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Patrick Williams • Article Archive

Patrick Williams serves as organist and choirmaster at Mater Misericordiae Parish and Saint Edward the Confessor Catholic Church. These are churches of the diocese of Phoenix, served by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) with exclusive use of the pre-conciliar rites in Latin.—Read full biography (with photographs).

Patrick Williams · November 21, 2022

Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Repercussion and the Mora Vocis” (21 Nov 2022)

Patrick Williams addresses points raised by Matthew Frederes and Jeff Ostrowski

Patrick Williams · November 16, 2022

Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Patrick’s Second Response To Jeff” (16 Nov 2022)

“Does it make more sense to judge later manuscripts in light of the oldest sources, or to judge the oldest sources in light of later manuscripts?” —Patrick Williams

Patrick Williams · November 4, 2022

Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Doubled Notes”

“We have a number of quotations from medieval writers in support of proportional rhythm…” —Patrick Williams

Patrick Williams · November 3, 2022

Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “Patrick’s First Response to Jeff” • (3 Nov 2022)

“Mr. Ostrowski apparently wants to lock this door, install a deadbolt, and throw away both keys!” —Patrick Williams

Patrick Williams · October 23, 2022

“Beginning with the End in Mind” • Adoration, Thanksgiving, Atonement, Petition

Saint Thomas More said: “The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labor for.”

Patrick Williams · October 21, 2021

Biography • Mr. Patrick Williams

Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts in music from the University of Alabama…

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    Vespers Booklet (4th Sunday of Lent)
    The organ accompaniment booklet (24 pages) which I created for the 4th Sunday of Lent (“Lætare Sunday”) may now be downloaded, for those who desire such a thing.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Vespers Booklet, 3rd Sunday of Lent
    The organ accompaniment I created for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (“Extraordinary Form”) may now be downloaded, if anyone is interested in this.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Weeping For Joy! (We Hope!)
    Listening to this Easter Alleluia—an SATB arrangement I made twenty years ago based on the work of Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel—one of our readers left this comment: “I get tears in my eyes each time I sing to this hymn.” I hope this person is weeping for joy!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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In the Orthodox Churches they have kept that pristine liturgy, so beautiful. We have lost a bit the sense of adoration. They keep, they praise God, they adore God, they sing, time doesn’t count. God is the center, and this is a richness …

— Pope Francis (8/2/2013)

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