“Table Altar” vs. “High Altar” (Novus Ordo)
It’s incorrect to say new Churches must be constructed with table altars.
“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).
It’s incorrect to say new Churches must be constructed with table altars.
“Here lies He in the manger, alleluia, Who reigns without end, alleluia, alleluia.”
A snippet caught by a generous alto at Candle-lit Mass in Hollywood.
Several singers shown here helped record the Watershed polyphonic rehearsal videos.
This video sharply condemns the choir’s previous director…a dangerous game.
Especially suited for the Ordinary Form—and did you spot the invertible counterpoint?
We won’t be singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” for Offertory!
“Look with favor, we beseech Thee, O Lord upon these offerings here before Thee…”
When I print this entire booklet, the Communion inexplicably erases every clivis in the psalmody.
Make sure to read the translation of the Offertory Hymn—so gorgeous!
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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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