God of Mercy and Compassion
Two hymns with the same opening line, but very different content. A mystery rewrite symptomatic of an avoidance of personal contrition.
PDF Download • “Easy Organ Interludes” (229 pages)
Enjoy this treasure trove of organ music from almost 400 years ago! Plus a few highlights from along the way.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher Apologizes
Sparks of hope from the youth synod – an apology mentioning “unbeautiful” liturgies and witholding the Church’s treasury of prayers.
Flos Carmeli for a Carmelite Novena
A printable copy of the beautiful Carmelite sequence with English translation alongside. Time to practise ready for the Feast Day on July 16!
Save the World: Build More Carmels
Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Perpetual Succour Passes the Equator
One young doctor sailing across the Pacific Ocean to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. You do meet all sorts at Mass.
FSSP Camp in Sydney, Australia
Living the Liturgy requires a little study. Learning Thomistic philosophy opens up new dimensions to the prayers we love so much.
Benedictines in Tasmania a Year Already
The Notre Dame Priory continues to attract postulants and may have found a permanent home.
Ratchets instead of Bells for your Electric Angelus
Remember to change any electronic bells this Friday and Saturday! Links to some good ratchet sounds included.
Build your Music Theory Skills
How to Finally Acquire a Musical Education While Still in College or Anywhere Else (with apologies to James V Schall)
Towards a Standard Protocol for Frayed Ribbons
Adding ribbons sounds like a fine idea, until they fray and come adrift. Serious bookmakers take precautions to stop ribbons fraying, but even amateurs can learn from these tips.
Can You Sing Along to Monks?
A video to supplement our local choir practices – a quick run through Missa Orbis Factor (also known as Mass XI) – the Gregorian Mass setting for Sundays during the year.
Tweaking Linebreaks Online with Gregorio
You CAN add linebreaks with Illuminare Score Editor. All in the browser.
GABC Propers Tool Revisited
A major shortcut to preparing Gregorian chant propers and ordinaries.
Epiphany Proclamation 2018
Fifteen years typing up the Proclamation of Moveable Feasts!
Not That Gaudete
A simple misunderstanding that arises with new choir members who are aware of the Christmas Carol called Gaudete and that the Third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday.
Online Advent Calendars 2017
What do you use to countdown to Christmas?
Tantum Ergo Comically Misunderstood in Italian
Tantum Ergo or Canta Merlo? A bit of fun with Italian and Latin.
Sing Salve Regina in Your Rosary
A good chant to begin with. Print a copy with interlinear translation and join with one of the best known chants from the Church Universal.
Christus Vincit – Christ Conquers
A little more on the triumphal chant inspired from Roman victory celebrations.