Musical Resources • 3rd Sunday of Advent (EF)
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
When I print this entire booklet, the Communion inexplicably erases every clivis in the psalmody.
A sure sign of an insecure leader is one whose first instinct is to blame others when something goes wrong.
Make sure to read the translation of the Offertory Hymn—so gorgeous!
If Christmas day arrives and you haven’t been to confession, your daily prayer has suffered, and you haven’t eaten supper with your family at least five nights a week during Advent, you’re in too far.
“…there are, in the core of the Church’s sacramental teaching and experience, good contentions and corollary arguments to be made for both practices.” —Archbishop Naumann
“Sounds from the Spires” has been a great supporter of sacred music in the liturgy, bringing choral music, chant, and the pipe organ to a broad audience.
A $12,000 reward will be given to anyone who can produce a Vatican II document mentioning “celebration facing the people.”
The “Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy” is itself experiencing renewal.
I don’t think young people (or most people, frankly) are drawn to the pre-conciliar Mass because of nostalgia.
“Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the prayers and offerings of our lowliness…”
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