“Separated from the Sacraments” • Stories from Walter Ciszek, SJ
A missionary in Soviet Russia, Fr. Ciszek learned the spirituality of surrender through tremendous suffering.
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Rehearsal Video • Breathtaking Morales “Sanctus”
CCW contributors—Jeff, Veronica, Andrea, and Cynthia—each recorded a line for this recording.
CDW Guidelines for Holy Week 2020
The Congregation has released a short document with pertinent guidance.
The Fruit of Silence is Prayer
The list of concerns is endless. Today, we may be given the gift of an overabundance of silence, but perhaps its fruit will reverberate for years.
A Word of Encouragement
For those who are separated from the liturgical life of the Church on account of COVID-19.
Eucharistic Fasting, Hunger, and Pent Up Energy
So many are distraught that they are unable to receive the Eucharist. The dryness of the Lenten desert is real.
PDF Download • The Most Difficult Piece! (Sacred Music Symposium 2020)
Including the “official statement” regarding the Coronavirus.
Video (50 seconds) • “Long Lines At California Costco”
I’m not even sure what to say about this.
PDF Download • Organ Accompaniment for “Audi Benigne Conditor” (Vespers Hymn for Lent)
Finding the “perfect” accompaniment for hymns can be challenging. Here is my attempt.
Stella Caeli – a hymn against pestilence
Veronica Brandt has posted a beautiful antiphon reputed to keep the plague away; updated to correct a semitone variance in the first copy she made • The Cantuale Romano-Seraphicum from 1951 is mentioned • Free download of “Stella Caeli” along with the Litany of Our Lady+
Errors in the “Complete Works” of Father Cristóbal de Morales
Monsignor Higinio Anglés, a Spanish priest and musicologist, was director of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music.
A Hymn We’re Singing This Lent—In English!
Have you heard of the “People’s Mass Book,” published by Omer Westendorf in 1964?
“Let’s Not” . . . a small moment of reverence
Cardinal Dolan at Mass
Liturgical Custody of the Eyes
Guarding the Sense of Sight so as to Promote Participation
Psalms, Psalmody, Psalmists, Psalm Singing
Some of you may not know, but in seminaries and houses of religious, the 150 psalms are still recited or sung every month.