Nine Rubrics for Mass in the Extraordinary Form
These rubrics are official; so when does your church begin the Introit?
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These rubrics are official; so when does your church begin the Introit?

Our choir is 100% volunteers—and many don’t read music.

Thoughts from Saint Athanasius

A tip for sight-reading chant – start with a Do La Fa to anchor your ear and find the starting note from the tonic.

Cardinal Ratzinger’s English is *fantastic* (as this video shows).

Fr. Gaspar eloquently emphasis key words and phrases, underscoring the beauty of the sacrament.
Keep God as the center of the choir and direct our music towards Him.

“These renderings are accompanied by beautiful photos so even the novice should be able to follow the Mass rather easily.”

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Children can and should be taught Gregorian chant by hearing and repeating—but this binds them to singing only what they have memorized.

“May this Communion, O Lord, cleanse us from sin…”

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A very helpful recording for anyone singing this in English for the Ordinary Form.

To match the ancient acrostic, Erasmus changed the first line to “Herodis Hostes.”
Fr. Áureo Castro’s setting alternates the chant melody and the choral parts.
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