Ratzinger’s 1987 Letter to a Former Catechism Student
The Pope Emeritus presents church music as something central to life.
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Articles
I Was Wrong to Dread the “Pre-1955” Holy Week
Five (5) differences between the ancient rites of Holy Week (“Pre-1955”) and the Pius XII version.
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“Crotalus” • How Does It Sound?
Holy Thursday pew version from a pocket recorder.
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Summer Chant Courses—Dunwoodie
Two course offerings from the St. Cecilia Academy for Pastoral Musicians
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FSSP Palm Sunday (2018) • “Pre-1955 Rubrics”
Rome gave permission this year to a few parishes to use the “Pre-1955” Holy Week.
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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.
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PDF Download • Organ Accompaniment for “Vexilla Regis” (Hymn) by Fr. Adrian Fortescue
When I saw this page, my opinion of Fortescue went down—but then I remembered…
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Musical Resources • Holy Thursday (FSSP, 2018)
“…Who didst establish the salvation of mankind on the tree of the Cross; that whence death came, thence also life might arise again, and that he, who overcame by the tree, by the tree also might be overcome…” —Preface
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Liturgy outside Liturgy
A New Study of the Liturgical Theology of Alexander Schmemann
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Towards An Online (Modern) Palestrina Edition
“I don’t think I need to say why a complete Palestrina online would be a good idea.” —Gervais Frykman
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Fighting With A Bishop • Good Idea?
“We are fully determined to restore Latin to its position of honor.” —Saint John XXIII (22 February 1962)
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The Preface of the Holy Cross
An eloquent liturgical text worthy of prayerful reflection
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Eight Lessons • “Make Musicians Love Working With You”
Good-hearted musicians amplify success musically, economically, and spiritually.
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Are Canonisations Infallible?
Dogmatic definitions never involve a new doctrine of faith or morals, since whatever a Pope defines must be contained in Holy Writ or in Tradition in order to be infallible.
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A Literal Translation of the New Testament
David Bentley Hart’s experiment in recovering the conceptual vocabulary of a distant
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