up with cultural fads—because they’re so ephemeral.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Pete Avendaño at the Sacred Music Symposium, held each year in Los Angeles.
“May we receive Thy mercy, O Lord, in the midst of Thy temple…”
“Ever wonder why McDonald’s decided in 1962 to put a piece of fish into a hamburger bun?” —Bishop Earl Boyea
This gem by Fr. Nicolas du Peron (d. 1963) incorporates Christmas carols in a most ingenious way.
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