2nd Sunday of Advent (2nd of December)
Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: “What went you out into the desert to see?”
Articles
Tantum Ergo Comically Misunderstood in Italian
Tantum Ergo or Canta Merlo? A bit of fun with Italian and Latin.
I’ve made this an essential part of concert preparation.
I’m embarrassed to say, I feel I have only discovered this necessity recently.
360º Footage of Vespers • How cool is this?
Fr. Valentine used to say: “If you don’t blow your own horn, nobody else is going to blow it for you.”
Msgr. Knox • “Ten Commandments” for Crime Stories
Knox was a founding member of the “Detection Club,” which included Agatha Christie and G. K. Chesterton.
PDF Download • “How To Serve Mass” (1651)
“Pausing a little, arise, make Adoration to the Sacrament, give the Pax to those present, observe Order of calling, and Years…”
7 Rules • “Your Family and Adventide”
Children need to see that everything takes second place to your relationship with Christ.
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PBS • “Gregorian Chant at the Seminary”
At the time I’m posting, this video has 355 views—let’s see if we can raise that number!
Final Sunday after Pentecost (4th in November)
“And from the fig-tree learn a parable: when the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.”
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.
PDF Download • “Evening Masses and Days of Obligation” (58 pages)
Permission has been given to post this marvelous 2016 dissertation by Fr. Shawn Tunink.
Unapologetically Roman Catholic in New York City
They open the doors to people of all faiths and backgrounds. But they will celebrate the Eucharist, Adore the Blessed Sacrament, and administer the sacraments boldly out on the open for all to witness and experience.
“Simultaneous Fulfillment” of Mass Obligation?
Christmas falls on a Monday this year—but documentation shows “double dipping” is forbidden.
Arvo Pärt received the Ratzinger Prize
“A beautiful choice, that of the commission, aimed at pointing out that new way for theology that is music”